| 释义 |
Examples:get charges dropped (by paying money etc)—lit. a notch on the side of a boat locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances—disappear like a stone dropped into the sea—lit. drop a bag of books (idiom); fig. to drop quotations to appear learned—lit. lost soul, dropped spirit (idiom); driven distraction—Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is drop back—Modesty leads progress, arrogance makes you drop behind (favorite slogan of Mao Zedong)—every drop returns the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused—not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous—esp. used with negatives: never touch a drop of the stuff—lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)—crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) [idiom.]— |