| 单词 | drop |
| 释义 | dropWord family noundropletdropperdroppingdroppledrop goaldropoutdropstonedropwortdropadverbdropwiseadjectivedrop-in Sport, Nature drop1 /drɒp $ drɑːp/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (dropped, dropping) 1 let STH fall 让某物掉落 [transitiveT] a) FALLto stop holding or carrying something so that it falls 让〔某物〕落下 He dropped his briefcase on a chair. 他把公文包丢在椅子上。 She screamed and dropped the torch. 她尖叫一声，把手电筒丢在了地上。 b) to make something such as a bomb fall from a plane 〔飞机〕空投，丢，扔〔炸弹等〕 U.S. planes began dropping bombs on the city. 美国飞机开始轰炸该城市。 Supplies are being dropped for the refugees. 正在向难民空投物资。 2 fall 落下 [intransitiveI]FALL to fall suddenly onto the ground or into something 掉下，落下 drop from/off The apples are beginning to drop from the trees. 苹果开始从树上落下来了。 Your button has dropped off. 你的纽扣掉了。 3 move your body down 低下身子 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]BEND to lower yourself or part of your body suddenly （使）忽然倒下，坐下 drop down/onto/into He dropped down onto the floor and hid under the table. 他蹲到地板上，藏在桌子底下。 She dropped her head back against the cushion. 她倒头靠在靠垫上。 4 become less 变少 [intransitiveI]LESS to fall to a lower level or amount, especially a much lower level or amount 〔水平〕降低；〔数量〕减少 drop suddenly/sharply/dramatically The number of deaths on the roads has dropped sharply. 交通事故死亡人数已大大减少。 Temperatures drop quite dramatically at night, so bring some warm clothing. 夜里气温骤降，所以要带上些暖和的衣服。 drop to ► see thesaurus at decrease Their share of the market dropped to 50 percent this year. 今年他们的市场占有率下降到了50%。 5 reduce 减少 [transitiveT]LESS to reduce the level or amount of something 降低〔…的水平〕；减少〔…的数量〕 You might be able to get them to drop the price. 你也许能够让他们把价格降下来。 As soon as she saw the police car she dropped her speed. 她一看到警车就放慢了速度。 6 not include 不包括 [transitiveT]DS to decide not to include someone or something 剔除，把…除名 His name was dropped from the list. 他被剔除出名单。 drop somebody from a team/side Taylor was bitterly disappointed to be dropped from the England side. 泰勒对没入选英格兰队感到非常失望。 7 stop doing STH 停止做某事 [transitiveT]STOP DOING something to stop doing something, discussing something, or continuing with something 停止，放弃 The proposal was dropped after opposition from civil liberties groups. 遭到公民自由组织的反对后这一提案便被驳回了。 drop charges/drop a case New evidence was presented to the court and the case was dropped. 新的证据提交给法庭后该案就被撤销了。 drop a subject at school/university (=stop studying it) 在学校/大学退修[不学]一科 Students are allowed to drop history in Year 9. 九年级的学生可以不学历史。 You can’t expect me to drop everything (=completely stop doing whatever I am doing) whenever you’re in town. 你不能指望你一进城我就得放下手头的所有事情。 Oh, drop the ‘Senator’ (=stop calling me ‘Senator’) – just call me Gordon. 噢，不要叫我 “参议员” ，就叫我戈登吧。 Some time later, the matter was quietly dropped. 过了一段时间，这件事就不了了之了。 8 stop talking about STH 停止谈论某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]STOP DOING something to stop talking about something 停止谈论 drop the subject To her relief, Julius dropped the subject. 让她感到宽慰的是，朱利叶斯停止了那个话题。 drop it (=stop talking about a subject) 别谈了 Just drop it, will you? I don’t want to talk about it anymore. 到此为止，行不行？我再也不愿意谈这事了。 ‘What about the money?’ ‘We’ve agreed to let it drop (=we have agreed not to talk about it anymore).’ “钱呢？” “我们都已经说好不再提了。” 9 take SB somewhere 送某人到某处 (also drop off) [transitiveT]TTC to take someone by car to a place and leave them there, especially on your way to another place 〔开车〕顺路送〔某人〕到〔某处〕，放…下车 Just drop me here – I can walk the rest of the way. 就让我在这里下车吧，剩下的路我可以走过去。 drop somebody at something She dropped Johnny at the school gates at about 8:30. 大约8点30分时她把约翰尼送到了校门口。 10 take STH somewhere 把某物送到某处 [transitiveT]TAKE/BRING to take something to a place and leave it there 把〔某物〕送至〔某处〕 drop something round/in I’ve got your books – I’ll drop them round to your place later. 我买到你要的书了，晚些时候我会送到你那里去。 11 visit 拜访 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DLVISIT to visit someone you know, usually without arranging a particular time 顺便造访，临时拜访 drop by/round I just dropped by to see how you were getting on. 我只是顺道来看看你过得怎样。 The kids drop round and see her from time to time. 孩子们时不时地过来看看她。 drop into Jan dropped into the office this morning to tell me her news. 简今天上午顺道来办公室把她的消息告诉我。 drop in (on somebody) Why don’t you drop in for a drink one evening? 你哪天晚上过来喝一杯怎么样？ 