dropping

1. V-ERG （使）降低;（使）下降;（使）减少
   If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less.
   1. Temperatures can drop to freezing at night...
      夜间温度可能会降到零度以下。
   2. Once the rate rises it never drops back to its previous level...
      一旦价格上去了就再也不会降到以前的水平了。
   3. His blood pressure had dropped severely...
      他的血压下降得很严重。
   4. He had dropped the price of his London home by £1.25m.
      他已将他在伦敦的房子价格降了125万英镑。
   5. Drop is also a noun.
      
   6. He was prepared to take a drop in wages...
      他已做好心理准备接受降薪。
   7. The poll indicates a drop in support for the Conservatives.
      民意测验表明保守党支持率有所下降。
2. VERB (意外地)使掉下,使落下
   If you drop something, you accidentally let it fall.
   1. I dropped my glasses and broke them.
      我不小心把眼镜掉下来摔碎了。
3. VERB 掉到…上;从…上掉落
   If something drops onto something else, it falls onto that thing. If something drops from somewhere, it falls from that place.
   1. He felt hot tears dropping onto his fingers...
      他感觉到热泪掉到他的手指上。
   2. Burning embers started dropping from the ceiling...
      余火未尽的木块开始从天花板上往下掉。
   3. His toupee dropped off, revealing his bald head.
      他的假发掉了,露出了光头。
4. V-ERG 投下;丢下;扔下;掉下
   If you drop something somewhere or if it drops there, you deliberately let it fall there.
   1. Drop the noodles into the water...
      将面条下到水里。
   2. He dropped his plate into the sink.
      他把盘子丢到水槽里。
   3. ...shaped pots that simply drop into their own container...
      可轻松放入配套的盒子里、有特制外形的锅具
   4. Bombs drop round us and the floor shudders.
      炸弹落在我们周围,地板在颤抖。
5. V-ERG (疲惫地)垂下,低垂,垂落
   If a person or a part of their body drops to a lower position, or if they drop a part of their body to a lower position, they move to that position, often in a tired and lifeless way.
   1. Nancy dropped into a nearby chair...
      南希疲惫地瘫坐到近处的椅子上。
   2. She let her head drop...
      她低垂着头。
   3. He dropped his hands on to his knees.
      他将双手垂放在腿上。
6. VERB 累倒;累垮
   To drop is used in expressions such as to be about to drop and to dance until you drop to emphasize that you are exhausted and can no longer continue doing something.
   1. She looked about to drop...
      她看上去快要累垮了。
   2. You have to run until you drop.
      一直跑到你跑不动为止。
7. VERB (开玩笑或不雅地)脱掉（裤子）
   If a man drops his trousers, he pulls them down, usually as a joke or to be rude.
   1. A couple of boozy revellers dropped their trousers.
      两名醉酒的狂欢者脱掉了他们的裤子。
8. V-ERG (使)(声音)降低,压低
   If your voice drops or if you drop your voice, you speak more quietly.
   1. Her voice will drop to a dismissive whisper...
      她会把声音压低，轻蔑地低语。
   2. He dropped his voice and glanced round at the door.
      他放低了声音，在门口环视了一下。
9. VERB 中途放下（某人）;中途卸下（某物）
   If you drop someone or something somewhere, you take them somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle.
   1. He dropped me outside the hotel...
      他把我送到了酒店。
   2. Many children had been dropped at the stadium by their parents...
      很多孩子被家长送到了体育馆。
   3. Tim had dropped the letter in earlier.
      蒂姆早些时候把信送来了。
   4. Drop off means the same as drop.
      drop off 同 drop
   5. Just drop me off at the airport...
      就让我在机场下好了。
   6. He was dropping off a late birthday present.
      他正在送一份迟到的生日礼物。
10. VERB 停止;终止;放弃
    If you drop an idea, course of action, or habit, you do not continue with it.
    1. He was told to drop the idea...
       他被告知要打消那个主意。
    2. The prosecution was forced to drop the case...
       控方被迫撤诉。
    3. Many nations still had not dropped sanctions against South Africa.
       很多国家还没有终止对南非的制裁。
11. VERB (运动队或组织)把…除名
    If someone is dropped by a sports team or organization, they are no longer included in that team or employed by that organization.
    1. The country's captain was dropped from the tour party to England.
       该国的国家队队长无缘英格兰之行。
12. VERB 输掉
    If you drop a game or part of a game in a sports competition, you lose it.
    1. Oremans has yet to drop a set.
       奥尔曼斯还一局未输。
13. VERB (在比赛中)排位退后
    If you drop to a lower position in a sports competition, you move to that position.
    1. Britain has dropped from second to third place in the league.
       英国在联赛中的排名从第二位降到了第三位。
14. N-COUNT 滴;少量;微量;一点点
    A drop of a liquid is a very small amount of it shaped like a little ball. In informal English, you can also use drop when you are referring to a very small amount of something such as a drink.
    1. ...a drop of blue ink...
       一滴蓝墨水
    2. Add the cream a few drops at a time...
       每次加几滴奶油。
    3. I'll have another drop of that Italian milk.
       我还要喝点那种意大利牛奶。
15. N-PLURAL 滴剂
    Drops are a kind of medicine which you put drop by drop into your ears, eyes, or nose.
    1. ...eye drops.
       眼药水
16. (水果味或巧克力味的)糖豆，糖果粒
    Fruit or chocolate drops are small round sweets with a fruit or chocolate flavour.
17. N-COUNT 落差;垂直距离;下降距离
    You use drop to talk about vertical distances. For example, a thirty-foot drop is a distance of thirty feet between the top of a cliff or wall and the bottom of it.
    1. There was a sheer drop just outside my window...
       我的窗外就是垂直深渊。
    2. It's only a four-foot drop.
       仅有 4 英尺的落差。

