falling

1. VERB 落下;坠落;掉落
   If someone or something falls, they move quickly downwards onto or towards the ground, by accident or because of a natural force.
   1. Her father fell into the sea after a massive heart attack...
      她父亲在一次严重的心脏病发作后坠入海中。
   2. Prince Charles has again fallen from his horse...
      查尔斯王子又一次从马上摔了下来。
   3. Bombs fell in the town...
      炸弹落在镇上。
   4. I ought to seal the boxes up. I don't want the books falling out...
      我应该把盒子封起来。我不想让书掉出来。
   5. Twenty people were injured by falling masonry.
      有20人被倒塌的石墙砸伤。
   6. Fall is also a noun.
      
   7. The helmets are designed to withstand impacts equivalent to a fall from a bicycle.
      头盔设计的承受力相当于从自行车上摔下的冲击力。
2. VERB 摔倒;跌倒;倒塌
   If a person or structure that is standing somewhere falls, they move from their upright position, so that they are then lying on the ground.
   1. The woman gripped the shoulders of her man to stop herself from falling...
      这个女人抓住丈夫的肩膀，以免摔倒。
   2. We watched buildings fall on top of people and pets...
      我们看到一幢幢大楼倒塌，砸在人和宠物身上。
   3. He lost his balance and fell backwards.
      他失去平衡，向后倒去。
   4. Fall is also a noun .
      
   5. Mrs Briscoe had a bad fall last week.
      布里斯科太太上星期重重摔了一跤。
   6. Fall down means the same as fall .
      fall down 同 fall
   7. I hit him so hard he fell down...
      我用劲太猛,把他打翻在地。
   8. Children jumped from upper floors as the building fell down around them.
      大楼倒塌时，孩子们从上面几层楼上跳了下来。

Note that you can use fall down to talk about people and objects, but for things like prices you should use the verb fall by itself. Suddenly she just fell down beside me... Share prices fell sharply during the day. Do not confuse fall and drop. 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.
注意 fall down 既可用于人亦可用于物，但如谈到价格一类的事物就只能单独用动词 fall。如：Suddenly she just fell down beside me (她突然在我身旁倒下了)，Share prices fell sharply during the day (股票价格在白天暴跌)。不要将 fall 与 drop 混淆。fall 和 drop 均可表示意外掉落，但 fall 后不跟宾语，因此不能说 someone falls something, 但可以说 someone drops something 或 something drops，如: Leaves were falling to the ground (叶子纷纷落下)，He dropped his cigar (他将雪茄扔掉)，Plate after plate dropped from his fingers (一个又一个碟子从他指间滑落)。drop 可表示从某处跳下，如使用降落伞从飞机上跳下。但如说某人fall，则一般表示意外摔倒。如:He stumbled and fell (他绊了一下，摔倒了)。drop 和 fall 均可作名词。drop 指想象从某处掉落的高度，如：Sixteen hundred feet is a considerable drop (1, 600 英尺是个相当大的落差)。fall 则指意外摔倒，如：I had been badly bruised by the fall. (我摔得青一块紫一块)。

3. See also: Winds reached up to 100mph in some places with an inch of rain falling within 15 minutes. Fall is also a noun. One night there was a heavy fall of snow. rainfall snowfall
4. VERB (常因疲乏)一头倒下，一下躺倒
   If you fall somewhere, you allow yourself to drop there in a hurried or disorganized way, often because you are very tired.
   1. Totally exhausted, he tore his clothes off and fell into bed...
      他疲惫至极，扯下衣服，一头倒在床上。
   2. In the morning I got as far as the sofa and fell on to it.
      早晨，我只走到沙发那儿，就一下子倒在上面。
5. VERB (数量)减少;(价值)下降;(力量)减弱
   If something falls, it decreases in amount, value, or strength.
   1. Output will fall by 6%...
      产量将减少 6％。
   2. Her weight fell to under seven stones...
      她的体重减到了 7 英石以下。
   3. Between July and August, oil product prices fell 0.2 per cent...
      七八月间,石油产品价格下降了 0.2％。
   4. The number of prosecutions has stayed static and the rate of convictions has fallen.
      提起诉讼的数量持平，有罪判决率下降。
   5. ...a time of falling living standards and emerging mass unemployment.
      生活水平下降、大规模失业初露端倪的时期
   6. Fall is also a noun.
      