12 slope downwards 向下倾斜 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DNDOWN if a path, land etc drops, it goes down suddenly, forming a steep slope 〔道路、地面等〕急剧向下倾斜 drop down The cliff dropped down over a hundred feet to the sea below. 悬崖从距海面一百多英尺的地方陡然而下。 drop away On the left the ground drops away, giving a view over the rooftops. 左边，地势陡降，可以看到一个个屋顶。 13 end a relationship 结束关系 [transitiveT]RELATIONSHIP informal to suddenly stop having a relationship with someone, especially a romantic relationship 突然终止与〔某人〕的（恋爱）关系，将〔某人〕给甩了 She dropped him as soon as she found out he had been seeing another woman. 她一发现他和另一个女人有来往后就和他一刀两断了。 14 until/till you drop TIREDuntil you are too tired to continue doing something 直到累垮 We’re going to shop till we drop! 我们要逛街购物直到走不动为止！ Examples from the Corpus until/till you drop• She only wanted him to go on dancing till he dropped.• You shop until you drop and then what?• Or they can board one of the famous San Francisco trams to shop till they drop at Ghiradelli Square.• Arlen Specter until he dropped out of the Republican race.• Putting his hand on my head, he looked at his sheep until they dropped their eyes.• It harasses other gulls until they drop their hard-won food and then swoops down to catch it - often in mid-air.• They work until they drop, twenty, thirty hours at a time.• Try having your last meal no later than 5 p. m. Working till I drop will help me sleep. 15 drop a hint SUGGESTto suggest or ask for something in an indirect way, hoping that the person you are talking to will understand what you mean 给暗示 He dropped some big hints about what he wanted for his birthday. 他对自己生日要什么礼物作了明显的暗示。 Examples from the Corpus drop a hint• She kept dropping hints about her birthday, just to make sure none of us forgot about it.• My mother dropped several hints about us wallpapering her sitting room.• I've dropped a few hints about what I want for my birthday.• They managed to see Maeda who dropped hints and told them to be circumspect.• Little by little he dropped hints, but no details.• Occasionally he dropped hints on this matter to Gina.• But sometimes, the trash drops a hint to a waiter. 16 drop somebody a line/note TCN informal to write a short letter to someone 给某人写短信/便条 Drop us a line to let us know how you’re getting on. 写封短信告诉我们你过得怎样。 Examples from the Corpus drop somebody a line/note• If he can not do so, perhaps he will drop me a line.• Keep a folder on your desk, and during the year drop in notes about the special things you did.• She pulled open a drawer to drop the note in.• The telephone isn't connected yet but you can drop a note in.• Other cities have dropped their line items without allowing departments to keep any of their savings.• Do drop me a line, Mrs Surridge, or anyone else who's interested.• Drop us a line sometime.• After the people have been touched, they drop a £10 note, the usual donation, on the small table.• Just wanted to drop you a note to say break a leg and all those other theatrical cliches. 17 drop dead a) MXDIE informal to die suddenly 猝死，暴毙 b) spoken informal an impolite expression which you say to someone when you are extremely angry with them 去你的，去死吧〔生气时对别人说的不礼貌的话〕 Examples from the Corpus drop dead• A few months ago, the seven-year-old son of one family we spoke to dropped dead.• If this fails to deter the enemy, the possum promptly drops dead.• In a few minutes the poor beast dropped dead.• She dropped dead; her very flesh had melted away.• Livestock are dropping dead in the fields.• One day he just dropped dead in the street.• They tried to beg, but everyone else was hungry, and they would drop dead in the streets.• McSherry dropped dead of a heart attack in the middle of a baseball game.• One of their neighbors just dropped dead on the tennis court.• It wasn't printed in the end because he'd just dropped dead the day before, in Rochdale Road.• I would not care if I dropped dead tomorrow. 18. somebody’s jaw dropped used to say that someone was very surprised 某人目瞪口呆 Examples from the Corpus somebody’s jaw dropped• Conley's jaw dropped, and she left without saying anything. 19 drop your eyes/gaze EMBARRASSEDto stop looking at someone and look down, usually because you feel embarrassed or uncomfortable 垂下眼睛/目光〔通常因为尴尬或不自在〕 Ben looked at me in horror for a moment and then dropped his gaze. 本惊恐地看了我一会儿，然后垂下了目光。 