drop
[NOUN, VERB]
drops
1. [PL 复数] 迅速下降
2. [C 可数名词] 滴 , （如酒）少量
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.
双语例句
例：a drop of blue ink.
一滴蓝墨水。
3. [C 可数名词] 垂直距离
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.
双语例句
例：There was a sheer drop just outside my window.
我的窗外就是一个绝对垂直的落差。
4. [PL 复数] （滴入的）药水
Drops are a kind of medicine which you put drop by drop into your ears, eyes, or nose.
双语例句
例：And he had to have these drops in his eyes as well.
而且他还必须把这些药水滴进眼睛里。
NOUN. 名词
drop by
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 非正式地拜访
If you drop by, you visit someone informally.
双语例句
例：She and Danny will drop by later.
她和丹尼待会儿会过来坐一下。
drop in
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 顺道拜访
If you drop in on someone, you visit them informally, usually without having arranged it.
双语例句
例：Why not drop in for a chat?
为何不顺道过来聊聊？
drop off
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 将…送到并放下（同）drop）
Drop off means the same as drop.
双语例句
例：Just drop me off at the airport.
把我送到飞机场下车就行。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 睡着
If you drop off to sleep, you go to sleep.
双语例句
例：I must have dropped off to sleep.
我一定是睡着了。
3. [PHRASAL 短语] 下降
If the level of something drops off, it becomes less.
近义词
fall
双语例句
例：Two years later, earnings from the stocks had dropped off by nearly 50.
两年后，股票收益已下降了近50％。
drop out
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 辍学 , 退出（比赛等）
If someone drops out of college or a race, for example, they leave it without finishing what they started.
双语例句
例：He'd dropped out of high school at the age of 16.
他16岁时就从高中退学了。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
drop a hint
1. 露口风
If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
双语例句
例：Jerry dropped hints that he and Julie were talking about getting married.
杰里露出口风说他同朱莉已谈婚论嫁了。
drop the subject , drop it , let it drop
1. 别再讨论某事
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.
双语例句
例：Mary Ann wished he would just drop it.
玛丽安希望他不要再谈这事。
PHRASE. 习语
drops , dropping , dropped
1. [I 不及物动词] 使迅速下降 , 迅速下降
If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less.
近义词
fall , decline
反义词
rise , increase
双语例句
例：Temperatures can drop to freezing at night.
晚上气温能陡降到零度以下。
例：His blood pressure had dropped severely.
他的血压急剧下降。
例：He had dropped the price of his London home by £1.25m.
他已将他伦敦房子的售价陡降了125万英镑。
2. [T 及物动词] 失手掉下
If you drop something, you accidentally let it fall.
双语例句
例：I dropped my glasses and broke them.
我失手把眼镜摔碎了。
3. [I 不及物动词] 掉
If something drops onto something else, it falls onto that thing. If something drops from somewhere, it falls from that place.
双语例句
例：He felt hot tears dropping onto his fingers.
他感到热泪滴在他的手指上。
4. [I 不及物动词] 投下
If you drop something somewhere or if it drops there, you deliberately let it fall there.
双语例句
例：Drop the noodles into the water.
把面条下到水里。
例：television footage of bombs dropping on the city.
多枚炸弹投向该城市的电视片段。
5. [I 不及物动词] （人）瘫下 , （身体部位无力地）垂下
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.
双语例句
例：Nancy dropped into a nearby chair.
南希瘫坐在旁边的椅子上。
例：She let her head drop.
她把头垂了下来。
6. [I 不及物动词] 累倒 , 累垮
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.
双语例句
例：She looked about to drop.
她看上去要放弃了。
7. [I 不及物动词] 使（声音）变小 , （声音）变小
If your voice drops or if you drop your voice, you speak more quietly.
双语例句
例：Her voice will drop to a dismissive whisper.
她降低声音，漫不经心地低语着。
8. [T 及物动词] 将…送到并放下
If you drop someone or something somewhere, you take them somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle.
双语例句
例：He dropped me outside the hotel.
他开车将我送到了酒店。
9. [T 及物动词] 放弃（想法、行动、习惯等）
If you drop an idea, course of action, or habit, you do not continue with it.
双语例句
例：He was told to drop the idea.
他被告知放弃这个想法。
10. [T 及物动词] 把…除名 , 把…解职
If someone is dropped by a sports team or organization, they are no longer included in that team or employed by that organization.
双语例句
例：Alexander has been dropped from his multimillion-dollar-a-year job as spokesman for the company.
亚历山大已经辞去了年薪数百万的公司发言人的工作。
11. [I 不及物动词] （在比赛中）名次下降
If you drop to a lower position in a sports competition, you move to that position.
双语例句
例：She has dropped to third in the world ranking.
她已跌至世界排名第三。
VERB. 动词
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