dropping
常考释义
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。
I didn't have much money with me, just a twenty and some ones, and I thought about "accidentally" dropping my bag and walking away.
我身上没有多少钱，只有二十几美元。我考虑着“不小心”让我的包掉下去，然后快步走开。
The government is trying to provide supplies by air, bringing in food and medicine, but it's like dropping a little salt into the ocean.
政府正在试图空运提供物资，运来食品和药品，但它就像海洋中的一小撮盐。
To retrieve it, a hacker would have to hoodwink the user into dragging and dropping an object across the PC's screen.
要得到它，黑客们不得不诱骗用户拖拽电脑显示器显示的某个对象。
Proof of this can be determined by dropping a baby tooth into a glass of it, then going back the next morning to find most of it eaten away.
我们来终结这个流言：将一颗牙齿仍在可乐玻璃杯里，第二天早上回来发现大部分被蚕食了。
"I want a lawyer, " he said, his voice suddenly dropping to that of a man.
“我要找律师。”他说，突然变成了一个成年男人的声音。
After dropping out of school for two years, Yan told her to do with sewing a small family on very diligent.
辍学后两年，闫曾跟她一起做些缝衣服的小活儿，很勤快。
The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.
小男孩学到如果他抓住了瓶子顶部附近，用两只手，他可以拿着它不会掉。
It was an impressive sight: the water seemed to be dropping straight out of the clouds.
这是一个给人印象很深的景象：水似乎是直接从云中倾泻下来。
'Yes, an estate, that would be nice, ' said his wife, sitting down and dropping her hands in her lap.
“对，地产，那挺好的”，妻子坐了下来，两手搁在大腿上。
We were all surprised at Helen's reaction to her son's dropping out of school.
海伦对她儿子辍学的反应让我们感到惊讶。
car door, he felt as if he were dropping into a hole.
当莫里虚弱地拉开车门时，他觉得自己正在掉进无底深渊中。
Ahsoka fell on her knees, hilt dropping out of her hand. Vader deactivated his blade, watching her collapse to the ground.
阿索卡跌坐下来，光剑柄从她的手中滑落。维达关闭了他的光剑，看着她倒在地上。
The campaign to eliminate river blindness began as the most vertical programme imaginable: helicopters dropping insecticides out of the sky.
根除河盲症运动开始时是可以想象的最纵向的规划：直升飞机从空中投撒杀虫剂。
They started after him, but he outran them across the parking lot and disappeared around the corner, dropping the documents as he fled.
他们在他之后开始，但是他超过他们横过停车场而且消失即将来临，降低文件当他逃出。
It's one of the most jaw-dropping moments of the book, the sort of thing you can't wait to see in a movie.
这是原作中最让人大跌眼镜的情节之一，你绝对迫不及待想在电影中看到它。
At its start, this was the most vertical control programme imaginable: helicopters dropping insecticides from the sky.
一开始，它就可以说是最垂直的控制规划，人们甚至动用直升飞机从空中喷洒杀虫剂。
The company running the FlightNmo application submits flight price event data to the application by dropping XML data into a watched folder.
运行FlightNmo应用程序的公司通过将XML数据拖放到所监视的文件夹中，向应用程序提交航班价格事件数据。
The body and bonnet are best joined by holding the bonnet assembly open end up and dropping all required items into place one at a time.
装配时始终打开阀帽直到一次装入所有要求安装的配件可使阀体和阀帽良好配合。
For almost a year now, the Fed's been dropping interest rates, trying to pump money into the banking industry.
到目前为止近一年的时间内，美联储不断降低利率，试图为银行业注入资金。
Demanding tiger moms, he said, might not be very supportive of their kids dropping out of school.
他说，要求高的虎妈妈们可能不会太支持孩子辍学。
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