Examples from the Corpus drop your eyes/gaze• For no reason at all, she shivered and dropped her gaze.• She looks up at him, holds his gaze for a second or two, then drops her eyes.• They dropped their eyes and pretended not to notice him.• He blessed himself and dropped his eyes as the hearse passed.• She dropped her eyes back to the pile of letters.• I drop my eyes in confusion.• We look at each other, and then, drop our gaze to hide our confusion.• I dropped my eyes to my foot, straightened out the tongue, and stood up. 20 the wind drops the wind stops 风停止 They waited for the wind to drop. 他们等风停下来。 21 drop a bombshell informalSHOCK to suddenly tell someone a shocking piece of news 突然说出惊人的消息 Finally she dropped the bombshell. She was pregnant and I was the father. 最后她说出一个惊人的消息: 她怀孕了，而我就是孩子的父亲。 Examples from the Corpus drop a bombshell• Then, one day in May, Kathleen dropped a bombshell. 22 drop somebody in it informal to say or do something that gets someone else into trouble 给某人捅了娄子，使某人遇到麻烦 You told her where we went on Friday night! You’ve really dropped me in it now! 你告诉她星期五晚上我们去哪儿了！这下你把我给害惨了！ Examples from the Corpus drop somebody in it• Listen, mate, I wouldn't drop you in it. 23 drop $50/£2,000 etc [transitiveT] informalBMONEY to lose money in a business deal, a game etc 〔做生意、赌博等〕输掉50美元/2,000英镑等 Phil dropped $200 playing poker yesterday. 菲尔昨天打扑克输了200美元。 24. drop a catch DSCto fail to catch a ball hit by a batsman in cricket 〔板球比赛中〕没接住〔击球手击来的〕球 25 drop a point DSto lose a point in a sports competition 〔体育比赛中〕失分 Real Madrid dropped a point at home yesterday. 皇家马德里队昨天在主场失了一分。 Examples from the Corpus drop a point• After 10 days and three predictable victories they were promoted, thanks to Woking dropping a point.• But if they drop points, Leicester City or Derby County could triumph in a nail-biting finish. 26. be dropping like flies informal if people are dropping like flies, they are getting ill or dying in large numbers 大批病倒；大批死亡 Examples from the Corpus be dropping like flies• Players from both teams are dropping like flies.• Our kids are dropping like flies.• They should be dropping like flies, but that hasn't been the case.• Grocer profits While other retailers are dropping like flies, supermarkets are making fat profits. 27. drop a clanger/brick British EnglishBrEEMBARRASSED to say something embarrassing in a social situation 〔在社交场合〕出言不慎，失言 Examples from the Corpus drop a clanger/brick• No wonder, perhaps, that Seaman dropped a brick. 28. drop a stitch DLHto let the wool fall off the needle when you are knitting 〔编织时〕漏一针，掉一针 Examples from the Corpus drop a stitch• Tuck stitch has a tendency to drop stitches and the tuck brushes are there to prevent this.• But I drop stitches, I find. 29. drop anchor TTWto lower a boat’s anchor to the bottom of the sea, a lake etc so that the boat does not float away 落锚，下锚 Examples from the Corpus drop anchor• While Pottz tacked to and fro energetically seeking out the elusive peak, Richie dropped anchor and contemplated the horizon.• The ship finally dropped anchor at a beautiful isle of the Marquesas.• On June 9,1741, the Centurion dropped anchor at last at Juan Fernandez.• Clayt was forced to drop anchor in open water.• Everybody said that Floyd Johnson probably dropped anchor somewhere to wait to the next day instead of coming in in the fog.• We dropped anchor there, and the fishermen disappeared back into harbour, leaving us to our fate. 30. drop acid informalMDD to swallow LSD (=an illegal drug) 服用迷幻药 Examples from the Corpus drop acid• There were the heavy rooms for dropping acid or taking mushrooms. 31 drop back (also drop behind) phrasal verbphr v to move more slowly than other people so that they get ahead of you 落后，落在后面 He started out with the leaders but at the first fence he dropped back. 起跑时他和领先的选手并驾齐驱，但到第一栏时落后了。 Ellen dropped behind to tie her shoelace. 埃伦落在后面系鞋带。 Examples from the Corpus drop back• Speed had dropped back and Wallace moved upwards in the second half.• She half-ran, half-walked, taking a wide curve around the villa and dropping back down towards it on the western side.• Then they dropped back out of sight.• I drop back soundlessly, my lips slackened. 32 drop off phrasal verbphr v a) SLEEPto begin to sleep 打盹，打瞌睡 She kept dropping off at her desk. 她坐在书桌前不停地打瞌睡。 I must have dropped off to sleep. 我肯定是打了个盹。 