drop1 /drɒp $ drɑːp/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (dropped, dropping) 1 let STH fall 让某物掉落 [transitiveT] a) FALLto stop holding or carrying something so that it falls 让〔某物〕落下 He dropped his briefcase on a chair. 他把公文包丢在椅子上。
She screamed and dropped the torch. 她尖叫一声,把手电筒丢在了地上。
b) to make something such as a bomb fall from a plane 〔飞机〕空投,丢,扔〔炸弹等〕 U.S. planes began dropping bombs on the city. 美国飞机开始轰炸该城市。
Supplies are being dropped for the refugees. 正在向难民空投物资。
2 fall 落下 [intransitiveI]FALL to fall suddenly onto the ground or into something 掉下,落下drop from/off The apples are beginning to drop from the trees. 苹果开始从树上落下来了。
Your button has dropped off. 你的纽扣掉了。
3 move your body down 低下身子 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]BEND to lower yourself or part of your body suddenly (使)忽然倒下,坐下drop down/onto/into He dropped down onto the floor and hid under the table. 他蹲到地板上,藏在桌子底下。
She dropped her head back against the cushion. 她倒头靠在靠垫上。
4 become less 变少 [intransitiveI]LESS to fall to a lower level or amount, especially a much lower level or amount 〔水平〕降低;〔数量〕减少drop suddenly/sharply/dramatically The number of deaths on the roads has dropped sharply. 交通事故死亡人数已大大减少。
Temperatures drop quite dramatically at night, so bring some warm clothing. 夜里气温骤降,所以要带上些暖和的衣服。
drop to Their share of the market dropped to 50 percent this year. 今年他们的市场占有率下降到了50%。
► see thesaurus at decrease 5 reduce 减少 [transitiveT]LESS to reduce the level or amount of something 降低〔…的水平〕;减少〔…的数量〕 You might be able to get them to drop the price. 你也许能够让他们把价格降下来。
As soon as she saw the police car she dropped her speed. 她一看到警车就放慢了速度。
6 not include 不包括 [transitiveT]DS to decide not to include someone or something 剔除,把…除名 His name was dropped from the list. 他被剔除出名单。
drop somebody from a team/side Taylor was bitterly disappointed to be dropped from the England side. 泰勒对没入选英格兰队感到非常失望。
7 stop doing STH 停止做某事 [transitiveT]STOP DOING something to stop doing something, discussing something, or continuing with something 停止,放弃 The proposal was dropped after opposition from civil liberties groups. 遭到公民自由组织的反对后这一提案便被驳回了。
drop charges/drop a case New evidence was presented to the court and the case was dropped. 新的证据提交给法庭后该案就被撤销了。
drop a subject at school/university (=stop studying it) 在学校/大学退修[不学]一科 Students are allowed to drop history in Year 9. 九年级的学生可以不学历史。
You can’t expect me to drop everything (=completely stop doing whatever I am doing) whenever you’re in town. 你不能指望你一进城我就得放下手头的所有事情。
Oh, drop the ‘Senator’ (=stop calling me ‘Senator’) – just call me Gordon. 噢,不要叫我 “参议员” ,就叫我戈登吧。
Some time later, the matter was quietly dropped. 过了一段时间,这件事就不了了之了。
8 stop talking about STH 停止谈论某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]STOP DOING something to stop talking about something 停止谈论drop the subject To her relief, Julius dropped the subject. 让她感到宽慰的是,朱利叶斯停止了那个话题。
drop it (=stop talking about a subject) 别谈了 Just drop it, will you? I don’t want to talk about it anymore. 到此为止,行不行?我再也不愿意谈这事了。
‘What about the money?’ ‘We’ve agreed to let it drop (=we have agreed not to talk about it anymore).’ “钱呢?” “我们都已经说好不再提了。”
9 take SB somewhere 送某人到某处 (also drop off) [transitiveT]TTC to take someone by car to a place and leave them there, especially on your way to another place 〔开车〕顺路送〔某人〕到〔某处〕,放…下车 Just drop me here – I can walk the rest of the way. 就让我在这里下车吧,剩下的路我可以走过去。
drop somebody at something She dropped Johnny at the school gates at about 8:30. 大约8点30分时她把约翰尼送到了校门口。
10 take STH somewhere 把某物送到某处 [transitiveT]TAKE/BRING to take something to a place and leave it there 把〔某物〕送至〔某处〕drop something round/in I’ve got your books – I’ll drop them round to your place later. 我买到你要的书了,晚些时候我会送到你那里去。
11 visit 拜访 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DLVISIT to visit someone you know, usually without arranging a particular time 顺便造访,临时拜访drop by/round I just dropped by to see how you were getting on. 我只是顺道来看看你过得怎样。
The kids drop round and see her from time to time. 孩子们时不时地过来看看她。
drop into Jan dropped into the office this morning to tell me her news. 简今天上午顺道来办公室把她的消息告诉我。
drop in (on somebody) Why don’t you drop in for a drink one evening? 你哪天晚上过来喝一杯怎么样?
