tumble down

英 [ˈtʌmbl daʊn]

美 [ˈtʌmbl daʊn]

（建筑物）摇摇欲坠，倒塌

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (建筑物)摇摇欲坠，倒塌
  If a buildingtumbles down, it collapses or parts of it fall off, usually because it is old and no-one has taken care of it.
  1. The outer walls looked likely to tumble down in a stiff wind...
     外墙看起来一刮强风就会倒塌。
  2. If the foundations are flawed the house will come tumbling down.
     如果地基不牢，房子将会倒塌。

双语例句

• 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。
• If the foundations are flawed the house will come tumbling down.
  如果地基不牢，房子将会倒塌。
• The outer walls looked likely to tumble down in a stiff wind
  外墙看起来一刮强风就会倒塌。
• However tumble down along with "9.11" American world trade mansion CBD's, especially more than 300 firemen of New York of several thousands people die in an accident, the safety problem within the CBD design caused the people's concern more and more.
  然而随着9.11美国世贸大厦CBD的倒塌，数千人特别是300多名纽约消防队员的遇难，使得CBD设计中的安全性问题越来越引起人们的关注。
• Tumble down the stairs, off a bicycle, out of a tree, over a step, etc
  从楼梯上滚下、从自行车上摔下、从树上掉下、绊倒在台阶上
• 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。
• Don't tumble down on this easy test.
  这次考试不难，你可别考砸了。
• As with Sisyphus, the boulder was painstakingly rolled upwards only to tumble back down again in an absurd exercise of futility.
  正如西绪福斯荒谬而徒劳无功的行动那样，他艰苦的将巨石滚上去仅仅是为了它再次翻滚下来。
• They tumble down mountainsides; they meander through flat farmlands.
  它们滚滚冲下山脊，蜿蜒穿过平坦的农田。
• Perhaps a bigger alarm bell for risk trades, though, was the spot-iron ore price tumble on Monday& down 8.3% to a 17-month low of US$ 104.70.
  然而对于风险交易来说，更大的一个警讯是现货铁矿石价格周一大跌8.3%，至104.70美元，为17个月低点。