tumble-down
adj. （等于tumbledown）摇摇欲坠的，即将坍塌的
adj.
即将坍塌的，摇摇欲坠的；
英英释义
tumble-down[ 'tʌmbldaun ]
adj.in deplorable condition
"a tumble-down shack"
同义词：bedraggledbroken-downderelictdilapidatedramshackletatterdemalion
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There were two rough-haired, unkempt horses in the tumble-down stable. Holmes raised the hind leg of one of them and laughed aloud.
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Sited on urban infill, Jonathan Segal's residence fares well in rough-and-tumble downtown San Diego
tumble-down (adj.)
1791, originally "habitually falling down" and used first of horses, from tumble (v.) + down (adv.); in reference to buildings, "in a dilapidated condition," from 1818.
1. 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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2. 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。
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3. Piglets are particularly fond of play, just as human children are, and chase one another, play-fight, play-love, tumble down hills, and generally engage in a wide variety of enjoyable activities.
仔猪特别喜欢玩，就像人类的孩子们，打闹、嬉戏、在山坡翻滚，进行各种娱乐活动。
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4. At the end of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" he is a pint-size entrepreneur, with an immigrant workforce of Oompa-Loompas to ensure he does not tumble back down the social ladder.
在“查理和巧克力工厂”的结局，他是一个小型的企业家，有一群奥古伦伯人在巧克力工厂工作，以确保他永远不会从社会的楼梯中跌落下来。
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5. At the end of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" he is a pint-size entrepreneur, with an immigrant workforce of Oompa-Loompas to ensure he does not tumble back down the social ladder.
在“查理和巧克力工厂”的结局，他是一个小型的企业家，有一群奥古伦伯人在巧克力工厂工作，以确保他永远不会从社会的楼梯中跌落下来。
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6. Ever and again they heard the same cry from the tumble-down building.
他们不时地听到从那破败不堪的房子里传出的同样的呼叫声。
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7. ruined; dilapidated; tumble-down; destroyed; shabby
破败
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]
8. It was an old tumble-down thatched cottage.
这间旧茅屋摇摇欲坠。
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9. a street of bedraggled tenements; a broken-down fence; a ramshackle old pier; a tumble-down shack.
满街破旧的房屋；破旧的篱笆；摇摇欲坠的老码头；摇摇欲坠的小木屋。
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10. We stopped before a tumble-down building.
我们停在一栋摇摇欲坠的建筑物前。
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11. Now, you know there are certain fly individuals in Shanghai who take a tumble-down house, redecorate it and patch it up, and then let it for a nice fat sum of keymoney.
你总知道上海有一种会打算盘的精明鬼，顶了一所旧房子来，加本钱粉刷装修，再用好价钱顶出去。
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12. He lay down on the sofa again and suddenly recalled what he had told Tu Chu-chai not long before: "There are certain fly individuals in Shanghai who take a tumble-down house, redecorate it and patch it up, and then let it for a nice fat sum of key money.
再躺在那沙发里，他忽然又记起了不久以前他劝诱杜竹斋的那一番话：“上海有一种会打算盘的精明鬼，顶了一所旧房子来，加本钱粉刷装修，再用好价钱顶出去；
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
13. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
14. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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