tumble-down中文什么意思

adj.
(房子等)摇摇欲坠的，破烂的。

• tumble down:    半破坏，快要修理; 崩溃; 就要倒坍 ...
• the walls begin tumble down:    我终于明白爱是无所畏惧的
• tumble down the sink:    牛饮

例句与用法

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。
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。

英文释义

形容词

1. in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
   同义词：bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion