美 [ˈtʌmbl daʊn]
adj. （等于 tumbledown）摇摇欲坠的，即将坍塌的
tumbledown /ˈtʌmbəlˌdaʊn/
形容词 A tumbledown building is in such a bad condition that it is partly falling down or has holes in it. 摇摇欲坠的
in deplorable condition
a tumble-down shack
同义词： bedraggled / broken-down / derelict / dilapidated / ramshackle / tatterdemalion
半破坏
... tumblebug 金龟子 tumble-down 即将坍塌的 tumbledown 摇摇欲坠的 ...
... 倒坍，突然失败 collapse 就要倒坍的 tumble down; tumble-down 落下，降落，倒坍，垂下 fall n./vi ...
（等于tumbledown）摇摇欲坠的，即将坍塌的
The furniture could not have been much simpler: a very old chair, a rickety old bed, and a tumble-down table.
家具再简单不过了：一把很旧的椅子，一张摇摇欲坠的旧床，一张摇摇欲坠的桌子。
As with Sisyphus, the boulder was painstakingly rolled upwards only to tumble back down again in an absurd exercise of futility.
和西西弗斯一样，巨石费力地向上滚动，结果又滚了下来，徒劳无功。
Everything is loose in the house, and poor grandmother told me she was afraid that the house might tumble down.
房子里所有地方都松动了，可怜的奶奶告诉我她担心房子会倒塌。
But at each end, they will get a nudge to tumble down - much like the Wall did two decades ago.
VOA : standard.2009.11.09
Roads skirt walled villages with castles fit for Sleeping Beauty, and picture-perfect towns tumble down to lakesides where sailboats bob in the sunset in search of the Frog Prince.
Today, the Dodecanese Islands of Greece are a picture of serenity: whitewashed villages tumble down hillsides to boat-filled harbours surrounded by the clear waters of the Aegean.
People were running, they were terrified, they were scared and with good reason because the houses, already ruined, - the walls that were still left standing - were starting to tumble down on top of the road and so people were simply running away.