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。

Examples from the Corpus

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.

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drop off

To sleep, or to go to sleep: sleep, doze off, drift off...

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