dropping
美 ['drɒpɪŋ]
英 ['drɒpɪŋ]
- n.滴；下降；下跌；减少
- v.减少；放弃；送；停止
- 网络丢弃；滴下；落下
dropping
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落下fall
1. | [i][t] （意外地）落下，掉下，使落下to fall or allow sth to fall by accident |
The climber slipped and dropped to his death. 攀登者一失足掉下去摔死了。 | |
Be careful not to drop that plate. 小心别把那盘子摔了。 |
2. | [i][t] （故意）降下，使降落，使落下to fall or make sth fall deliberately |
He staggered in and dropped into a chair. 他蹒跚着走进来，一屁股坐在椅子上。 | |
Medical supplies are being dropped into the stricken area. 正在向灾区空投医药用品。 | |
He dropped his trousers(= undid them and let them fall) . 他松开腰带，让裤子掉下去。 | |
He dropped his pants. 他松开腰带，裤子掉下去。 |
3. | [i] (informal) 累倒；累垮to fall down or be no longer able to stand because you are extremely tired |
I feel ready to drop . 我感到快累垮了。 | |
She expects everyone to work till they drop. 她巴不得人人都干到累垮为止。 |
变弱；减少become weaker/less
4. | [i][t] （使）变弱，降低，减少to become or make sth weaker, lower or less |
The temperature has dropped considerably. 温度已大大降低。 | |
At last the wind dropped. 风势终于减弱了。 | |
His voice dropped to a whisper. 他的声音已放低到轻声细语了。 | |
The Dutch team have dropped to fifth place. 荷兰队已降至第五名。 | |
The price of shares dropped by 14p. 股价下跌了 14 便士。 | |
Shares dropped in price by 14p. 股价下跌了 14 便士。 | |
She dropped her voice dramatically. 她突然压低了声音。 | |
You must drop your speed in built-up areas. 在楼房密集区必须放慢速度。 |
眼睛eyes
5. | [i][t] your eyes/gaze ~.~ your eyes/gaze 垂下（眼睛）；垂视to look down |
Her eyes dropped to her lap. 她双目低垂，看着自己的腿。 |
向下倾斜slope downwards
6. | [i] ~ (away) (from sth) 急剧倾斜而下to slope steeply downwards |
In front of them the valley dropped sharply away from the road. 他们前面的山谷从路旁急剧倾斜而下。 |
运送；发送deliver/send
7. | [t] 中途卸客；中途卸货to stop so that sb can get out of a car, etc.; to deliver sth on the way to somewhere else |
Can you drop me near the bank? 你可以让我在银行附近下车吗？ | |
You left your jacket, but I can drop it off on my way to work tomorrow. 你忘了拿你的短上衣，不过我可以在明天上班的路上顺便捎给你。 |
8. | [t] ~ sb a line/note 寄，送，写（信）to send a short letter to sb |
Drop me a line when you get there. 你到那儿后给我写封信。 |
略去leave out
9. | [t] ~ sb/sth (from sth) 遗漏；省略；不予考虑to leave sb/sth out by accident or deliberately |
She's been dropped from the team because of injury. 她因受伤而未被列入队员名单。 | |
He spoke with a cockney accent and dropped his aitches(= did not pronounce the letter ‘h’ at the start of words) . 他讲话带着伦敦东区的口音，把词首的 h 音给吞掉了。 |
朋友friends
10. | [t] ~ sb 不再与（某人）往来；同（某人）断绝联系to stop seeing sb socially |
She's dropped most of her old friends. 她已与多数老朋友停止了来往。 |
停止stop
11. | [t] ~ sth 停止；终止；放弃to stop doing or discussing sth; to not continue with sth |
I dropped German(= stopped studying it) when I was 14. 我 14 岁后就没再学德语。 | |
Drop everything and come at once! 放下所有事情赶快来吧！ | |
Look, can we just drop it(= stop talking about it) ? 喂，这事儿能不能就谈到这儿？ | |
I think we'd better drop the subject . 我认为我们最好不要谈这个话题。 | |
Let's drop the formalities─please call me Mike. 咱们不必拘礼，叫我迈克好了。 | |
The police decided to drop the charges against her. 警方决定撤回对她的指控。 |
暗示hint
12. | [t] ~ a hint 暗示；透露to say or do sth in order to show sb, in an indirect way, what you are thinking |
编织in knitting
13. | [t] ~ a stitch 漏，脱，掉（针）to let a stitch go off the needle |
IDM
drop the ball
(informal)
犯错；处理失当to make a mistake and spoil sth that you are responsible for
drop a brick/clanger
(informal)
失言伤人；出言不慎to say sth that offends or embarrasses sb, although you did not intend to
drop dead
(informal)
暴死；突然死去；猝死to die suddenly and unexpectedly
(informal)
别烦人；别打扰；别捣乱used to tell sb, rudely, to stop annoying you, interfering , etc.
