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drop (obj) FALLHdrBp, $drB:pv-pp- to fall intentionally or unintentionally or to let (something) fall(使)掉下;落下(有意地或无意地)She dropped the tray with a crash. [T]只听咣的一声,盘子从她手中落地了。The flag dropped and the race started. [I]旗子一落,比赛就开始了。The book dropped from/off the shelf. [I]书从架子上掉了下来。Warning leaflets were dropped on the town. [T]警告的传单从城市上空投下。The parachutists dropped (= jumped down) one by one from the plane. [I]跳伞运动员一个接一个从飞机上跳了下来。To drop behind/back/away is to get further behind or away from something or someone.落后;落在其他人后面The runners kept together for a while and then a few started to drop back. [I]运动员们开始还跑在一起,过了一会儿一些人便开始落后了。She dropped behind in her schoolwork because she was ill for several weeks. [I]她病了几星期,所以功课就落下了。(infml) If you drop someone or something (off) somewhere you take them to a particular place, usually by car.让…下车;把…从车上卸下Shall I drop you (off) at the station? [T/M]我让你在火车站下车,好吗?Will you be able to drop off my case for me? [M]你能不能替我带一下箱子啊?(infml) To drop (with exhaustion/tiredness) is to be so tired that you cannot continue.(因疲劳)倒下或垮下After two hours'gardening, she was nearly dropping with exhaustion. [I]经过两个小时的园艺工作,她几乎要累垮了。She was so tired, she was ready to drop. [I]她太累了,要垮下了。(infml) If someone drops dead, they die suddenly and unexpectedly.暴死;猝亡He dropped dead on the squash court at the age of 43.他43岁的时候突然死在壁球场上。If you drop off (to sleep), you begin to sleep.睡着;打盹儿I'm afraid I dropped off in the middle of the film, so I never saw the ending.恐怕我是在电影放到一半的时候睡着了,所以没看到结局。(slang) Drop dead is a rude way of expressing disagreement or annoyance.(粗暴地表示反对、厌恶)Oh, just drop dead!噢,真是该死!(infml) To drop someone a line is to write to them.给…写封短信Drop me a line when you've decided on a date.你决定约会的日期后给我写封短信。(infml) If you drop (someone) a hint, you tell someone something in an indirect way.暗示;露口风She dropped (him) a hint that they would like to come to the wedding.她(给他)露了口风,说他们想去参加婚礼。I've been dropping hints that I would like to be taken out for dinner on my birthday.我一直在暗示,生日那天我想被请出去吃饭。To drop a brick/(Br also) a clanger is to do or say something which makes you feel embarrassed.说(或做)出令自己尴尬的事I dropped a real clanger asking about her boyfriend--I had no idea they weren't going out any longer!我问了有关她男朋友的事,真是太尴尬了----我不知道他们已经吹了。(esp. Br and Aus) Someone who drops their aitches/h's does not say the letter h at the beginning of words in which it should be pronounced.漏发词首“h”音
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