b) drop somebody/something ↔ off to take someone or something to a place by car and leave them there on your way to another place 〔开车〕顺便把某人/某物送到〔某处〕 I’ll drop you off on my way home. 我回家路上顺道送你吧。 c) LESSto fall to a lower level or amount 〔水平〕下降，〔数量〕减少 The number of graduates going into teaching has dropped off sharply. 从事教育行业的大学毕业生人数急剧减少了。 Examples from the Corpus drop off• She kept dropping off for a few minutes, before waking with a start.• At around 12.30, she did eventually drop off for an hour or so.• Janir had dropped off to sleep on the living room couch. dropped off to sleep• Eventually we dropped off to sleep.• Gillian sat in the back and soon dropped off to sleep.• I must have dropped off to sleep.• On the drive back to St Petersburg the girl once again dropped off to sleep.• Mrs Wright had dropped off to sleep again, making a kind of whistling noise through her mouth.• The baby dropped off to sleep in the car.• I had barely dropped off to sleep when I was suddenly awakened b sharp abdominal pains. 33 drop out phrasal verbphr v a) SEto no longer do an activity or belong to a group 退出，脱离 The group gets smaller as members move away or drop out. 随着成员搬走或退出，这个团体的规模变小了。 b) to leave a school or university before your course has finished 退学，辍学 → dropout of Bill dropped out of college after his first year. 比尔在大学读完第一年后就辍学了。 c) SSPPPto refuse to take part in ordinary society because you do not agree with its principles 拒绝接受〔传统规范〕，离经叛道 → dropout In the 60s, Leary urged kids to ‘Turn on, tune in and drop out.’ 60年代时，利里鼓励年轻人 “打开心扉，同流脱出” 。 nd) if an Internet connection drops out, it suddenly stops, usually for a short time Examples from the Corpus drop out• He advised young people to "turn on, tune in, and drop out".• He was a dropout and a hippy back in the '60s.• A group of young people dropped out and set up a commune in the middle of the forest.• One third of the city's students drop out before graduation.• He dropped out of art college and joined a band.• She decided to drop out of the rat race because she couldn't stand working 60 hours a week.• While kids in the affluent sixties could afford to drop out, things were very different ten years later. drop of• Kelly dropped out of college after one semester.• In extreme cases they can drop out of position. with disastrous results.• Don dropped out of school in June, dashing all hope of be-coming a lawyer.• At 16, Williams dropped out of school to sing in nightclubs and the flourishing dance scene at South Side social clubs.• Many of them drop out of school, too exhausted to study.• You want to drop out of school?• Then, too, his thinking had hardly dropped out of the blue.• In 1988, soon after losing the Illinois primary to George Bush, Dole dropped out of the race.• The survey was conducted March 2-3 before Alexander and Lugar dropped out of the race. n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 7: to stop doing something, discussing something, or continuing with something drop + NOUN drop the charges/a case (=stop the legal process of trying to prove someone is guilty) Both men have been released and the charges have been dropped. drop everything (=completely stop everything you are doing) When my mother was sick, I just dropped everything and flew to be with her in Seattle. drop the idea The project was going to be too expensive so the idea was dropped. drop a plan The company has dropped its plan to build a hotel on the site. drop a scheme/program etc Some banks have dropped their student loan scheme. drop a subject (=stop studying it at school or university) Students may choose to drop a subject in their second year. drop the pretence (=stop pretending) He has finally dropped the pretence that he’s innocent. Examples from the Corpus drop• Minnesota Educational Computing Corp., which sells educational software, dropped 15 percent, or 3, to 17.• I have to drop 25 pounds to fit in the costume.• Lily dropped a cube of sugar into her champagne and they clinked glasses, still laughing.• He dropped a potential game-winning touchdown pass in the end zone on fourth down against Green Bay with 11 seconds left.• Marian has dropped all her old friends since she started college.• Allied planes began dropping bombs at midnight Tuesday.• I'm too busy to just drop everything and go out for the day.• I think I may drop French next year and concentrate on my other languages.