Do not confuse drop and fall. Although things can drop or fall by accident, note that fall is not followed by an object, so you cannot say that someone 'falls' something. However, you can say that they drop something, or that something drops. Leaves were falling to the ground... He dropped his cigar... Plate after plate dropped from his fingers. You say that a person drops when they jump straight down from something, for example, when someone jumps from a plane using a parachute. If someone falls it is usually because of an accident. He stumbled and fell. Drop and fall are also nouns. A drop is the height of something when you imagine falling off it. Sixteen hundred feet is a considerable drop. A fall is what happens when someone has an accident. I had been badly bruised by the fall.
不要混淆 drop 和 fall。二者均可指东西无意中掉落, 但是fall 不可接宾语，所以不可说someone falls something，却可说they drop something或者somehting drops。如，Leaves were falling to the ground（树叶落到了地上），He dropped his cigar（他扔掉了雪茄），Plate after plate dropped from his fingers（盘子一个接一个地从他指间掉落）。drop 还可指人从某物上跳下, 例如从飞机上跳伞。fall 指人时, 通常指人意外摔倒。如，He stumbled and fell（他绊了一下, 摔倒了）。drop 和 fall 均可用作名词。drop 作名词可指某人想象中物体降落的高度：Sixteen hundred feet is a considerable drop（1, 600 英尺是非常高的垂直距离了）。fall 指意外的跌落：I had been badly bruised by the fall（我摔得鼻青脸肿）。

18. PHRASE 随口说出;给出暗示
    If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
    1. If I drop a few hints he might give me a cutting.
       如果我给点暗示，他没准会送我一段插枝。
19. PHRASE (常指因不喜欢而让别人)终止谈论，不要谈论，谈到此为止
    If you want someone to drop the subject ,drop it, or let it drop, you want them to stop talking about something, often because you are annoyed that they keep talking about it.
    1. Mary Ann wished he would just drop it...
       玛丽·安希望他就不要谈论它了。
    2. Does that mean you're going to drop the subject?
       那是不是意味着你将不再谈论那个话题了？
20. See also: air drop

1. Meanwhile, United Nations plans to start air dropping food to rural villages are being held up.
   与此同时，联合国向乡村空投食物的计划被搁置。
2. Attendance figures had been steadily dropping, creating a mood of doom and discouragement among theatre directors.
   上座人数一直持续下降，使得戏剧导演产生悲观泄气的情绪。
3. He felt hot tears dropping onto his fingers
   他感觉到热泪掉到他的手指上。
4. Burning embers started dropping from the ceiling
   余火未尽的木块开始从天花板上往下掉。
5. She spent most of the day dropping in on friends in Edinburgh.
   她一天的大部分时间都用来拜访在爱丁堡的朋友了。
6. Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind.
   就在我打瞌睡的时候，一个奇怪的念头闪过我的脑海。
7. She encourages people to keep their jobs rather than dropping out to live in a commune.
   她鼓励人们坚持工作而不是离经叛道地去过公社生活。
8. At Christmas the visitors began their circuit of dropping in on the eve of the feast day.
   圣诞节时，客人们在节日前夜开始逐家拜节。
9. Toolbelts free both hands and lessen the risk of dropping hammers
   工具腰带解放了双手，还减少了锤子掉落的风险。
10. 'Dropping the charges has given racists a licence to kill,' said Jim's aunt.
    “撤销指控等于是放纵种族主义者去杀人，”吉姆的阿姨说。
11. We were still playing at war — dropping leaflets instead of bombs.
    我们仍然把战争当儿戏——还在丢传单而不是扔炸弹。
12. She kept dropping stitches.
    她总是漏针。
13. A man who for months had been dropping amorous hints about a long-term relationship upped and disappeared to America
    几个月来不断暗示爱意、想发展长期恋爱关系的男人却突然远走美国。
14. It's all well and good for him to say he's sorry for dropping you, but has he told you why he did it?
    他尽可为甩了你这事向你道歉。可他有没有告诉你为什么这样做啊？
15. Dropping ears of rice promise another good harvest.
    沉甸甸的稻穗预示着又一个丰收。
16. The organization has asked the City Council for more money for the drug treatment centre, where so many young people are dropping in.
    该组织请求市议会拨给戒毒中心更多的款，因为到这里来的年轻人非常多。
17. I was dropping them, not throwing them.
    我摔碎了盘子，不是打碎了盘子。
18. I am considering dropping my dancing class.
    我想退掉我的舞蹈课了。
19. Methods The dropping method, the spraying method and the resort spraying method.
    方法点滴法、直接喷雾法和滞留喷雾法。
20. You're dropping the death penalty?
    你要放弃死刑判决了？
21. Dropping the TreeTop orange on the way to the picnic.
    野餐的路上放弃了树上的橙。
22. You can also move servers by dragging and dropping.
    也可以通过拖放操作移动服务器。
23. Once dropping my gun and having it slide away over the ice.
    有一次我的枪都掉下来，在冰上滑掉了。
24. He broke the clock by dropping it.
    他把钟跌坏了。
25. Dropping out leads to frustration against test taking.
    辍学导致了对应试的挫折感。
26. He broke his wristwatch by dropping it.
    他的手表摔坏了。
27. I think my testicles are dropping.
    我想我的睾丸要掉下来了。
28. I was dropping with fatigue and could not keep my eyes open.
    我快要累倒了，眼睛也睁不开了。
29. You can actually see the plane flying and dropping the bombs.
    你将看到他们的飞机在空中飞翔和投弹。

adj

1. coming down freely under the influence of gravity
   1. the eerie whistle of dropping bombs
   2. falling rain

   Synonym:    falling