tumble

英 ['t?mb(?)l] 美['t?mbl]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?tumbles;過去式:?tumbled;過去分詞:?tumbled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?tumbling;

1. 含苞(humble)要謙虛，貪步(tumble)會(huì)跌倒。
2. 學(xué)習(xí)走路不要貪快，貪步會(huì)跌倒。
3. Tumblr: http://www.36kr.com/p/203585.html 滾動(dòng)日志。

tumble 翻滾，打滾，倒塌，坍塌

來自古英語(yǔ) tumbian,跳舞，跳躍，翻滾，來自 Proto-Germanic*tumona,旋轉(zhuǎn)，轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，詞源同 tumbler,tumbrel.-le,表反復(fù)。引申諸相關(guān)詞義。

tumble: tumble: [13] Tumble was borrowed from Middle Low German tummelen, which has other relatives in modern German tummeln ‘bustle, hurry’ and taumeln ‘reel, stagger’. All were formed from a base that also found its way into the Romance languages, producing French tomber ‘fall’ (source of English tumbrel [14], which in Old French denoted a ‘chute’ or ‘cart that could be tipped up’) and Italian tombolare ‘tumble, turn somersaults’ (source of English tombola [19]).

The derivative tumbler [14] originally denoted an ‘a(chǎn)crobat’; the application to a ‘drinking glass’, which emerged in the mid 17th century, comes from the fact that such glasses were originally made with rounded bottoms, so that they could not be put down until they were empty.
=> tombola
tumble (n.): "accidental fall," 1716, from tumble (v.). Earlier as "disorder, confusion" (1630s).
tumble (v.): c. 1300, "to perform as an acrobat," also "to fall down," perhaps from a frequentative form of Old English tumbian "dance about, tumble, leap." This is of unknown origin but apparently related to Middle Low German tummelen "to turn, dance," Dutch tuimelen "to tumble," Old High German tumon, German taumeln "to turn, reel." Transitive sense from late 14c. Related: Tumbled; tumbling.

2. The outer walls looked likely to tumble down in a stiff wind.: 外墻看起來一刮強(qiáng)風(fēng)就會(huì)倒塌。

3. Share prices continued to tumble today on the Tokyo stock market.: 東京股市的股價(jià)今天繼續(xù)暴跌。

4. Many mothers and children tumble into poverty after divorce.: 很多母親和孩子在離婚后陷入貧困。