• As soon as she saw him she dropped her suitcases and ran towards him.• Barbara dropped her voice so Nelson wouldn't hear.• He couldn't run fast enough, so the coach dropped him.• A buyer might say that he is willing to buy if the seller drops his price by £100.• Clarisa reclaimed him an hour later as the sun dropped into the ocean.• I don't think this article will be of interest to our readers. Let's drop it.• Getz dropped McCallum with a right blow to the jaw.• I nearly dropped my glass on the floor when they said I'd won.• I dropped my sunglasses and they broke.• I need to drop off these papers at Bob's.• If you take four classes you can drop one later if you need to.• Studies had shown that the more assessment tests a student failed, the likelier that student was to drop out.• Because of strong opposition, the government has dropped plans to increase taxes on fuel.• Be careful not to drop that bowl, it's very valuable.• Margaret dropped the letters onto her desk.• Her hands shake constantly and she keeps dropping things.• A few pine cones had already dropped to the ground.• I'll drop you at the corner, okay? drop from/off• Both rates dropped from 1994 levels.• His approval rating dropped from a high of about 70 percent, but still stands at around 60 percent.• Their height drops off only linearly with distance.• He plays in a definite way, dropping off scrums into a defensive pocket.• These patients were dropped from the study but were allowed to re-enter eight weeks later.• We dropped off the wounded at 4 a. m., but the kid stayed with us.• Singer wins 20 but drops off to seven and seven for the Angels.• However, the performance of monocrystalline cells drops off with the longer wavelengths of light in this spectrum. dropped ... head• Laura sobbed, and dropped her head.• He swung himself to sit on the edge of the bed, and dropped his head in his hands.• He dropped his head into his hands.• I sat and dropped my head into my hands.• Wally dropped his head into my lap and began nuzzling my crotch.• Barnabas dropped his head on his front paws.• There was certainly something different about this one, she thought dreamily, and dropped her head on his shoulder again. drop suddenly/sharply/dramatically• After three decades of promotion, the Pap test is largely the reason why cervical cancer deaths have dropped sharply.• As in Iowa, New Hampshire had recovered from a 1992 recession and had seen unemployment drop sharply.• But when a manganese plant south of the city closed, those levels dropped dramatically.• Her opinion of Benedict Beckenham dropped sharply.• The number of people in the catchment area of the resource centre who now seek residential care has dropped dramatically.• Their balance of payments deficits have been alarmingly large, and their currencies have dropped sharply, aggravating their inflationary problems.• Now the rate of new infections drops dramatically along a mathematical curve almost the opposite of the one it initially rose upon. dropped ... speed• If you want a person to be dropped I suggest Speed.• Shaken, Fabio dropped his speed and began to look for a place to stop. drop everything• I can't just drop everything.• You have to drop everything and attend to it.• When she came home he dropped everything and everybody, including me, and ran to her.• There was no point in dropping everything and quitting.• For her, he dropped everything - including his pants.• You pop up out of the blue and expect me to drop everything, just like that.• It got broken when I dropped everything last night.• March 17 is an official holiday when the whole island drops everything to tip their pints and dance to fife and drum. let it drop• She didn't understand, so I let it drop.• Sev eral times he raised his hand to knock, but each time he let it drop.• Tommy shot the bolts on the tailgate and let it drop.• Then she let it drop again.• They let it drop for a while.• The Union filed a grievances and then, after the first step, let it drop, indifferently, from its beak.• That's the only explanation for it, but you try proving it ... Maybe you should let it drop, love.• I wouldn't have heard it except that Mitch let it drop one day when he was angry. drop in (on somebody)• You can find freshwater ones in most streams simply by dropping in a piece of raw meat or liver.