tailspin

英 [ˈteɪlspɪn]

美 [ˈteɪlspɪn]

n.  (飞机的)尾旋，尾螺旋; 恶化的局势; 慌乱; 混乱; 失控
vi.  （飞机）打着尾旋坠落

BNC.44428 / COCA.24813

牛津词典

noun

• （飞机的）尾旋，尾螺旋
  a situation in which a pilot loses control of an aircraft and it spins as it falls quickly towards the ground, with the back making larger circles than the front
• 恶化的局势；慌乱；混乱；失控
  a situation that suddenly becomes much worse and is not under control
  1. Following the announcement, share prices went into a tailspin.
     公告宣布后，股市大跌。

英英释义

noun

• rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
  Synonym:spin
• loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse

双语例句

• This forced selling would then be the catalyst that could set off a major panic, sending the markets into a tailspin.
  这种被动抛售将成为真正抛售恐慌的***，并进一步将市场推向深渊。
• Their economies, whose financial systems proved largely immune to contagion from the virulent disease that spread around capital markets, continued to hold up relatively well while the US and Europe went into a tailspin.
  在美国和欧洲陷入衰退之际，金砖四国经济保持相对良好，它们的金融体系基本上没有受到资本市场蔓延的致命疾病的感染。
• Do not lose your peace of mind over stock market unless the markets go into a tailspin.
  不要失去你的心态平和了股票市场，除非市场陷入困境。
• Such a change in strategy is happening today in those eurozone countries that have been caught up in the tailspin of the crisis.
  那些曾深陷危机恐慌的欧元区国家，如今正在上演这样的战略变革。
• All eyes are on Washington to pull the world out of its economic tailspin.
  所有的目光都关注华盛顿，关注它把世界拖出经济失控状态。
• As the ink was drying on our check, the company went into a tailspin, and before long our preferred dividend was no longer being paid.
  支票上的墨迹未干，这个公司就开始螺旋式滑落，不久，我们的股票也见不到任何分红。
• Not surprisingly, the prospect of dressing down in a work situation is enough to send even the most aesthetically unconcerned of us into a sartorial tailspin.
  毫不奇怪，在工作场合穿着不够正式，这种担心足以令我们当中最不在意审美的人都陷入慌乱。
• Update-Forgot to add Tailspin and Embrace of the Shale Spider to the hunter pet abilities, the% value on Embrace of the Shale Spider is obviously a bug.
  更新-忘记补充“尾旋”和“页岩蜘蛛的拥抱”的猎人宠物技能，“页岩蜘蛛的拥抱”其%的数值显然是一个错误。
• The growing conviction in the markets that the Fed might be preparing for a pause sent the dollar into a tailspin this week.
  越来越多的市场人士认为，美联储可能准备暂停加息，这一看法促使美元上周盘跌。
• The result is that now, with share prices in a tailspin, the market is awash with rumours about new government measures to boost the index.
  结果，随着股价跳水，市场上充斥着政府将采取新措施推高股指的传言。