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同义词解析
  • 以下这些动词都表示"落下,下降" 的意思
    descend通常指沿斜线或斜坡下降。
    drop指物体从一定高度落下。
    fall与drop同义,指突然或猛烈地降落,但fall也可指任何下落,同高度或形式无关。
    sink指在空气或水中垂直下降、下沉。
词组
  • at the drop of a hat
    (informal)without delay or good reason (非正式)立即;莫名其妙地,一有刺激就
  • drop one's aitches
    omit the ‘h’ sound from the beginning of words (in Britain often regarded as a sign that the speaker belongs to a low social class) 省略单词开头的‘h’音(在英国常被认为是说话者社会阶层低下的标志)
  • drop asleep
    fall gently asleep, especially without intending to 不知不觉睡着
  • drop the ball
    (N. Amer. informal)make a mistake; mishandle things (北美,非正式)犯错,出错,做错事
  • drop a brick
    (Brit. informal)make an indiscreet or embarrassing remark (英,非正式)失言;出言不慎
  • drop a clanger
    (Brit. informal)make an embarrassing or foolish mistake (英,非正式)做事出岔子,犯愚蠢的错误
  • drop a curtsy
    (Brit.)make a curtsy (英)行屈膝礼
  • drop dead
    die suddenly and unexpectedly 突然倒毙,猝死
  • drop a (或 the) dime on
    (US informal)inform on (someone) to the police (美,非正式)向警方告发(某人)
  • drop one's guard
    abandon one's habitual defensive or protective stance 丧失警惕,放弃戒备
  • drop a hint (或 drop hints)
    let fall a hint or hints, as if casually or unconsciously (装作漫不经心地)暗示
  • a drop in the ocean (或 in a bucket)
    a very small amount compared with what is needed or expected 沧海一粟
  • drop someone a line
    send someone a note or letter in a casual manner 给…写短信(或便条)
  • drop names
英语四级真题
  • When it's time to make the leap, they take action and immediately drop what's no longer serving their purpose.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • One reason is that more countries are big oil producers now, so the nations suffering from the price drop account for a larger share of the global economy.
    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • The authors documented an annual drop of as many as 120,000 cases of heart disease, 66,000 instances of stroke and 99,000 heart attacks caused by high blood pressure after a 3-g-per-day reduction in salt.
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our sky high divorce rate.
    出自-2012年6月阅读原文
  • bring about a drop in the divorce rate
    出自-2012年6月阅读原文
  • SAT scores began dropping in 1963;today,on average,30% of students do not complete high school in four years, a figure that rises to 50% in poor urban neighborhoods.
    出自-2012年6月阅读原文
  • Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a university job.
    出自-2010年12月阅读原文
  • Uh, you can either drop it off at my class or bring it to my office.
    出自-2014年6月听力原文
  • Jack asked me to drop off this report.
    出自-2012年12月听力原文
  • I was about to drop statistics before they helped me out.
    出自-2011年6月听力原文
  • It is cheaper than calling long distance, and a lot more convenient than waiting until Sunday for the telephone rates to drop.
    出自-2010年12月听力原文
  • Many students have dropped Prof. Johnson's class.
    出自-2010年6月听力原文
  • A drop in oxygen pressure can cause headaches in certain individuals.
    2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A
  • Carpets, for instance, seem to be slightly better places to drop your food than wood or tile.
    2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • However, some parents are concerned that it encourages their children to drop litter so they can watch the birds to pick it up.
    2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A
  • Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support.
    2019年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • Shifting eating habits, including a sharp drop in consumption of sparkling drinks, have forced radical change on the industry.
    2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C
  • Some viewers of her cooking show, The French Chef, insist they saw Child drop lamb on the floor and pick it up, with the advice that if they were alone in the kitchen, their guests would never know.
    2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age 35.
    2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • This turn of events is fueled primarily by the dramatic drop in the share of young Americans who are choosing to settle down romantically before age.
    2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
  • When an object did not drop out of the bottom of a rattling container, they looked at it for a longer time than they did when the container behaved as expected.
    2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
英语六级真题
  • Sales dropped sharply in its physical stores.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Oil prices have dropped by over 60% since June 2014.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • In fact, in line with past experience, capital expenditure in the oil sector has dropped sharply in many producing countries, including the United States.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand ( ' , especially from emerging markets), the long-term drop in petroleum consumption in the United States, and some displacement of oil by substitutes.
