• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 同义词
  • 同义词解析
  • 词组
  • 四级真题
  • 六级真题
  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英汉词典释义
  • 英英词典释义
  • 行业词典释义
例句
同义词
同义词解析
  • 以下这些动词都表示"落下,下降" 的意思
    descend通常指沿斜线或斜坡下降。
    drop指物体从一定高度落下。
    fall与drop同义,指突然或猛烈地降落,但fall也可指任何下落,同高度或形式无关。
    sink指在空气或水中垂直下降、下沉。
词组
  • at the drop of a hat
    (informal)without delay or good reason (非正式)立即;莫名其妙地,一有刺激就
  • drop one's aitches
    omit the ‘h’ sound from the beginning of words (in Britain often regarded as a sign that the speaker belongs to a low social class) 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
    fall gently asleep, especially without intending to 不知不觉睡着
  • drop the ball
    (N. Amer. informal)make a mistake; mishandle things (北美,非正式)犯错,出错,做错事
  • drop a brick
    (Brit. informal)make an indiscreet or embarrassing remark (英,非正式)失言;出言不慎
  • drop a clanger
    (Brit. informal)make an embarrassing or foolish mistake (英,非正式)做事出岔子,犯愚蠢的错误
  • drop a curtsy
    (Brit.)make a curtsy (英)行屈膝礼
  • drop dead
    die suddenly and unexpectedly 突然倒毙,猝死
  • drop a (或 the) dime on
    (US informal)inform on (someone) to the police (美,非正式)向警方告发(某人)
  • drop one's guard
    abandon one's habitual defensive or protective stance 丧失警惕,放弃戒备
  • drop a hint (或 drop hints)
    let fall a hint or hints, as if casually or unconsciously (装作漫不经心地)暗示
  • a drop in the ocean (或 in a bucket)
    a very small amount compared with what is needed or expected 沧海一粟
  • drop someone a line
    send someone a note or letter in a casual manner 给…写短信(或便条)
  • drop names
英语四级真题
    Uh, you can either drop it off at my class or bring it to my office.
    出自-2014年6月听力原文
    The authors documented an annual drop of as many as 120,000 cases of heart disease, 66,000 instances of stroke and 99,000 heart attacks caused by high blood pressure after a 3-g-per-day reduction in salt.
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    bring about a drop in the divorce rate
    出自-2012年6月阅读原文
英语六级真题
    Moreover, home prices barely dropped.
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    Both stocks and homes, more widely held, dropped more
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    Spending on such "durables" dropped at a 12% annual rate in 2008's third quarter, a 20% rate in the fourth.
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • V-ERG
    (使)降低;(使)下降;(使)减少
    If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less.
    例句
    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。
  • VERB
    (意外地)使掉下,使落下
    If you drop something, you accidentally let it fall.
    例句
    I dropped my glasses and broke them. 我不小心把眼镜掉下来摔碎了。
  • VERB
    掉到…上;从…上掉落
    If something drops onto something else, it falls onto that thing. If something drops from somewhere, it falls from that place.
    例句
    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。
  • V-ERG
    投下;丢下;扔下;掉下
    If you drop something somewhere or if it drops there, you deliberately let it fall there.
    例句
    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。
  • V-ERG
    (疲惫地)垂下,低垂,垂落
    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.
    例句
    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。
  • VERB
    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.
    例句
    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。
  • VERB
    (开玩笑或不雅地)脱掉(裤子)
    If a man drops his trousers, he pulls them down, usually as a joke or to be rude.
    例句
    A couple of boozy revellers dropped their trousers. 两名醉酒的狂欢者脱掉了他们的裤子。
  • V-ERG
    (使)(声音)降低,压低
    If your voice drops or if you drop your voice, you speak more quietly.
    例句
    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。
  • VERB
    中途放下(某人);中途卸下(某物)
    If you drop someone or something somewhere, you take them somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle.
    例句
    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。
  • VERB
    停止;终止;放弃
    If you drop an idea, course of action, or habit, you do not continue with it.
    例句
    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。
  • VERB
    (运动队或组织)把…除名
    If someone is dropped by a sports team or organization, they are no longer included in that team or employed by that organization.
    例句
    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。
  • VERB
    输掉
    If you drop a game or part of a game in a sports competition, you lose it.
    例句
    Oremans has yet to drop a set. 奥尔曼斯还一局未输。
  • VERB
    (在比赛中)排位退后
    If you drop to a lower position in a sports competition, you move to that position.
