英语释义

1. dilapidated, ramshackle
a tumbledown house at the edge of town
— Sherwood Anderson

2. in bad condition ready to fall down

3. dilapidated
a tumbledown old house

片语

tumble down the sink牛饮

an old tumble-down thatched cottage摇摇欲坠的旧草房

tumble be down fall decrease都指下降的意思

tumble up and down心烦意乱

tumble down WESTBANK半破坏

Did They Tumble DownE耶利哥之墻

It Would Tumble Down总要摔倒

tumble-down detail就要倒坍的

英汉例句

• snow-capped mountains loom in the distance while smaller hills tumble down towards the town, criss-crossed by paths and nibbled away by quarries at their bases.

  在远处的皑皑雪峰隐约出现之时，规模较小的群山则向古城倒来。 丽江城内，阡陌纵横，但底部正受采石厂蚕食。

• some people are like slinkies … not really good for anything, but you can「t help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.

  有些人就像弹簧玩具，没什么实在用处，但看他们在楼梯上倒腾来捣腾去还是很有趣的。

• most any other jet would probably tumble down into the trees.

  许多其它的飞机在做这个动作时可能会翻滚着掉到地面。

• and as she watched it tumble down the steep slope toward the sea of grass, she realized she must follow.

  当她看着它顺着斜坡翻滚进草海时，她意识到自己必须跟着走。

• they tumble down mountain sides and meander through flat farmlands.

  它们滚滚沖下山脊，蜿蜒穿过平坦的农田。

• i stand on the reading of the same and lofty talk to want to anew mine although tumble down with the brilliant scholars.

  我和才子们站在同一个高度对话的念想再一次轰然倒塌。

• the country that prides itself as the 「water tower of africa」 plans to end an energy shortage by building a network of mega-dams on the web of rivers that tumble down from its highlands.

  为了结束其能源短缺的局面，埃塞俄比亚计划在那些从高原地区奔流而下的河流网络上建设一个巨型水坝网。

• that old building could tumble down at any time.

  那座古老的楼房随时可能倒塌。

• the outer walls looked likely to tumble down in a stiff wind.

  外墻看起来一刮强风就会倒塌。

• we have to make sure we are not to easy on ourselves, as it is hard to get to the top, but easy to tumble down .

  我们必须确保队自己不放松，因为登顶是非常困难的，但是掉下来是很容易的。

• they always like on the bed to jump up to jump down, so parents」 wanting to insure a bed is firm, do not tumble down of danger;

  他们总是喜欢在床上跳上跳下，所以父母要确保床是稳固的，没有倒塌的危险；

• but at each end, they will get a nudge to tumble down - much like the wall did two decades ago.

  但是在每个终点，它们将被轻推从而倒塌下去，就像20年一样。

• we tumble down and get soiled in the dust;

  在尘土中我们摔倒，弄脏了；

• snow-capped mountains loom in the distance whellole smaller hellolls tumble down towards the town, criss-crossed by paths and nibbled away by quarries at their bases.

  白雪覆盖的高山遥遥的望见，几座山包丘则匍匐在古城边上，十字交织的羊肠道一点儿一点儿的被长出来的绿色的草吞噬着。

• piglets are particularly fond of play, just as human children are, and chase one another, play-fight, play-love, tumble down hills, and generally engage in a wide variety of enjoyable activities.

  仔猪特别喜欢玩，就像人类的孩子们，打闹、嬉戏、在山坡翻滚，进行各种娱乐活动。

• when they saw the giant tumble down and lie quite still, they knew he must be dead.

  当他们看到巨人一跤倒下去，躺在地上一动不动了，他们知道这家伙铁定是死翘翘了。

• compared to the whitewater streams that tumble down mountainsides, the meandering rivers of the plains may seem tame and lazy.

  同山顶飞流直下溅出银白水花的湍流相比，平原上蜿蜒的河流就太无趣了点。