12 slope downwards 向下倾斜 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DNDOWN if a path, land etc drops, it goes down suddenly, forming a steep slope 〔道路、地面等〕急剧向下倾斜drop down The cliff dropped down over a hundred feet to the sea below. 悬崖从距海面一百多英尺的地方陡然而下。
drop away On the left the ground drops away, giving a view over the rooftops. 左边,地势陡降,可以看到一个个屋顶。
13 end a relationship 结束关系 [transitiveT]RELATIONSHIP informal to suddenly stop having a relationship with someone, especially a romantic relationship 突然终止与〔某人〕的(恋爱)关系,将〔某人〕给甩了 She dropped him as soon as she found out he had been seeing another woman. 她一发现他和另一个女人有来往后就和他一刀两断了。
14 until/till you drop TIREDuntil you are too tired to continue doing something 直到累垮 We’re going to shop till we drop! 我们要逛街购物直到走不动为止!
until/till you drop• She only wanted him to go on dancing till he dropped.• You shop until you drop and then what?• Or they can board one of the famous San Francisco trams to shop till they drop at Ghiradelli Square.• Arlen Specter until he dropped out of the Republican race.• Putting his hand on my head, he looked at his sheep until they dropped their eyes.• It harasses other gulls until they drop their hard-won food and then swoops down to catch it - often in mid-air.• They work until they drop, twenty, thirty hours at a time.• Try having your last meal no later than 5 p. m. Working till I drop will help me sleep. 15 drop a hint SUGGESTto suggest or ask for something in an indirect way, hoping that the person you are talking to will understand what you mean 给暗示 He dropped some big hints about what he wanted for his birthday. 他对自己生日要什么礼物作了明显的暗示。
drop a hint• She kept dropping hints about her birthday, just to make sure none of us forgot about it.• My mother dropped several hints about us wallpapering her sitting room.• I've dropped a few hints about what I want for my birthday.• They managed to see Maeda who dropped hints and told them to be circumspect.• Little by little he dropped hints, but no details.• Occasionally he dropped hints on this matter to Gina.• But sometimes, the trash drops a hint to a waiter. 16 drop somebody a line/note TCN informal to write a short letter to someone 给某人写短信/便条 Drop us a line to let us know how you’re getting on. 写封短信告诉我们你过得怎样。
drop somebody a line/note• If he can not do so, perhaps he will drop me a line.• Keep a folder on your desk, and during the year drop in notes about the special things you did.• She pulled open a drawer to drop the note in.• The telephone isn't connected yet but you can drop a note in.• Other cities have dropped their line items without allowing departments to keep any of their savings.• Do drop me a line, Mrs Surridge, or anyone else who's interested.• Drop us a line sometime.• After the people have been touched, they drop a £10 note, the usual donation, on the small table.• Just wanted to drop you a note to say break a leg and all those other theatrical cliches. 17 drop dead a) MXDIE informal to die suddenly 猝死,暴毙 b) spoken informal an impolite expression which you say to someone when you are extremely angry with them 去你的,去死吧〔生气时对别人说的不礼貌的话〕 drop dead• A few months ago, the seven-year-old son of one family we spoke to dropped dead.• If this fails to deter the enemy, the possum promptly drops dead.• In a few minutes the poor beast dropped dead.• She dropped dead; her very flesh had melted away.• Livestock are dropping dead in the fields.• One day he just dropped dead in the street.• They tried to beg, but everyone else was hungry, and they would drop dead in the streets.• McSherry dropped dead of a heart attack in the middle of a baseball game.• One of their neighbors just dropped dead on the tennis court.• It wasn't printed in the end because he'd just dropped dead the day before, in Rochdale Road.• I would not care if I dropped dead tomorrow. 18. somebody’s jaw dropped used to say that someone was very surprised 某人目瞪口呆somebody’s jaw dropped• Conley's jaw dropped, and she left without saying anything. 19 drop your eyes/gaze EMBARRASSEDto stop looking at someone and look down, usually because you feel embarrassed or uncomfortable 垂下眼睛/目光〔通常因为尴尬或不自在〕 Ben looked at me in horror for a moment and then dropped his gaze. 本惊恐地看了我一会儿,然后垂下了目光。
drop your eyes/gaze• For no reason at all, she shivered and dropped her gaze.• She looks up at him, holds his gaze for a second or two, then drops her eyes.• They dropped their eyes and pretended not to notice him.• He blessed himself and dropped his eyes as the hearse passed.• She dropped her eyes back to the pile of letters.• I drop my eyes in confusion.• We look at each other, and then, drop our gaze to hide our confusion.• I dropped my eyes to my foot, straightened out the tongue, and stood up. 20 the wind drops the wind stops 风停止 They waited for the wind to drop. 他们等风停下来。
21 drop a bombshell informalSHOCK to suddenly tell someone a shocking piece of news 突然说出惊人的消息 Finally she dropped the bombshell. She was pregnant and I was the father. 最后她说出一个惊人的消息: 她怀孕了,而我就是孩子的父亲。
drop a bombshell• Then, one day in May, Kathleen dropped a bombshell.
