tailspin
尾盘,尾流,尾巴,尾声
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Also tail spin .
- : spin.
- : a sudden and helpless collapse into failure, confusion, or the like.
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tail·spinned, tail·spin·ning.
- : to take or experience a sudden and dramatic downturn: After the mill closes, the local economy may tailspin.
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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.