tumble
US: /ˈtəmbəɫ/
UK: /tˈʌmbəl/
UK: /tˈʌmbəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
tumble /'tʌmbl/
- danh từ
- cái ngã bất thình lình; sự sụp đổ, sự đổ nhào
- a nasty tumble: cái ngã trời giáng, cái ngã đau điếng
- sự nhào lộn
- tình trạng lộn xộn, tình trạng rối tung, tình trạng hỗn loạn
- to be all in a tumble: lộn xộn, hỗn loạn, rối tung cả lên
- to take a tumble
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) đoán, hiểu
- cái ngã bất thình lình; sự sụp đổ, sự đổ nhào
- nội động từ
- ngã, sụp đổ, đổ nhào
- to tumble down the stairs: ngã lộn từ trên cầu thang xuống
- to tumble into the river: té nhào xuống sông
- the house is going to tumble down: căn nhà sắp đổ sụp
- to tumble up the stairs: nhào lên thang gác
- xô (sóng)
- the waves came tumbling on the shore: sóng xô vào bờ
- trở mình, trăn trở
- to tumble about all night: suốt đêm trở mình trằn trọc
- chạy lộn xộn; chạy vội vã
- the children tumbled out of the classroom: bọn trẻ con chạy lộn xộn ra khỏi lớp
- nhào lộn
- vớ được, tình cờ bắt gặp, tình cờ tìm thấy
- I tumble upon him in the street: tình cờ tôi vớ được hắn ta ở phố
- ngã, sụp đổ, đổ nhào
- ngoại động từ
- làm lộn xộn, làm rối tung, xáo trộn
- the bed is all tumbled: giường rối tung cả lên
- to tumble someone's hair: làm rối bù đầu ai
- xô ngã, làm đổ, làm té nhào, lật đổ
- bắn rơi (chim), bắn ngã
- to tumble in
- lắp khít (hai thanh gỗ)
- (từ lóng) đi ngủ
- to tumble to
- (từ lóng) đoán, hiểu
- I did not tumbleto the joke at first: thoạt đầu tôi không hiểu câu nói đùa
- làm lộn xộn, làm rối tung, xáo trộn
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 [+adv./prep.] to fall downwards, often hitting the ground several times, but usually without serious injury; to make sb/sth fall in this way: [V] He slipped and tumbled down the stairs. [also VN]
2 [V] ~ (down) to fall suddenly and in a dramatic way: The scaffolding came tumbling down. + (figurative) World records tumbled at the last Olympics.
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3 [V] to fall rapidly in value or amount: The price of oil is still tumbling.
4 [V +adv./prep.] to move or fall somewhere in a relaxed, UNCONTROLLED, or noisy way: I undressed and tumbled into bed. + A group of noisy children tumbled out of the bus. + The water tumbled over the rocks. + Thick golden curls tumbled down over her shoulders. + (figurative) Her words came tumbling out.
Phrasal Verbs: tumble to sth/sb (BrE, informal) to suddenly understand sth or be aware of sth: When did she tumble to what was going on?
+ noun
1 [C, usually sing.] a sudden fall: The jockey took a nasty tumble at the third fence. + Share prices took a sharp tumble following news of the merger.
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2 [sing.] ~ (of sth) an untidy group of things: a tumble of blond curls
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 fall (down), pitch, turn end over end or head over heels, roll, drop:
Giggling hysterically, we tumbled in a heap on the lawn.
2 drop, toss, dump, jumble:
The waiter tumbled several spoonfuls of berries on to my plate.
3 tumble to. understand, apprehend, perceive, comprehend, see the light, Colloq get the signal or message, catch on, Brit twig to, Slang get wise, wise up, dig:
I finally tumbled to what she was trying to tell me.
n.
4 fall, slip, stumble, Colloq header, spill:
Joshua took a bad tumble on the stairs yesterday.
Concise English dictionary
tumbles|tumbled|tumbling'tʌmbl
noun
+an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
+a sudden drop from an upright position
verb
+fall down, as if collapsing
+cause to topple or tumble by pushing
+roll over and over, back and forth
+fly around
+fall apart
+throw together in a confused mass
+understand, usually after some initial difficulty
+fall suddenly and sharply
+put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
+suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
+do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully
