tumble-down

基本解释

• (=tumbledown) adj.；即将坍塌的；摇摇欲坠的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• We stopped before a tumble-down building.
  我们停在一栋摇摇欲坠的建筑物前。
• Anthony and the jew boy shared a very nice, tumble-down house near the bazaars.
  安东尼和那个犹太男孩合住在集市附近一所不坏的但却摇摇欲坠的房子里。
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• There was high French-like land in one corner, and a tumble-down grey lighthouse surmounting it.
  一角画着一块像是法国风光的高地，上面有一座破烂的灰色灯塔。

原声例句

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

权威例句

• The banking system was not functioning correctly and we had to either fiscally stimulate the economy or watch the economy tumble further and further down in a self-sustaining downward spiral, that would horribly damage hundreds of millions of people.
  FORBES: Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman is Correct, Cato Institute's Mitchell is Wrong
• Only a month ago, the only argument among nearly all journalists, pundits and leftwing politicians was whether the U.S. economy would stop at a recession or tumble all the way down the tubes to a 1930s-style depression.
  FORBES: Hero Friday: Contrarians

词组短语

短语

• tumble -down detail 就要倒坍的
• an old tumble -down thatched cottage 摇摇欲坠的旧草房
• arsy -v farfetched rough-and-tumble topsy-turvy upside-down 乱七八糟的

英英字典

柯林斯英英字典

• A tumbledown building is in such a bad condition that it is partly falling down or has holes in it.

专业释义

土木建筑工程

• 半破坏