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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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
13.[t]~ a stitch漏，脱，掉（针）to let a stitch go off the needle
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。
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。
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。
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
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
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
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
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
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。
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。
"You won't be able to put it down, " my friend Ann told me a few weeks ago, when she dropped it off at my house.
“你简直会停不下来，”我的朋友安几个星期前在我家把这本书给我时跟我说。
Calmly, the man withdrew a small knife from his pocket and carved a mark on the boat at the spot where he dropped the sword.
那个人不慌不忙地从衣袋里取出一个小刀，在船舷上落下宝剑的地方刻了一个记号。
We're conducting a poll among the children who have dropped out of school.
我们正在退了学的学生中进行民意测验。
It said the Arctic Sea ice dropped to its second-lowest level during the melt season since satellite measurements began in 1979.
该报告说，自1979年有人造卫星开始测量以来，北冰洋的海平面在其融化季节里降低到第二个最低点。
Coming out of the bathroom, Churchill dropped his towel, and there was the PM, in all his naked glory, pacing and talking.
走出来浴室，丘吉尔下降，他的毛巾，有人时，在他的所有赤裸裸的荣耀，起搏和说话。
She said, "You think you had a bad day, you'll never believe what happened to me. This morning the milkman dropped dead on our porch. "
她说，“你以为你的一天糟糕，你永远不会相信我碰见什么事。今天早晨送牛奶的人倒在咱家的门廊就死了。”
jaw dropped when I see how much the meal have cost.
看到那顿饭要花这么多钱，我大吃一惊。
They got out of the way, and the little snake went right to the Duke's tent and dropped the pearl at his feet.
他们让开了路，那条蛇径直向侯爷的帐篷爬去，把珍珠扔在他的脚上。
In response to the increased attention, the state of Florida dropped the matter and decided to allow Miles to keep his license plate.
鉴于关注的人越来越多，佛州政府不再提此事，决定允许迈尔斯继续使用他的车牌。
Within a few minutes her eyes closed. Her head dropped to her shoulders. In spite of herself, Mrs. Conroy fell fast asleep.
没一会儿她的眼皮就开始打架了。头轻轻的靠在自己的肩膀上，很快就睡着了。
Equities, which had been flat most of the week, dropped sharply today on a raft of bad data.
股票在本周大部分时候表现平缓，今天受大量的不乐观数据影响，急剧下跌。
When he entered high school, he dropped the special education classes, but he still reads books only when forced, he said.
进入高中之后，他并没有再被列入特殊教育班，但是他说，每次阅读书籍还是需要强迫自己的意志。
His wife watches TV all day and his three teenage kids have dropped out of high school to hang around with the local toughs.
他的妻子每天只顾看电视，三个孩子都辍学了，并和当地的地痞流氓混在一起。
A user that is specified as the execution context of a module cannot be dropped until the execution context of that module has been changed.
无法删除被指定为模块执行上下文的用户，直到该模块的执行上下文被更改为止。
Confidence in the UK financial stability over the next three years dropped to its lowest since the second half of 2009, the survey showed.
调查显示对英国财政在未来3年中的稳定性的信心降到了2009年下半年以来最低的水平。
How much is appropriate blood pressure dropped, but rather to be due to people not to be the pursuit of normal blood pressure values.
血压究竟降至多少为宜，应因人而宜，不可一律追求正常血压值。
He was apparently content to let a rumour circulate that he had dropped out of circulation in shame over a homosexual affair.
而且他显然很乐意散布这种谣言：他已因耻于同性恋事件而退出社交圈。
Fellow passenger Cody Olmstead said the man "dropped the head and went back and started cutting the body. "
乘客科迪·奥姆斯特德（CodyOlmstead）说凶犯“扔下头颅，然后走到受害人身边开始切割尸体”。
South Korean authorities intervened to prop up the won yesterday after the currency dropped to a two-and-a-half year low against the dollar.
韩国当局昨日入市支撑韩元，此前，韩元兑美元汇率跌至两年半来最低点。
Former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who dropped out of the race Wednesday and endorsed John McCain, did not take part.
前纽约市市长朱利亚尼星期三退出了竞选，并表示支持麦凯恩。朱利亚尼没有参加辩论。
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