• The one-time gain reflected a drop in financing costs after the conversion of 836 million francs in convertible bonds.• Motorola blamed lagging sales and lower prices for wireless phones for an unexpected drop in fourth-quarter earnings.• The decline was in part due to a sharp drop in gasoline prices.• Far better to await a further sharp drop in mortgage rates into the high or even middling single digits.• The method was harsh, but brought a 17 percent drop in retail prices and an end to formal rationing.• You are not looking for a fast drop in weight. drop away• On either score, actual artists and their intentions somehow dropped away.• The trouble and ache of the last few minutes circled the center of his feeling and then dropped away.• This is a positive procedure, and when the healing has taken place the scab drops away.• The Government buildings along the Embankment drop away behind us, and here I am in another world, another life.• Memory of Sweet Home dropped away from the eyes of the man she was being girlish for.• Indeed, as the stereotypes dropped away, humans astonished them-selves with the ranges of behavior they could thrive within.• In the following year membership reached a peak, before dropping away in 1938 and 1939.• By 1880, however it had dropped away to under 200,000 tons. Drink, Nature drop2 ●●● S2 W3 noun 1 liquid 液体 [countableC]LIQUID a very small amount of liquid that falls in a round shape 〔液体的〕滴 drop of → rain drop, teardrop► see thesaurus at piece As the first drops of rain began to fall, Michael started to run. 刚有雨滴落下，迈克尔就开始跑了起来。 A single drop of blood splashed onto the floor. 一滴血溅落在地板上。 A drop of sweat ran down her forehead and into her eye. 一滴汗珠从她额头滚下来落到眼睛里。 2 small amount 少量 [usually singular] informal a) DFDLIQUIDa small amount of liquid that you drink, especially alcohol 〔饮料，尤指酒的〕一点点，少量 drop of She likes to add a drop of brandy to her tea. 她喜欢在茶里加一点点白兰地。 George hasn’t touched a drop (=drunk any alcohol) for years. 乔治已经好多年滴酒未沾了。 b) SMALLa small amount of something 一丁点，少量 drop of I haven’t got a drop of sympathy for him. 我一点也不同情他。 3 reduction 减少 [singular]LESS a reduction in the amount, level, or number of something, especially a large or sudden one 下跌，下降，减少 SYN fall drop in Manufacturers report a big drop in new orders. 生产商报告说新订单大幅减少。 a drop in temperature 气温下降 a sharp/dramatic/marked drop in something The results showed a sharp drop in profits. 结果显示利润急剧下降。 4 distance to ground 至地面的距离 [singular]DNDISTANCE a distance from a higher point down to the ground or to a lower point 落差，落下的距离 There was a steep drop on one side of the track. 小道的一边是陡坡。 a 20-metre drop 20米的落差 There was an almost sheer (=vertical) drop to the valley below. 到下面的山谷几乎是垂直的峭壁。 5 at the drop of a hat IMMEDIATELYimmediately and without pausing to think about what you are going to do 立即，不假思索，毫不迟疑 Some of these corporations threaten to sue at the drop of a hat. 这些大公司中有几家威胁说要马上提起诉讼。 Examples from the Corpus at the drop of a hat• He's willing to organize anything guests want at the drop of a hat. 6 delivery 运,送 [countableC]TTA an act of delivering something somewhere, for example by dropping it from a plane 运货；空投 SYN delivery Air drops (=from a plane) of food aid were made to the region yesterday. 昨天对该地区空投了救援食品。 My first drop of the day is usually somewhere in north London. → mail drop 我一天中第一个送货地点通常是在伦敦北部的某个地方。 7. lemon/fruit/chocolate etc drop DFFa sweet that tastes of lemon etc 柠檬/水果/巧克力等味的糖果 Examples from the Corpus lemon/fruit/chocolate etc drop• Bob had a brown paper poke in his hand from which he was eating magic mushrooms as if they were lemon drops. 8 a drop in the ocean British EnglishBrE, a drop in the bucket American EnglishAmESMALL a very small amount of something compared to what is needed or wanted 沧海一粟，杯水车薪 5,000 new schools are to be built, but this is just a drop in the ocean for such a vast country. 要新建5,000所学校，但对这么个幅员辽阔的国家来说也只是杯水车薪。 Examples from the Corpus a drop in the ocean• Third World debt is so massive that recent pledges to reduce or forgive it are just a drop in the bucket.• The United States pledge of $100 million to the rainforest fund is a drop in the ocean.• With 2m men and women in uniform, a 60,000-strong force is just a drop in the ocean. 9. eye/ear etc drops MDa type of medicine that you put in your eye, ear etc, one drop at a time 滴眼液/滴耳液等 Examples from the Corpus eye/ear etc drops• They also have literature on the correct use of things such as eye drops and inhalers.