   7. There was a sharp fall in the value of the pound.
      英镑大幅贬值。
6. VERB 垮台;失势
   If a powerful or successful person falls, they suddenly lose their power or position.
   1. There's a danger of the government falling because it will lose its majority...
      政府将因失去其占多数的优势而有倒台的危险。
   2. The moment Mrs Thatcher fell from power has left a lasting imprint on the world's memory.
      撒切尔夫人倒台的那一刻在世人的记忆中留下了永久的印痕。
   3. Fall is also a noun.
      
   4. Following the fall of the military dictator in March, the country has had a civilian government...
      军事独裁者 3 月份垮台后，该国成立了一个平民政府。
   5. Her rise has mirrored his fall.
      她的崛起反衬了他的败落。
7. VERB 陷落;失守;(竞选)失利
   If a place falls in a war or election, an enemy army or a different political party takes control of it.
   1. Croatian army troops retreated from northern Bosnia and the area fell to the Serbs...
      克罗地亚军队从波斯尼亚北部撤军后，该地区落入塞尔维亚人手里。
   2. With the announcement 'Paphos has fallen!' a cheer went up from the assembled soldiers.
      随着一声宣告：“帕福斯陷落啦！”，聚集在一起的士兵爆发出一阵欢呼声。
   3. Fall is also a noun.
      
   4. ...the fall of Rome.
      罗马的陷落
8. VERB 战死;阵亡
   If someone falls in battle, they are killed.
   1. Another wave of troops followed the first, running past those who had fallen.
      又一批士兵跟着第一批士兵从阵亡者身边跑过。
9. V-LINK 进入，陷入(某种状态)
   You can use fall to show that someone or something passes into another state. For example, if someone falls ill, they become ill, and if something falls into disrepair, it is then in a state of disrepair.
   1. It is almost impossible to visit Florida without falling in love with the state...
      去佛罗里达观光而不爱上这个州几乎不可能。
   2. 'Business to Business' was taken over by another company after it fell into debt...
      《致富》债务缠身，被另一家公司收购。
   3. I took Moira to the cinema, where she fell asleep...
      我带莫伊拉去看电影，她却在影院睡着了。
   4. Almost without exception these women fall victim to exploitation.
      这些女性几乎无一例外都受到了盘剥。
10. VERB 属于;被划分为
    If you say that something or someone falls into a particular group or category, you mean that they belong in that group or category.
    1. The problems generally fall into two categories...
       问题大致分成两类。
    2. Both women fall into the highest-risk group.
       两个女人都属于高危人群。
11. VERB (责任或责备)由…承担，由…负责
    If the responsibility or blame for something falls on someone, they have to take the responsibility or the blame for it.
    1. That responsibility falls on the local office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
       那由联合国高级难民署的地方分部负责。
    2. A vastly disproportionate burden falls on women for child care...
       照料孩子的重担落在了女性身上。
    3. A lot of suspicion fell on her.
       众多疑点落在了她的身上。
12. VERB (人群)变得(安静、悲哀或疲倦)
    If silence or a feeling of sadness or tiredness falls on a group of people, they become silent, sad, or tired.
    1. The bus was stopped and silence fell on the passengers as the police checked identity cards.
       公交车被拦住了，警察检查身份证时，乘客们鸦雀无声。
13. VERB (庆典或特别事件)在，适逢(某日)
    If a celebration or other special event falls on a particular day or date, it happens to be on that day or date.
    1. ...the oddly named Quasimodo Sunday which falls on the first Sunday after Easter.
       适逢复活节后第一个星期天的名字古怪的“卸白衣主日”
14. VERB (光)射向;(影子)投在
    When light or shadow falls on something, it covers it.
    1. Nancy, out of the corner of her eye, saw the shadow that suddenly fell across the doorway.
       南希从眼角的余光里看见突然有个影子落在门道上。
15. VERB (头发或衣服)垂坠，下垂
    If someone's hair or a garment falls in a certain way, it hangs downwards in that way.
    1. ...a slender boy with black hair falling across his forehead.
       一个身材颀长的男孩儿，黑发垂在额上
16. VERB (目光)落在…上;注意到
    If you say that someone's eyes fell on something, you mean they suddenly noticed it.
    1. As he laid the flowers on the table, his eye fell upon a note in Grace's handwriting.
       他把花放在桌上时，目光落在一张写有格雷斯笔迹的字条上。
17. VERB (夜晚或黑暗)降临，来临
    When night or darkness falls, night begins and it becomes dark.
    1. As darkness fell outside, they sat down to eat at long tables.
       屋外夜幕降临，他们坐到长桌旁开始吃饭。
18. N-PLURAL; N-IN-NAMES 瀑布
    You can refer to a waterfall as the falls .
    1. ...panoramic views of the falls.
       瀑布的全景
    2. ...Niagara Falls.
       尼亚加拉瀑布
19. N-VAR 秋季;秋天
    Fall is the season between summer and winter when the weather becomes cooler.
    1. He was elected judge in the fall of 1991...
       1991 年秋他当选为法官。
    2. The Supreme Court will not hear the case until next fall.
       最高法院将于明年秋开始审理此案。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 autumn


