tumbler

英 ['tʌmblə(r)] 美 ['tʌmblər]

• n. 不倒翁；杂技演员；平底无脚酒杯；锁的制动栓

英英释义

Noun:

1. a gymnast who performs rolls and somersaults and twists etc.

2. a glass with a flat bottom but no handle or stem; originally had a round bottom

3. a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown

4. pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Why could the tumbler not fall down?
   不倒翁为什么不倒？
2. He was a tumbler when he was young.
   他年轻时是杂技演员。
3. A dozen of plates were on the head of the tumbler unsteadily!
   杂技演员头上晃晃悠悠地顶着一叠瓷碟。
4. Whisky is usually drunk in a tumbler.
   威士忌通常是装在平底无颈酒杯里喝的。
5. She ordered a tumbler of orange juice.
   她点了一大杯橘子汁。

经典引文

• Expert tumblers in the circus.

  出自： J. S. Blackie

词汇搭配

• beer tumbler 啤酒杯
• tumbler bearing 铰式支座,摆动支座...
• drum tumbler 鼓式桶
• tumbler gear 摆动换向齿轮...
• tumbler washer 转笼式洗衣机...
• tumbler strength 转鼓强度
• ingot tumbler 翻锭车,送锭车...
• wet tumbler 湿式清理滚筒...
• tumbler lock 杠杆锁
• tumbler test 转鼓试验
• air tumbler 立式湿除尘器...
• barrel tumbler 转动鼓
• tumbler switch 翻转开关,凸件起动装...
• tumbler-drier 【英】=tumble...
• Chinese tumbler 不倒翁

近反义词

【近义词】

• glass 玻璃
• acrobat 杂技演员
• whiskey glass 威士忌酒杯
• beaker (无柄的）大口杯...
• gymnast 体操运动员
• aerialist 高空杂技师
• cup 杯子
• trapeze artist 荡秋千演员
• entertainer 表演娱乐节目的人...
• bowl 碗
• roller 滚筒