drop sb in it
(informal)
（尤指因泄露秘密）使尴尬，使狼狈不堪to put sb in an embarrassing situation, especially by telling a secret that you should not have told
drop names
提及自己认识或见过的名人以抬高身价to mention famous people you know or have met in order to impress others
drop your bundle
(informal)
突然发蒙；失态to suddenly not be able to think clearly; to act in a stupid way because you have lost control over yourself
I suggest we let the matter drop. 我建议咱们别再提及此事。 |
He let it drop that the Prime Minister was a close friend of his. 他有意无意地提起首相是他的密友。 |
let sb/sth drop
不再提起；放弃to do or say nothing more about sb/sth
I suggest we let the matter drop. 我建议咱们别再提及此事。 |
（好像是）无意中说出to mention sb/sth in a conversation, by accident or as if by accident
He let it drop that the Prime Minister was a close friend of his. 他有意无意地提起首相是他的密友。 |
液体of liquid
1. | [c] 滴；水珠a very small amount of liquid that forms a round shape |
drops of rain 雨滴 | |
a drop of blood 一滴血 |
2. | [c][ususing] 少量；微量；一点点a small quantity of a liquid |
Could I have a drop more milk in my coffee, please? 请给我在咖啡里多加点牛奶好吗？ | |
I haven't touched a drop(= drunk any alcohol) all evening. 整个晚上我滴酒未沾。 |
下降fall
3. | [c][ususing] ~ (in sth) 下降；下跌；减少a fall or reduction in the amount, level or number of sth |
a drop in prices/temperature, etc. 价格、温度等下降 | |
a dramatic/sharp drop in profits 利润大幅度╱急剧下降 | |
a five per cent drop 下跌百分之五 |
距离distance
4. | [sing] 下落的距离；落差a distance down from a high point to a lower point |
There was a sheer drop of fifty metres to the rocks below. 距下面的岩石有五十米的垂直距离。 | |
a twenty-foot drop 二十英尺的落差 |
药medicine
5. | [pl] 滴剂a liquid medicine that you put one drop at a time into your eyes, ears or nose |
eye drops 眼药水 |
运送delivering
6. | [c] 运送；空投the act of delivering sb/sth in a vehicle or by plane; the act of dropping sth |
Aid agencies are organizing food drops to civilians in the war zone. 援助机构正组织向战区平民运送食品。 | |
a parachute drop 降落伞空投 |
糖果sweet/candy
7. | [c] 球状糖果a small round sweet/candy of the type mentioned |
fruit drops 水果糖 | |
cough drops(= sweets/candy to help a cough) 止咳糖 |
IDM
The company can't expect me to move my home and family at the drop of a hat. 公司不可能指望我立即搬家。 |
at the drop of a hat
立即；毫不迟疑immediately; without hesitating
The company can't expect me to move my home and family at the drop of a hat. 公司不可能指望我立即搬家。 |
a drop in the ocean
沧海一粟；九牛一毛an amount of sth that is too small or unimportant to make any real difference to a situation