drop
v. 落下; (使)降低; 使掉下; 累倒; 中途放下; 停止; 把…除名; 急剧倾斜而下; 给…送到; 断绝往来
n. 滴; 少量; 减少; 糖豆; 落差; 空投
If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less.
Temperatures can drop to freezing at night...
夜间温度可能会降到零度以下。
Once the rate rises it never drops back to its previous level...
一旦价格上去了就再也不会降到以前的水平了。
If you drop something, you accidentally let it fall.
I dropped my glasses and broke them.
我不小心把眼镜掉下来摔碎了。
If something drops onto something else, it falls onto that thing. If something drops from somewhere, it falls from that place.
He felt hot tears dropping onto his fingers...
他感觉到热泪掉到他的手指上。
Burning embers started dropping from the ceiling...
余火未尽的木块开始从天花板上往下掉。
If you drop something somewhere or if it drops there, you deliberately let it fall there.
Drop the noodles into the water...
将面条下到水里。
He dropped his plate into the sink.
他把盘子丢到水槽里。
If a person or a part of their body drops to a lower position, or if they drop a part of their body to a lower position, they move to that position, often in a tired and lifeless way.
Nancy dropped into a nearby chair...
南希疲惫地瘫坐到近处的椅子上。
She let her head drop...
她低垂着头。
To drop is used in expressions such as to be about to drop and to dance until you drop to emphasize that you are exhausted and can no longer continue doing something.
She looked about to drop...
她看上去快要累垮了。
You have to run until you drop.
一直跑到你跑不动为止。
If a man drops his trousers, he pulls them down, usually as a joke or to be rude.
A couple of boozy revellers dropped their trousers.
两名醉酒的狂欢者脱掉了他们的裤子。
If your voice drops or if you drop your voice, you speak more quietly.
Her voice will drop to a dismissive whisper...
她会把声音压低,轻蔑地低语。
He dropped his voice and glanced round at the door.
他放低了声音,在门口环视了一下。
If you drop someone or something somewhere, you take them somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle.
He dropped me outside the hotel...
他把我送到了酒店。
Many children had been dropped at the stadium by their parents...
很多孩子被家长送到了体育馆。
If you drop an idea, course of action, or habit, you do not continue with it.
He was told to drop the idea...
他被告知要打消那个主意。
The prosecution was forced to drop the case...
控方被迫撤诉。
If someone is dropped by a sports team or organization, they are no longer included in that team or employed by that organization.
The country's captain was dropped from the tour party to England.
该国的国家队队长无缘英格兰之行。
If you drop a game or part of a game in a sports competition, you lose it.
Oremans has yet to drop a set.
奥尔曼斯还一局未输。
If you drop to a lower position in a sports competition, you move to that position.
Britain has dropped from second to third place in the league.
英国在联赛中的排名从第二位降到了第三位。
A drop of a liquid is a very small amount of it shaped like a little ball. In informal English, you can also use drop when you are referring to a very small amount of something such as a drink.
...a drop of blue ink...
一滴蓝墨水
Add the cream a few drops at a time...
每次加几滴奶油。
Drops are a kind of medicine which you put drop by drop into your ears, eyes, or nose.
...eye drops.
眼药水
Fruit or chocolate drops are small round sweets with a fruit or chocolate flavour.
You use drop to talk about vertical distances. For example, a thirty-foot drop is a distance of thirty feet between the top of a cliff or wall and the bottom of it.
There was a sheer drop just outside my window...
我的窗外就是垂直深渊。
It's only a four-foot drop.
仅有 4 英尺的落差。
If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
If I drop a few hints he might give me a cutting.
如果我给点暗示,他没准会送我一段插枝。
If you want someone to drop the subject ,drop it, or let it drop, you want them to stop talking about something, often because you are annoyed that they keep talking about it.
Mary Ann wished he would just drop it...
玛丽·安希望他就不要谈论它了。
Does that mean you're going to drop the subject?
那是不是意味着你将不再谈论那个话题了?
1. a small quantity (especially of a liquid);
2. a shape that is small and round;
3. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
4. a steep high face of rock;
5. a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
6. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity;
7. a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
8. a central depository where things can be left or picked up
9. the act of dropping something;
1. let fall to the ground;
2. to fall vertically;
3. go down in value;
4. fall or drop to a lower place or level;
5. terminate an association with;
6. utter casually;
7. stop pursuing or acting;
8. leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;
9. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;
10. lose (a game);
11. pay out;
12. lower the pitch of (musical notes)
13. hang freely;
14. stop associating with;
15. let or cause to fall in drops;
16. get rid of;
17. leave undone or leave out;
18. change from one level to another;
19. grow worse;
20. give birth; used for animals;
descend, drop, fall, sink
这些动词都表示"落下,下降"之意。
at the drop of a hat
(非正式)立即;莫名其妙地,一有刺激就
drop one's aitches
省略单词开头的‘h’音(在英国常被认为是说话者社会阶层低下的标志)
drop asleep
不知不觉睡着
drop the ball
(北美,非正式)犯错,出错,做错事
drop a brick
(英,非正式)失言;出言不慎
drop a clanger
(英,非正式)做事出岔子,犯愚蠢的错误
drop a curtsy
(英)行屈膝礼
drop dead
突然倒毙,猝死
drop a (或 the) dime on
(美,非正式)向警方告发(某人)
drop one's guard
丧失警惕,放弃戒备
drop a hint (或 drop hints)
(装作漫不经心地)暗示
a drop in the ocean (或 in a bucket)
沧海一粟
drop someone a line
给…写短信(或便条)
drop names
He's had a drop too much of alcohol to drink.
他多喝了一杯酒,醉了.
The fall in the cost of living is directly relevant to the drop in the prices of many industrial products and agricultural produce.
生活费的下降和工农业产品价格的下降有着密切关系.
That is a drop of grain sacks from an aircraft to the hungry people on the island.
那是从飞机上空投给岛上饥民的一袋袋粮食.
Low sales for turbot during the past months have led to a price drop.
大菱前几个月交易量偏低,导致价格下降.
A drop of rain landed on my head.
一滴雨滴落在我头上.