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tailspin

/teyl-spin/US // ˈteɪlˌspɪn //UK // (ˈteɪlˌspɪn) //

尾盘,尾流,尾巴,尾声

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Also tail spin .

    • : spin.
    • : a sudden and helpless collapse into failure, confusion, or the like.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tail·spinned, tail·spin·ning.

    • : to take or experience a sudden and dramatic downturn: After the mill closes, the local economy may tailspin.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indescent

Examples

  • The various schemes and lost money sent the agency meant to foster economic development in the Shenandoah Valley area into a tailspin, with several civil lawsuits still pending.

  • Molly Shannon and Case Walker in The Other TwoThe attention throws Cary’s life into a tailspin, a clever narrative device that reveals how Chase’s fame impacts his siblings.

  • Since that day in mid-June, Chicago has gone into a full tailspin, losing 19 of its past 25 games.

  • Domitrovich’s business challenges no longer stem from wary diners or capacity limits that sent sales volume into a tailspin last year.

  • Not only is GameStop in a tailspin, but traders are quickly unwinding Monday’s silver rally.

  • Shockingly, it was not the mass gay-and-straight wedding that sent some of his peers into a tailspin that bothered Beck.

  • So there we have it: another lewd, dull-witted performance has sent America into a tailspin of indignation.

  • Then a white supremacist started talking segregation and everything went into a tailspin.

  • Russia-U.S. relations were in a tailspin when Obama entered office.

  • Today, it is widely assumed that a default in Greece will send the world into a financial and then economic tailspin.

  • As she stepped inside this gigantic barrel her mind went into a tailspin.

  • Yes, he had all but gone into a tailspin, and that with his motor thundering at its best.

  • Instantly the heavy plane went into a tailspin and plunged earthward.

  • She side-slipped, her nose dipped down, an she went into a tailspin.

  • A warning from the observation towersomebody was in tailspin.