tumble

意味: でんぐり返し

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定義: 体の端の上に別の端が回るような軽業

コロケーション:

tumbleは400,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end
Noun: a sudden drop from an upright position
Verb: fall down, as if collapsing
Verb: cause to topple or tumble by pushing
Verb: roll over and over, back and forth
Verb: fly around
Verb: fall apart
Verb: throw together in a confused mass
Verb: understand, usually after some initial difficulty
Verb: fall suddenly and sharply
Verb: put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying
Verb: suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat
Verb: do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: he had a nasty spill on the ice
Verb: The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it
Verb: The clothes tumbled in the dryer
Verb: rising smoke whirled in the air
Verb: the building crumbled after the explosion
Verb: Negotiations broke down
Verb: They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern
Verb: She didn’t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
Verb: Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency
Verb: Wash in warm water and tumble dry

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): break down, catch on, collapse, cotton on, crumble, crumple, fall, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, spill, tip, topple, tumble, twig, whirl, whirl around

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): acrobatic stunt, change integrity, descend, drop, exercise, grok, move, push, roll over, scramble, slip, toss, worsen

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): alight, arouse, assume, avalanche, back circle, backbend, beat, blend, bob, bolt, break, break up, brush, buck, burn, bustle, cant, careen, cartwheel, cascade, catch on, chop, churn, climb, close, condense, cook, crash, crumble, crystallize, cut, cut to, dance, decline, demulsify, deprive, devolve, digest, disintegrate, dissolve, dive, diverge, divide, dodge, drip, drive, drop, drop back, duck, evaporate, exit, explode, fail, falter, fidget, figure, flex, flinch, fling, flip, flop, flow, flurry, fly, gasify, get down, grab, gravitate, handspring, headstand, heave, hit the dirt, hop, hop on, inflame, intuit, jam, jellify, jerk, jolt, jostle, jump, limber up, linger, liquefy, list, lunge, lurch, make way, mill, mope, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, muscle into, nod, nose, nudge, pasteurize, pitch, plop, polymerize, pounce, precipitate, press, prolapse, pulsate, push aside, push out, push up, putter, quicken, rappel, reach, reciprocate, reform, regress, repel, roll, run, seesaw, separate, set, shake, shove, sicken, sidle, sink, slip, slump, snap, solidify, somersault, spill, split, spread, startle, steal, stir, streak, stretch, strike out, stumble, suffer, sweep, swoop, teeter, thicken, throw, thrust, thunder, tone, topple, train, tumble, turn, turn down, unhorse, vibrate, walkover, wallow, wamble, weight-lift, welter, whirl, wobble, writhe

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): keel over, pratfall, roll, somersault, wipeout

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: fall, tumble, tumbler, tumbling, whirl

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative

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