20. 人类堕落(基督教中指亚当、夏娃违反戒律，被上帝逐出伊甸园)
    In the Christian religion, the Fall was the occasion when Adam and Eve sinned and God made them leave the Garden of Eden.
21. (摔跤中)双肩着地;(柔道中)体落
    In some sports such as judo and wrestling, a fall is the act of throwing or forcing your opponent to the floor.
22. VERB (板球中，三柱门)失陷(指击球员出局)
    In cricket, when a wicket falls, the team who are fielding get one of the batsmen out.
    1. The last seven wickets fell for ten runs.
       最后 7 次三柱门失陷得了10分。
23. See also: fallen
24. PHRASE 偶然打开;意外开启
    If something falls open, it opens accidentally.
    1. By chance the book beside him fell open to St. Paul's warning to the Romans...
       他身旁的书偶然翻开到写着圣保罗对罗马人的告诫那页。
    2. The basket that she was carrying fell open.
       她提着的篮子忽然打开了。
25. PHRASE 卖力;煞费苦心;不遗余力
    If you say that people are falling over themselves to do something, you mean that they are very enthusiastic about doing it, and often that you disapprove of this.
    1. Within days of his death those same people were falling over themselves to denounce him.
       他尸骨未寒，还是那些人又大肆谴责起他来。
26. PHRASE fall to pieces (英国英语中作 fall to bits) 同 fall apart
    To fall to pieces, or in British English to fall to bits, means the same as to fall apart .
    1. At that point the radio handset fell to pieces.
       就在那一刻，无线电遥控器摔得粉碎。
27. to fall on your feet → see: foot
28. PHRASAL VERB 散架;垮掉;摔碎
    If something falls apart, it breaks into pieces because it is old or badly made.
    1. The work was never finished and bit by bit the building fell apart.
       工程一直没有完工，于是楼一点点地坍塌了。
29. PHRASAL VERB (机构或体系)解散,瓦解
    If an organization or system falls apart, it becomes disorganized or unable to work effectively, or breaks up into its different parts.
    1. Europe's monetary system is falling apart...
       欧洲货币体系正在走向瓦解。
    2. I've tried everything to stop our marriage falling apart.
       我已竭尽所能去维系我们的婚姻。
30. PHRASAL VERB (情感上)崩溃，垮掉
    If you say that someone is falling apart, you mean that they are becoming emotionally disturbed and are unable to think calmly or to deal with the difficult or unpleasant situation that they are in.
    1. I was falling apart. I wasn't getting any sleep.
       我要崩溃了，我一直都没合眼。
31. PHRASAL VERB 脱落;分离
    If something falls away from the thing it is attached to, it breaks off.
    1. Officials say that one or two engines fell away from the plane shortly after takeoff.
       官员们说飞机起飞后不久就有一两台引擎脱落了。
32. PHRASAL VERB (地面自某处)向下倾斜
    If you say that land falls away, you mean it slopes downwards from a particular point.
    1. On either side of the tracks the ground fell away sharply.
       跑道两侧都是很陡的斜坡。
33. PHRASAL VERB (程度)降低，减弱;(数量、规模)减少，减小
    If the degree, amount, or size of something falls away, it decreases.
    1. His coalition may hold a clear majority but this could quickly fall away...
       他的联盟也许会占绝对多数，但这种优势可能会很快丧失。
    2. Demand began to fall away.
       需求开始减少。
34. PHRASAL VERB 略微退后;稍稍后退
    If you fall back, you move backwards a short distance away from someone or something.
    1. He fell back in embarrassment when he saw that Ross had no hair at all...
       看见罗斯的光头，他尴尬地后退了几步。
    2. The congregation fell back from them slightly as they entered.
       教堂会众在他们进来时稍稍往后退了退。
35. PHRASAL VERB (军队)撤退，后撤
    If an army falls back during a battle or war, it withdraws.
    1. The Prussian garrison at Charleroi was falling back.
       普鲁士驻沙勒罗瓦的部队正在撤退。
36. PHRASAL VERB 落后;跟不上
    If you fall behind, you do not make progress or move forward as fast as other people.
    1. Evans had rheumatic fever, missed school and fell behind...
       伊万斯得了风湿热，没去上课，功课也落下了。
