亚洲网紅露点

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tailspin

[ teyl-spin ]

noun

  1. a sudden and helpless collapse into failure, confusion, or the like.


verb (used without object)

tailspinned, tailspinning.
  1. to take or experience a sudden and dramatic downturn:

    After the mill closes, the local economy may tailspin.

tailspin

/ 藞迟别瑟濒藢蝉辫瑟苍 /

noun

  1. aeronautics another name for spin
  2. informal.
    a state of confusion or panic
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tailspin1

First recorded in 1910鈥15; tail 1 + spin
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Idioms and Phrases

see go into a tailspin .
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But one twin's diagnosis with acrania 鈥 a rare, fatal congenital disorder characterized by the full or partial absence of cranial bones 鈥 sent Brandt's world into a grief-stricken tailspin.

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A few strategically placed boats, a handful of divers and a couple of on-land sabotage teams could send the world into a vicious tailspin.

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A loss to Ireland in Dublin last weekend took the tailspin to six in seven matches.

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And suddenly things have started to look very dicey there "where women have outpaced men by 13 points in the early vote which has sent the campaign into a tailspin during the past two days."

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Those people know we鈥檙e counting on their students to steer our collective ship out of its tailspin, commanding an emotional investment in these four episodes.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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