一、详细释义:
n.
下降;下跌;减少
例句:
The drop in temperature condensed the steam to water.
温度下降使蒸汽凝成了水。
【单】下落的距离,落差
例句:
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。
球状糖果 [U,C]
珠,滴 [C]
例句:
A drop of water was cut in half by a plane passing through its bulbous front and tapered tail.
平面将水珠的鳞茎状前锋和锥状尾巴的分成两半。
例句:
The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid nearer and nearer the sill of the world.
西下的夕阳就象一滴燃烧着的金子,一点点滑向海平线。
少量;微量 [C]
例句:
Could I have a drop more milk in my coffee,please?
给我在咖啡里多加点牛奶好吗?
运送;空投 [C]
例句:
Aid agencies are organizing food drops to civilians in the war zone.
援助机构正组织力量向战区平民运送食品。
pl.
(drops) 滴剂
v.
落下 [T]
例句:
A good drill is to let the non-hitting hand which is riding on the throat of the racquet drop and touch the back thigh.
好的训练是要让非打击的手,它正乘坐在网拍喉部,落下并碰触后面的大腿。
垂下(眼睛) [T]
例句:
Her eyes dropped to her lap.
她双目低垂,看着自己的腿。
降低 [T]
停止;终止;放弃 [T]
例句:
If a fire alarm is given, drop whatever you are doing, and leave the building at once.
若发出了火警,停止手上的活,立即离开大楼。
例句:
I dropped German when I was 14.
我14岁后就再没学德语。
与(某人)断绝联系 [T]
例句:
She's dropped most of her old friends.
她已与多数老朋友停止了来往。
中途卸客 [T]
例句:
I can drop you off at Normandy Ave.
我可以在诺曼蒂大街让您下车。
(给某人)写信 [T]
例句:
Drop me a line when you get there.
你到了以后给我写封信。
省略;不予考虑 [T]
例句:
She's been dropped from the team because of injury.
她因受伤而未被列入队员名单。
(编织)漏针 [T]
暗示;透露 [T]
【非正式】(做生意、玩游戏时)输(钱) [T]
【非正式】吞服(毒品)[T]
(尤指从高处)忽然落下 [I]
(使)倒下(坐下) [I]
急剧倾斜而下 [I]
例句:
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。
气温骤降,迅速变冷 [I]
例句:
Clearer skies and much light winds allowed temperature into drop well into single figures resulting in a touch of grand frost in some rural areas.