falling
美 ['fɔlɪŋ]
英 ['fɔ:lɪŋ]
- v.下降；跌倒；落下；跌落
- n.落下；跌落；下落；掉落
- adj.〈美〉秋天的；秋天成熟的；(衣服等)秋天用的
- 网络坠落；堕落；降落
falling
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落下drop down
1. | [i] 落下；下落；掉落；跌落to drop down from a higher level to a lower level |
September had come and the leaves were starting to fall. 已到九月了，树叶开始凋落。 | |
They were injured by falling rocks. 他们被落石砸伤了。 | |
Several of the books had fallen onto the floor. 这些书有几本掉到了地上。 | |
One of the kids fell into the river. 小孩中有一个掉进了河里。 | |
The handle had fallen off the drawer. 抽屉的拉手掉了。 | |
He fell 20 metres onto the rocks below. 他掉到下面 20 米处的岩石上。 | |
The rain was falling steadily. 雨不停地下着。 |
倒下stop standing
2. | [i] 突然倒下；跌倒；倒塌to suddenly stop standing |
She slipped on the ice and fell. 她在冰上滑了一跤。 | |
I fell over and cut my knee. 我摔倒了，划破了膝盖。 | |
The house looked as if it was about to fall down. 房子看起来好像就要倒塌似的。 |
毛发；材料of hair/material
3. | [i] + adv./prep. 下垂；低垂to hang down |
Her hair fell over her shoulders in a mass of curls. 她的鬈发披肩。 |
向下倾斜slope downwards
4. | [i] ~ (away/off) 向下倾斜to slope downwards |
The land falls away sharply towards the river. 地势向河边陡然倾斜。 |
减少decrease
5. | [i] （数量）减少，下降；（强度）减小to decrease in amount, number or strength |
Their profits have fallen by 30 per cent. 他们的利润减少了 30%。 | |
Prices continued to fall on the stock market today. 今天股票市场价格继续下跌。 | |
The temperature fell sharply in the night. 夜间温度陡降。 | |
falling birth rates 下降的出生率 | |
Her voice fell to a whisper. 她的声音变小，成了耳语。 | |
Share prices fell 30p. 股价下跌了 30 便士。 |
被打败be defeated
6. | [i] 被打败；沦陷；失守to be defeated or captured |
The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards. 政变虽然流产，但是不久以后政府便垮台了。 | |
Troy finally fell to the Greeks. 特洛伊城最终被希腊人攻陷。 |
阵亡die in battle
7. | [i] 阵亡；被击毙to die in battle; to be shot |
a memorial to those who fell in the two world wars 两次世界大战阵亡将士纪念碑 |
变成become
8. | [i] 进入（某状态）；开始变成（某事物）to pass into a particular state; to begin to be sth |
He had fallen asleep on the sofa. 他在沙发上睡着了。 | |
The book fell open at a page of illustrations. 书翻开在有插图的那一页。 | |
The room had fallen silent. 整个房间都变得静悄悄的。 | |
She fell ill soon after and did not recover. 不久后她就病倒了，而且未能痊愈。 | |
I had fallen into conversation with a man on the train. 在火车上我和一个男人攀谈起来。 | |
The house had fallen into disrepair. 这栋房子已年久失修。 | |
She knew she must not fall prey to his charm. 她清楚自己绝不可以被他迷住。 |
发生happen/occur
9. | [i] 突然来到；突然出现to come quickly and suddenly |
A sudden silence fell. 突然一片鸦雀无声。 | |
Darkness falls quickly in the tropics. 在热带地区夜幕降临迅速。 | |
An expectant hush fell on the guests. 客人们即时安静了下来，期待着将要发生的事。 |
10. | [i] + adv./prep. 发生to happen or take place |
My birthday falls on a Monday this year. 今年我的生日适逢星期一。 |
11. | [i] + adv./prep. （向某方向）移动；落（在某位置上）to move in a particular direction or come in a particular position |
My eye fell on(= I suddenly saw) a curious object. 我突然见到了一样奇怪的东西。 | |
Which syllable does the stress fall on? 重音在哪个音节？ | |
A shadow fell across her face. 一片阴影掠过她的脸庞。 |
属于群体belong to group
12. | [i] + adv./prep. 属于（某类、群体、责任范围）to belong to a particular class, group or area of responsibility |
Out of over 400 staff there are just 7 that fall into this category. 400 多个职员中只有 7 人属于这一类。 | |
This case falls outside my jurisdiction. 这个案件不属于我的管辖范围。 | |
This falls under the heading of scientific research. 这一项属于科研类目。 |
IDM
落下act of falling
1. | [c] 落下；下落；跌落；掉落an act of falling |
I had a bad fall and broke my arm. 我重重地跌了一跤，摔断了手臂。 | |
She was killed in a fall from a horse. 她从马背上掉下来摔死了。 |
雪；岩石of snow/rocks
2. | [c] ~ (of sth) （雪、岩石等的）降落an amount of snow, rocks, etc. that falls or has fallen |
a heavy fall of snow 一场大雪 | |
a rock fall 岩崩 |
下落；发生way sth falls/happens
3. | [sing] ~ of sth 下落；发生the way in which sth falls or happens |
the fall of the dice 骰子的掷出 | |
the dark fall of her hair(= the way her hair hangs down) 她那垂泻的黑发 |
水of water
4. | [pl] 瀑布a large amount of water falling down from a height |
The falls upstream are full of salmon. 上游瀑布一带盛产鲑鱼。 | |
Niagara Falls 尼亚加拉瀑布 |
减少decrease
5. | [c] （大小）减小；（数量）减少；（比率、水平）降低a decrease in size, number, rate or level |
a steep fall in profits 利润的骤降 | |
a big fall in unemployment 失业人数的大大减少 |
失败defeat
6. | [sing] ~ (of sth) （政权的）垮台；（经济的）崩溃；（城市、国家的）沦陷，灭亡a loss of political, economic, etc. power or success; the loss or defeat of a city, country, etc. in war |
the fall of the Roman Empire 罗马帝国的灭亡 | |
the rise and fall of British industry 英国工业的兴衰 | |
the fall of Berlin 柏林的沦陷 |
丧失尊敬loss of respect
7. | [sing] （威信的）骤降a situation in which a person, an organization, etc. loses the respect of other people because they have done sth wrong |
the TV preacher's spectacular fall from grace 电视布道者威信的遽降 |
《圣经》in Bible
8. | [sing] 人类堕落（指亚当和夏娃违背上帝意旨而被迫离开伊甸园）the occasion when Adam and Eve did not obey God and had to leave the Garden of Eden |
IDM
Luckily, a bush broke his fall. 幸亏有灌木接着，他摔得不重。 |
break sbs fall
缓和某人的跌势；防止某人跌得很重to stop sb from falling onto sth hard
Luckily, a bush broke his fall. 幸亏有灌木接着，他摔得不重。 |
He took the fall for his boss and resigned. 他成了老板的替罪羊，辞职了。 |
take the fall (for sb/sth)
(informal)
替…承担责任；成为…的替罪羊to accept responsibility or punishment for sth that you did not do, or did not do alone
He took the fall for his boss and resigned. 他成了老板的替罪羊，辞职了。 |