    2. Boris is falling behind all the top players.
       鲍里斯落后于所有顶级选手。
37. PHRASAL VERB (使)不能按时完成(或交付)
    If you fall behind with something or let it fall behind, you do not do it or produce it when you should, according to an agreement or schedule.
    1. He faces losing his home after falling behind with the payments...
       他没能按时付款，面临着失去房子的危险。
    2. Thousands of people could die because the relief effort has fallen so far behind...
       因救援工作远远没有跟上，数千人可能面临死亡。
    3. Construction work fell behind schedule.
       建筑进度落后于工期。
38. → see: fall 2
39. PHRASAL VERB (在…上)薄弱，不尽如人意
    If an argument, organization, or person falls down on a particular point, they are weak or unsatisfactory on that point.
    1. Service was outstandingly friendly and efficient, falling down on only one detail...
       服务态度极佳，效率也蛮高，仅在一个小地方不尽人意。
    2. That is where his argument falls down.
       这是他论点的薄弱之处。
40. PHRASAL VERB 迷恋;爱上
    If you fall for someone, you are strongly attracted to them and start loving them.
    1. He was fantastically handsome — I just fell for him right away.
       他帅极了——我一下子就爱上了他。
41. PHRASAL VERB 上…的当;受…的骗;对…信以为真
    If you fall for a lie or trick, you believe it or are deceived by it.
    1. It was just a line to get you out here, and you fell for it!
       那不过是为了骗你到这儿来的一句谎言，你居然信了！
    2. I told him I would think about it and asked for his telephone number. He didn't fall for that one.
       我告诉他我会考虑，然后跟他要电话号码。他并没有上当。
42. PHRASAL VERB (屋顶、天花板)塌陷，坍塌
    If a roof or ceiling falls in, it collapses and falls to the ground.
    1. Part of my bedroom ceiling has fallen in.
       我卧室的天花板有些地方塌下来了。
43. PHRASAL VERB 走在…的后面(或身边)
    If you fall in behind or beside someone who is walking along, you start walking behind them or beside them.
    1. Prentice saw Goss fall in behind the informer.
       普伦蒂斯看见戈斯走在密探身后。
44. PHRASAL VERB 赞成，接受(思想、计划、体系)
    If you fall in with an idea, plan, or system, you accept it and do not try to change it.
    1. Carmen's reluctance to fall in with Driver's plans led to trouble.
       卡门不愿接受德赖弗的计划，由此引来了麻烦。
45. PHRASAL VERB 与…来往密切
    If you fall in with someone, you become friends with them and start seeing them a lot.
    1. At university, Taylor had fallen in with a small clique of literature students.
       在大学里，泰勒曾经频繁参与一个文学小团体的活动。
46. PHRASAL VERB (从接合处)脱落，掉落
    If something falls off, it separates from the thing to which it was attached and moves towards the ground.
    1. When your exhaust falls off, you have to replace it.
       如果你的排气管脱落，应将其更换。
47. See also: Unemployment is rising again and retail buying has fallen off. falling-off
48. PHRASAL VERB (头发、牙齿)掉落，脱落
    If something such as a person's hair or a tooth falls out, it comes out.
    1. Her hair started falling out as a result of radiation treatment.
       由于放疗，她开始掉头发。
49. PHR-V-RECIP (与…)争吵，失和
    If you fall out with someone, you have an argument and stop being friendly with them. You can also say that two people fall out .
    1. She fell out with her husband...
       她与丈夫闹翻了。
    2. Mum and I used to fall out a lot.
       我和妈妈过去经常争吵。
50. See also: fallout
51. PHRASAL VERB (责任、职责、机会)落到…的头上;应由…做
    If a responsibility, duty, or opportunity falls to someone, it becomes their responsibility, duty, or opportunity.
    1. He's been very unlucky that no chances have fallen to him.
       他很不走运，机会一次也没有落到他头上。
    2. It fell to me to get rid of them.
       由我来负责摆脱他们。
52. PHRASAL VERB 开始(做…)
    If someone falls to doing something, they start doing it.
    1. When she had departed, they fell to fighting among themselves.
       她走后，他们便互相打了起来。

