| 单词 | drop¹ |
| 释义 | drop¹ /drɑp; drɒp/v -pped, -pping 1. [t] to let something you are holding fall to the ground （使）掉下，落下:◇the dog ran up and dropped a stick at my feet. 那狗跑过来把一根枝条丢在我脚边。 2. [i] to fall 掉，落:◇+ from/off/onto etc the bottle rolled off the table and dropped onto the floor. 瓶子滚离了桌面掉到地板上。◇he dropped into his chair with a sigh. 他叹了口气一下子跌坐在椅子上。 3. [t] also 又作 drop off to take someone to a place in a car, before continuing to somewhere else 开车送某人到某处［再继续行程］:◇she drops the kids off at school on her way to work. 她开车去上班时顺路把孩子送到学校。 4. drop in/by to visit someone when you have not arranged to come at a particular time 顺路拜访:◇imran dropped in on his way home from work. 伊姆兰下班回家路上顺道来坐坐。 5. [i] to fall to a lower level or amount 下降，降低; 减少:◇the temperature dropped to -15° overnight. 一夜之间气温降至零下 15 度。 6. [t] to stop doing something or stop planning to do something 放弃，丢开，停止:◇we've dropped the idea of going by plane. 我们放弃了乘飞机去的念头。◇drop everything (=stop what you are doing) 停止在做的事，扔下手中的工作 7. [t] to decide not to include someone or something in a group 除名，开除:◇drop sb from sth morris has been dropped from the team. 莫里斯被运动队除名了。 8. [t] to stop talking about something, especially because it is upsetting someone 不谈，免提:◇let it drop/let the matter drop i wish you'd let the matter drop. 我希望你就让这件事过去了吧。◇drop it/drop the subject just drop it, will you? i don't want to argue. 别再提那个话题了，行不行？ 我可不想争辩。 9. drop dead to die suddenly and unexpectedly 突然死亡，猝死 10. drop sb a line informal to write a letter to someone 【非正式】 给某人写封信 11. drop a hint to give someone some advice, a suggestion, or a warning in a way that is not direct 暗示，露口风:◇i've dropped a few hints about what i want for my birthday. 对我想要什么生日礼物，我已经作过一些暗示了。drop off1 [i] informal to begin to sleep 【非正式】 打盹，打瞌睡:◇just as i was dropping off, i heard a noise downstairs. 我刚要打盹，忽听到楼下有响声。2 [i] to become lower in level or amount 减少; 降低:◇the demand for leaded petrol dropped off in the 1970s. 20 世纪70 年代时含铅汽油的需求量下降了。3 [t drop sb/sth ↔ off] to take someone or something to a place in a car, before continuing to somewhere else 开车送某人到某处［再继续行程］drop outto stop going to university or stop an activity before you have finished it ［中途］退学; 退出，放弃:◇+ of too many students drop out of college in the first year. 大学里第一年就退学的学生太多了。 |
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