1An aircraft's diving descent combined with rotation.

1. 1.1 A state or situation characterized by chaos, panic, or loss of control.
   失控状况；慌乱
   the rise in interest rates sent the stock market into a tailspin

   利率增长使股票市场陷入一片混乱之中。

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   • The Hornets won six straight before he returned, then they immediately went into a tailspin - just as they did when he returned the first time and they lost five in a row.
   • The true picture is of an economy driven by consumer debt, which faces a collapse in house prices that would send consumer spending into a tailspin and see a corresponding growth in poverty and unemployment.
   • Currently US airlines are in a tailspin over the decline in passengers taking to the air.
   • Affirmative action in construction contracting programs is in a tailspin, with some cities bailing out of what they now see as a legally risky enterprise.
   • With business activity fading and IT investment in a tailspin, many now fear that productivity will continue to hit the skids.
   • The one-time Silicon Valley highflier, which makes software companies use to manage salespeople and call centers, has been in a tailspin for three years.
   • Many of them are fantastic at telling you what has happened last year or promising more of the same when times are good, but precious few spot the early warning signals that can flash amber well ahead of the tailspin.
   • An apparently minor problem, such as a flurry of downgrades, could quickly engulf the financial system by sending markets into a tailspin, wiping out hedge funds, and dragging down banks that lent them money.
   • The collapse of Enron last December initiated a chain reaction which uncovered serious accounting fraud at a number of US multinationals, and put Wall Street into a tailspin.
   • Commercial airlines were in a tailspin, and Boeing was caught in the downdraft.
   • An Arsenal defeat could lead to a desperate tailspin damaging the two crucial cup ties that come along in February.
   • The telecom industry was already in a tailspin, so no one wanted to take on the added risk of doing business in areas where they couldn't be sure they'd get paid.
   • The stock price of the combined company declined more than 75 percent as Wall Street went into a tailspin and advertising swooned.
   • When the airline industry went into a tailspin, the government, banks and other backers rallied round.
   • The auto industry began 2001 in a tailspin, with dozens of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler plants temporarily idled for periods of a week or more.
   • A revamping of its board, new designer offerings and the upgrading of stores have failed to pull Marks & Spencer out of its tailspin.
   • His low point seemed to be the summer of 1994, when the baseball strike put the peanut and Crackerjack industries into a tailspin.
   • The 22-year-old already is in a tailspin, having failed to get out of the fifth inning in each of his last three June starts.
   • Their shaky logic may have failed in court (at least on appeal), but it did destroy Reems's life, sending him into a tailspin of alcohol abuse and financial and personal despair.
   • From then on, your looks are thrown into a tailspin with out-of-control tresses, skin problems and misbehaving makeup, all seeming to need time-consuming fixes.

Become out of control.

陷入混乱之中的经济。