• Both eye irritation and redness are helped with lubricating eye drops and eye ointments.• That was the other thing, it took me a long fight to get my eye drops.• Sterile eye drops can be purchased for this purpose.• This has distinct advantages over using eye drops.• And remember - if you're using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out. Examples from the Corpus drop• Despite the air drops of food and tents, the refugees continue to suffer.• Big drops of rain slid down the window pane.• Unfortunately, the talent level took a definite drop by the late-1980s.• Then for every drop of oil that stuck to the chopstick a drop of water remained in the bottle.• Add a few drops of vanilla essence, the egg white and half the butter.• She applied a few drops of perfume behind her ears and smiled at her reflection in the mirror.• It's a twenty-five-foot drop from this cliff.• In fact, each individual drop of water is describing a circular motion which takes it nowhere overall.• Worrell had achieved any captain's dream of knowing that his players would give their last drop of sweat just for him.• It was the worst one-day stock market drop since the Great Crash of 1929.• Multiply the number of widths by the number of pattern repeats per drop to give the total number of pattern repeats required.• There was a sudden drop in the plane's altitude.• Maggie slid from the saddle and held the reins, her eyes on the drop to the lake. drop of• a tear drop• The glass in the kitchen still had a drop of milk in it.• Big drops of rain splashed on the sidewalk. a sharp/dramatic/marked drop in something• Cuts in salaries, bonuses and overtime payments have reduced many family-incomes and caused a sharp drop in consumer spending.• The announcement prompted a sharp drop in the share price, along with the departure of one Uni-Invest board member.• One reason: a sharp drop in the number of undergraduate students choosing economics as a major.• Guest houses reported a sharp drop in visitors on the popular route following the attack.• The Socialists suffered a sharp drop in votes and seats.• Could these factors contribute to a dramatic drop in the self-esteem of schoolgirls?• The decline was in part due to a sharp drop in gasoline prices.• Last year, a sharp drop in interest rates boosted the value of a 30-year Treasury bond by more than 30 percent. sheer ... drop• He'd had a short walk after the service and every path seemed to end in a cliff or a sheer drop.• There is a wind-blown cornice of about one and a half metres overhanging a sheer drop of about eight metres.• There was a sheer drop, half the height of a man, down to the water's surface.• They parked and walked to the cape where there was a terrifying sheer drop to the sea.• The fourth side of the clearing was sheer cliff drop, attended by a barrier of split rails.• The cliff was sheer, dropping down to secret rocky coves below them with the sea gently lapping white sand. From Longman Business Dictionary dropdrop1 /drɒpdrɑːp/ verb (dropped, dropping) 1[intransitiveI] to fall to a lower level or amount drop to/from Second quarter earnings this year dropped to $157 million from $182 million. Stock prices dropped sharply today. The dollar dropped against the Japanese yen today. Demand has dropped by 7%. 2[transitiveT] to stop doing or planning something Plans to expand the business have been quietly dropped. She was persuaded to drop the harassment lawsuit. 3[transitiveT] informal to lose money in business, a game etc He dropped £1000 on the stockmarket. 4[transitiveT]COMPUTING to place words, a picture etc into a particular computer document with the mouse Either drag and drop the page into a message or choose Send Page from under the File menu. → drop off dropdrop2 noun [countableC usually singular] if there is a drop in the amount, level, or number of something, it goes down or becomes less → see also leaflet drop, mail dropYesterday saw a sharp drop in stock prices. drop in Business is expecting a drop in interest rates later this year. The club has suffered a dramatic drop in profits. The first quarter total shows a drop from the same quarter last year. Old English droppian drop2 Old English dropa →20-33 →n COLLOCATIONS1drop2 noun |
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