| 词汇 | drop |
| 释义 | drop verb uk/drɒp/ us/drɑːp/ -pp- (FALL) B1 [ I or T ]（使）落下，（使）掉下;丢下 to fall or to allow something to fall She dropped her keys. 她把钥匙掉了。 I'm always dropping things. 我总是掉东西。 Amanda dropped her sunglasses in/into the fountain. 阿曼达把太阳镜掉进喷水池里了。 The book dropped from/off the shelf. 书从书架上掉了下来。 Don't drop it!/Don't let it drop! 别让那东西掉下来！ drop deadC2 暴亡，猝死，突然死去 to die suddenly and unexpectedly He dropped dead on the squash court at the age of 43. 他猝死在壁球场上，年仅43岁。 He suddenly dropped dead of a heart attack in his early fifties. The way I think about it, if I drop dead tomorrow, I'll have had a long and happy life. Then one day, this seemingly healthy woman in her forties just dropped dead. The next day, she dropped dead without warning. drop someone a line informal 给…写信（尤指非正式的简短书信） to write someone a letter, especially a short informal one Just drop me a line when you decide on a date. 一旦你确定了日期给我写信就行。 I hadn't heard from John in ages so I thought I'd drop him a line. Could you drop her a line and ask her where she got her tent? I'd love to get one myself. Drop us a line and we'll put your query to our panel of experts. If I haven't heard from Amber by next weekend I'll drop her a line. drop (someone) a hint informal 暗示，给…露口风 to tell someone something in a way that is not direct She dropped a hint that she'd like to come to the party. 她暗示她想来参加聚会。 He seemed to be dropping a hint that he might one day stand for leader. I'd really love one of her paintings for my birthday so I've been dropping a few hints. Do you think he was trying to drop me a hint? He didn't say anything explicitly but dropped one or two hints about the future of the club. drop your aitches/h's UK 漏发词首h音 to not pronounce the letter h at the beginning of words in which it should be pronounced He drops his aitches and it really annoys my parents. I confess I dropped my aitches just to fit in. Now and then she would drop her h's in an effort to appear less posh. I'm not going to start dropping my aitches just to gain some credibility with these people. At the time, she was widely mocked for dropping her h's.
(LOWER) B2 [ I or T ]（使）下降，（使）降低 to move to a lower level, or cause something to move to a lower level The water level in the flooded region has finally begun to drop. 受灾地区的洪水终于开始退去了。 The land drops (away) (= slopes down) sharply behind the barrier. 在这道屏障的后面，地势急剧倾斜而下。 We had to drop our prices because of the recession. 由于经济不景气，我们不得不降低了价格。
(STOP) B2 [ T ]停止，放弃（尤指某种活动） to stop doing or planning something, especially an activity I'm going to drop yoga and do aerobics instead. 我准备不再练瑜伽而开始做有氧运动。 Can you drop what you're doing and help me with this report? 你能停下手里的活儿来帮我写这份报告吗？ [ T ]将…排除在外;开除;使离队 to stop including someone in a group or team He's been dropped from the team because of injury. 他因受伤而未能入选球队。
(TAKE) C1 [ T + adv/prep ]（通常指用汽车）捎，带（某人至某地） to take someone to a particular place, usually in a car, and leave them there They dropped me off at the main entrance. 他们把我捎到正门。 I dropped him at the library and went shopping. 我开车把他带到图书馆后就去买东西去了。 Idioms be fit/ready to dropidiom informal 快累趴下了，快累垮了 to be extremely tired I'd just walked ten miles and was ready to drop. 我刚走完10英里的路程，都快累趴下了。 drop someone/something like a hot potatoidiom informal 立即摆脱，马上放弃 to quickly stop being involved with someone or something because you stop liking that person or thing or you think they will cause problems for you He dropped the plan like a hot potato when he realized how much it would cost him. 当他意识到这个计划的代价后立即就放弃了这个烫手的山芋。 drop a brick/clangeridiom UK （在言行上）出丑 to do or say something that makes you feel embarrassed drop dead!idiom slang 滚开！闭嘴！ a rude way of telling someone that you are annoyed with them and want them to go away or be quiet Oh, just drop dead! 哦，滚开！ drop everythingidiom 停止一切活动，停下手上的活儿 to stop whatever you are doing We just dropped everything and rushed to the hospital. 