tailspin

Các nghĩa

1. sự lao xuống theo hình xoắn ốc (của máy bay)

   The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.

   The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.

2. sự suy sụp tinh thần

   A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.

   figuratively

   Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.

3. sự sa sút nhanh chóng, mất kiểm soát

   Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.

   figuratively

   The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.

   St. Louis, the fourth-largest U.S. city in 1900, is fading fast […] . Jobs, and airline, an educated population—all gone or in a tailspin.

Dạng khác

• tailspins plural