1. The profits rise was achieved against a backdrop of falling metal prices.
   在金属价格下跌的背景下，利润提高了。
2. Many school buildings are unsafe, and some are falling apart.
   许多校舍不安全，有些简直是摇摇欲坠。
3. Snow began falling again.
   雪又开始下了。
4. I was combing my hair and it was just falling out in clumps.
   我梳头的时候，头发一团一团地往下掉。
5. These findings are a reminder that low pay is the other side of the coin of falling unemployment.
   这些研究结果提醒人们，失业率下降的另一面是低薪。
6. I can only compare the experience to falling in love.
   我只能把这段经历比作坠入爱河。
7. Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.
   由于出生率下降，产科服务会随之削减。
8. Shrinking economies mean falling tax revenues and more government debt.
   经济收缩意味着税收的减少和政府债务的增加。
9. The heavily falling snow had eased
   漫天大雪变小了。
10. There's a danger of the government falling because it will lose its majority
    政府将因失去其占多数的优势而有倒台的危险。
11. It is almost impossible to visit Florida without falling in love with the state
    去佛罗里达观光而不爱上这个州几乎不可能。
12. Europe's monetary system is falling apart
    欧洲货币体系正在走向瓦解。
13. I was falling apart. I wasn't getting any sleep.
    我要崩溃了，我一直都没合眼。
14. Boris is falling behind all the top players.
    鲍里斯落后于所有顶级选手。
15. Her hair started falling out as a result of radiation treatment.
    由于放疗，她开始掉头发。
16. He had to lean on Dan to keep from falling.
    他不得不靠在丹身上以免摔倒。
17. The level of pollution in the river was falling.
    这条河中的污染物水平在下降。
18. The film opened to healthy box office receipts before rapidly falling off
    这部影片的票房收入开始的时候持续上涨，但是后来急剧下降。
19. She scandalised her family by falling in love with a married man.
    她爱上了一个已婚男子，这使得她的家人丢尽了脸。
20. Britain's university system is in danger of falling apart at the seams.
    英国的大学体系面临分崩离析的危险。
21. It seemed almost as if he were falling in slow motion
    他看上去几乎是以慢动作倒下的。
22. We had to tip up the bed and the model was in grave danger of falling off it!
    我们不得不把床的一头掀起来，模型差点就从床上掉了下去！
23. They put on their coats and tramped through the falling snow
    他们穿上外套，拖着沉重的步子行走在飞雪中。
24. Others were unlucky victims of falling debris.
    其他人都是不幸为坠落的瓦砾残片所伤。
25. With my usual vanity, I thought he might be falling in love with me.
    由于我一贯的虚荣心作祟，我以为他可能爱上了我。
26. The impulse of falling water turns the waterwheel.
    落水的冲力使水轮转动。
27. He received a falling grade on the term paper.
    他的学期论文得了个不及格分数。
28. This word should be read with falling tone.
    这个字该读去声。
29. The falling tree just grazed his chair.
    倒下的树刚刚擦过他的椅子。

adj

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

   Synonym:    dropping

2. becoming lower or less in degree or value
   1. a falling market
   2. falling incomes

3. decreasing in amount or degree
   1. falling temperature