22 drop somebody in it informal to say or do something that gets someone else into trouble 给某人捅了娄子,使某人遇到麻烦 You told her where we went on Friday night! You’ve really dropped me in it now! 你告诉她星期五晚上我们去哪儿了!这下你把我给害惨了!
drop somebody in it• Listen, mate, I wouldn't drop you in it. 23 drop $50/£2,000 etc [transitiveT] informalBMONEY to lose money in a business deal, a game etc 〔做生意、赌博等〕输掉50美元/2,000英镑等 Phil dropped $200 playing poker yesterday. 菲尔昨天打扑克输了200美元。
25 drop a point DSto lose a point in a sports competition 〔体育比赛中〕失分 Real Madrid dropped a point at home yesterday. 皇家马德里队昨天在主场失了一分。
26. be dropping like flies informal if people are dropping like flies, they are getting ill or dying in large numbers 大批病倒;大批死亡be dropping like flies• Players from both teams are dropping like flies.• Our kids are dropping like flies.• They should be dropping like flies, but that hasn't been the case.• Grocer profits While other retailers are dropping like flies, supermarkets are making fat profits. 27. drop a clanger/brick British EnglishBrEEMBARRASSED to say something embarrassing in a social situation 〔在社交场合〕出言不慎,失言drop a clanger/brick• No wonder, perhaps, that Seaman dropped a brick. 29. drop anchor TTWto lower a boat’s anchor to the bottom of the sea, a lake etc so that the boat does not float away 落锚,下锚drop anchor• While Pottz tacked to and fro energetically seeking out the elusive peak, Richie dropped anchor and contemplated the horizon.• The ship finally dropped anchor at a beautiful isle of the Marquesas.• On June 9,1741, the Centurion dropped anchor at last at Juan Fernandez.• Clayt was forced to drop anchor in open water.• Everybody said that Floyd Johnson probably dropped anchor somewhere to wait to the next day instead of coming in in the fog.• We dropped anchor there, and the fishermen disappeared back into harbour, leaving us to our fate. 31 drop back (also drop behind) phrasal verbphr v to move more slowly than other people so that they get ahead of you 落后,落在后面 He started out with the leaders but at the first fence he dropped back. 起跑时他和领先的选手并驾齐驱,但到第一栏时落后了。
Ellen dropped behind to tie her shoelace. 埃伦落在后面系鞋带。
drop back• Speed had dropped back and Wallace moved upwards in the second half.• She half-ran, half-walked, taking a wide curve around the villa and dropping back down towards it on the western side.• Then they dropped back out of sight.• I drop back soundlessly, my lips slackened. 32 drop off phrasal verbphr v a) SLEEPto begin to sleep 打盹,打瞌睡 She kept dropping off at her desk. 她坐在书桌前不停地打瞌睡。
I must have dropped off to sleep. 我肯定是打了个盹。
b) drop somebody/something ↔ off to take someone or something to a place by car and leave them there on your way to another place 〔开车〕顺便把某人/某物送到〔某处〕 I’ll drop you off on my way home. 我回家路上顺道送你吧。
c) LESSto fall to a lower level or amount 〔水平〕下降,〔数量〕减少 The number of graduates going into teaching has dropped off sharply. 从事教育行业的大学毕业生人数急剧减少了。
drop off• She kept dropping off for a few minutes, before waking with a start.• At around 12.30, she did eventually drop off for an hour or so.• Janir had dropped off to sleep on the living room couch. dropped off to sleep• Eventually we dropped off to sleep.• Gillian sat in the back and soon dropped off to sleep.• I must have dropped off to sleep.• On the drive back to St Petersburg the girl once again dropped off to sleep.• Mrs Wright had dropped off to sleep again, making a kind of whistling noise through her mouth.• The baby dropped off to sleep in the car.• I had barely dropped off to sleep when I was suddenly awakened b sharp abdominal pains. 33 drop out phrasal verbphr v a) SEto no longer do an activity or belong to a group 退出,脱离 The group gets smaller as members move away or drop out. 随着成员搬走或退出,这个团体的规模变小了。
b) to leave a school or university before your course has finished 退学,辍学 → dropout of Bill dropped out of college after his first year. 比尔在大学读完第一年后就辍学了。
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 7: to stop doing something, discussing something, or continuing with somethingdrop + NOUNdrop the charges/a case (=stop the legal process of trying to prove someone is guilty)Both men have been released and the charges have been dropped.
drop everything (=completely stop everything you are doing)When my mother was sick, I just dropped everything and flew to be with her in Seattle.
drop the ideaThe project was going to be too expensive so the idea was dropped.
drop a planThe company has dropped its plan to build a hotel on the site.
drop a scheme/program etcSome banks have dropped their student loan scheme.
drop a subject (=stop studying it at school or university)Students may choose to drop a subject in their second year.
drop the pretence (=stop pretending)He has finally dropped the pretence that he’s innocent.