    例句
    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。
  • N-COUNT
    滴;少量;微量;一点点
    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.
    例句
    ...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。
  • N-PLURAL
    滴剂
    Drops are a kind of medicine which you put drop by drop into your ears, eyes, or nose.
    例句
    ...eye drops. 眼药水
  • N-COUNT
    (水果味或巧克力味的)糖豆,糖果粒
    Fruit or chocolate drops are small round sweets with a fruit or chocolate flavour.
  • N-COUNT
    落差;垂直距离;下降距离
    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.
    例句
    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。
  • PHRASE
    随口说出;给出暗示
    If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
    例句
    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。
  • PHRASE
    (常指因不喜欢而让别人)终止谈论,不要谈论,谈到此为止
    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.
    例句
    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?
英汉词典释义
  • vt. & vi.
    (使)落下, 投下,放下
    The apple blossom is beginning to drop. 苹果树上的花开始落了。
    (使)降低, 减少, 减弱
    The motorist dropped his speed. 摩托车手放慢了速度。
  • vt.
    放弃, 断绝交往
    But in Paris he dropped his medical studies. 但是在巴黎他放弃了学医。
    漏掉, 丢掉
    He dropped his watch in the bathroom. 他把手表丢在浴室了。
    让人下车, 卸下货物
    I'm driving your way so I may drop you at the station. 我开车顺路, 所以送你到车站。
  • n.
    滴, 滴剂, 滴状物
    Many drops make a shower. 雨滴一多就形成阵雨。
    降落, 下跌
    We really welcome a drop in prices. 我们确实欢迎物价下降。
    空投, 空投物
    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。
  • vi.
    (水或其他液体)滴,滴下,滴落;滴水
    Water dropped from the ceiling into the pan on the floor. 水从天花板滴落到地板上的盆子里。
    (因受伤或死等)倒下,累倒;倒毙
    A hundred men dropped in the battle. 有100人在这次战斗中倒下了。
    (犬等看见猎物时)蹲伏,蹲下或弯身
    The dog dropped at the sight of game. 狗看见猎物时蹲伏着。
    (随潮流或微风)缓慢移动;随波漂流;随风飘;顺山坡流下;慢慢行进(常与 down 连用)
    Our boat gently dropped down with the tide. 我们的小船慢慢随潮顺流而下。
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. a small quantity (especially of a liquid);
    "one drop of each sample was analyzed""any child with a drop of negro blood was legally a negro""there is not a drop of pity in that man"
    2. a shape that is small and round;
    "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops""beads of sweat on his forehead"
    3. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
    "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index""there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery""a dip in prices""when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
    4. a steep high face of rock;
    "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town""a steep drop"
    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;
    "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
    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;
    "they expected the drop would be successful"
  • Verb
    1. let fall to the ground;
    "Don't drop the dishes"
    2. to fall vertically;
    "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
    3. go down in value;
    "Stock prices dropped"
    4. fall or drop to a lower place or level;
    "He sank to his knees"
    5. terminate an association with;
    "drop him from the Republican ticket"
    6. utter casually;
    "drop a hint"
    7. stop pursuing or acting;
    "drop a lawsuit""knock it off!"
    8. leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;
    9. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;
    "strike down a tree""Lightning struck down the hikers"
    10. lose (a game);
    "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
    11. pay out;
    "spend money"
    12. lower the pitch of (musical notes)
    13. hang freely;
    "the ornaments dangled from the tree""The light dropped from the ceiling"
    14. stop associating with;
    "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
    15. let or cause to fall in drops;
    "dribble oil into the mixture"
    16. get rid of;
    "he shed his image as a pushy boss""shed your clothes"
    17. leave undone or leave out;
    "How could I miss that typo?""The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
    18. change from one level to another;
    "She dropped into army jargon"
    19. grow worse;
    "Her condition deteriorated""Conditions in the slums degenerated""The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
    20. give birth; used for animals;
    "The cow dropped her calf this morning"
行业词典
  • 体育: 在遗失球或其他状况要将球重新定位时;令球由空中自由落下;
    医学: 量;
    大气科学: 滴谱参数;drop-size distribution pa-rameter 描述单位体积中云(或雨)滴粒子数量随其大小分布的参数。;
    水利: 跌水;连接两段高程不同的渠道的阶梯式跌落建筑物。;
    法律: 下跌;下降;