我们立刻放下手上的活儿，跑到医院去了。 drop it/the subjectidiom C2 别提了，不说了（尤指令人苦恼或烦扰之事） to stop talking about something, especially because it is upsetting or annoying I don't want to talk about it any more - let's drop the subject. 我不想再谈这件事了——我们不要再提它了。 drop the ballidiom informal （尤指由于愚蠢或粗心）犯错误 to make a mistake, especially by not taking action or dealing with something that should have been planned for For God's sake don't drop the ball on this - we're relying on you. 千万不要搞砸了，我们就靠你了！ The government has dropped the ball, he says, and should have seen this coming. I'll freely admit to dropping the ball on this occasion but I'll fix it. Phrasal verbs drop behind 落后，掉队，跟不上 to get further behind or away from something or someone As the pace quickened, Pepe began to drop behind. 随着速度的加快，佩佩开始跟不上了。 She stopped going to classes and dropped behind in her schoolwork. 她不去上课，功课也就落了下来。 drop by/in 拜访，看望 to visit someone I dropped in on George on my way home from school. 在放学回家的路上我去看了一下乔治。 Drop by and pick up that book sometime. 什么时候有空就来取那本书。 drop off 入睡 to start to sleep 减少，下降 If the amount, number, or quality of something drops off, it becomes less. The demand for mobile phones shows no signs of dropping off. 人们对手机的需求并未出现下降的迹象。 drop someone/something off （通常指用汽车）捎带…（至某地） to take someone or something to a particular place, usually by car, as you travel to a different place We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and went sightseeing. 我们把行李放在酒店后就去观光了。 drop out 停止;退出;中断 to not do something that you were going to do, or to stop doing something before you have completely finished He dropped out of the race after two laps. 在跑了两圈后他退出了比赛。 退学，辍学 If a student drops out, they stop going to classes before they have finished their course. drop noun uk/drɒp/ us/drɑːp/ (SMALL AMOUNT) B1 [ C ]滴 a small round-shaped amount of liquid I thought I felt a drop of rain. 我觉得有一滴雨落在了身上。 There were little drops of paint on the kitchen floor. 厨房地板上有几小滴油漆。 [ S ]（饮料）少许，一点 a small amount of liquid you can drink I'll have a drop more juice, please. 请再给我来一点果汁。 "Would you like some milk?" "Just a drop, please." “你要牛奶吗？”“请稍加一点。” drops [ plural ] （药物）滴液，滴剂 liquid medicine given in very small amounts eye/nose/ear drops 眼药水／滴鼻剂／滴耳剂 She has eye drops to treat her glaucoma. Do the eye drops relieve the itching? The doctor gave me a prescription for some ear drops. The condition is usually treated with ear drops. The pharmacist recommended saline nose drops. [ C ] mainly UK小块甜食 a small piece of sweet food made of sugar fruit/pear drops 水果／梨味糖 chocolate drops 巧克力糖
(LOWER) C1 [ C usually singular ]下降距离，下落距离 the distance from one thing to something lower There's a drop of two metres from the window to the ground. 窗户离地面有两米的距离。 B2 [ C usually singular ]降低的程度;减少的数量 a reduction in the amount or level of something The recent drop in magazine subscriptions is causing some concern. 最近杂志订阅数量的减少引起了一些关注。
(FALL) [ C ]（补给品、药品等的）空投，空降 the act of delivering things such as supplies, medicine, etc., often by dropping them from an aircraft a food drop 空投食品 The helicopter made a drop of much-needed supplies to the stranded hikers. 直升机向被困的徒步旅行者空投了他们急需的用品。 [ C ]（间谍等）从某处取（情报等） the situation in which something is left in a place and later collected by someone else, usually a spy Idioms a drop in the oceanidiom UK (US a drop in the bucket)C2 沧海一粟；杯水车薪 a very small amount compared to the amount needed My letter of protest was just a drop in the ocean. 我的抗议书不过是杯水车薪。 a drop too much (to drink)idiom mainly UK 太多酒 too much alcohol to drink at the drop of a hatidiom 不加思索地，毫不犹豫地 If you do something at the drop of a hat, you do it immediately without stopping to think about it. People will file lawsuits at the drop of a hat these days. 现在人们动不动就打官司。 |
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