    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • Mr.Ishiguro, have you ever found one of your books at a secondhand bookstore? According to a study of race and equity in education, black athletes are dropping out of college across the country at alarming rates.
    出自-2017年6月听力原文
  • Testing innovations do no good unless the good experiments are identified and expanded and the bad ones are dropped.
    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • In 2009, the number dropped to 9%.
    出自-2016年6月阅读原文
  • The number of smokers has dropped more sharply than in the UK.
    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • For example, when asked whether they would buy a new smartphone this year, only 48 percent said yes – a six-point drop from 2015.
    出自-2016年12月阅读原文
  • Rising more than 1,000 feet in the middle of the gently rolling plains of Wyoming, the massive column of rock looks as though it was dropped down into this location from a different time and place.
    出自-2016年12月听力原文
  • On the other hand, the death rate from flu dropped from 7.4% in 2000 to 4.1% in 2014.
    出自-2016年12月听力原文
  • In recent years, the death rate among American centenarians—people who have lived to age 100 or older—has decreased, dropping 14% for women and 20% for men from 2008 to 2014.
    出自-2016年12月听力原文
  • Twenty years later, it was purposefully dropped to make way for Negro.
    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know- how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.
    出自-2015年12月阅读原文
  • Among public colleges and universities, the number drops to roughly one in 10.
    出自-2013年12月阅读原文
  • Moreover, home prices barely dropped.
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • Both stocks and homes, more widely held, dropped more
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • Spending on such "durables" dropped at a 12% annual rate in 2008's third quarter, a 20% rate in the fourth.
    出自-2013年6月阅读原文
  • That's what happens when you're the world's biggest creditor: you get to drop hints like that, which would be enough by themselves to create international economic chaos if they were ever leaked.
    出自-2012年12月阅读原文
  • Their bank savings rate dropped to zero.
    出自-2012年12月阅读原文
  • Often they wind up deeply in debt or simply unable to pay after a year or two and must drop out.
    出自-2011年6月阅读原文
  • Why do some students drop out after a year or two according to the author
    出自-2011年6月阅读原文
  • Drop in bias Brian Nosek of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, who runs a website that measures implicit bias using similar test, has also observed a small drop in bias in the 700,000 visitors to the site since January 2007, which might be explained by Obama's rise to popularity
    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
  • Bias against blacks has experienced an unusual drop.
    出自-2010年6月阅读原文
  • He is going to drop the physics course
    出自-2013年12月听力原文
  • What about dropping you at the south gate and I'll find parking somewhere else.
    出自-2013年6月听力原文
  • The technology has been successfully applied overseas, but the only other public robotic garage in the United States has been troublesome, dropping vehicles and trapping cars because of technical problems
    出自-2013年6月听力原文
  • Why do the man say she would drop cups of tea at people occasionally?
    出自-2011年6月听力原文
  • But now a systematic review and analysis of studies by Canadian researchers found that not only does pasta not cause weight gain, but three meals a week can help people drop more than half a kilogram over four months.
    2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A
  • kids who are the first in their families to brave the world of higher education came on campus with little academic know-how and are much more likely than their peers to drop out before graduation.
    2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
  • In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand especially from eme
    2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • Look, I'm terribly sorry to drop in this time on Friday, Paul, but it is rather important.
    2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
  • The researchers also note the recession hit some years before we see the beginning of the well-being drop, and before the steepest well-being decline, which occurred in 2013.
    2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • This is in comparison with a drop of just under 1% in the total yogurt and kefir market according to natural and organic market research company SpiNS.
    2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
英汉词典释义
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. a small quantity (especially of a liquid);
    "one drop of each sample was analyzed""any child with a drop of negro blood was legally a negro""there is not a drop of pity in that man"
    2. a shape that is small and round;
    "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops""beads of sweat on his forehead"
    3. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
    "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index""there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery""a dip in prices""when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"
    4. a steep high face of rock;
    "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town""a steep drop"
    5. a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property)
    6. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity;
    "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
    7. a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
    8. a central depository where things can be left or picked up
    9. the act of dropping something;
    "they expected the drop would be successful"
  • Verb
    1. let fall to the ground;
    "Don't drop the dishes"
    2. to fall vertically;
    "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets"
    3. go down in value;
    "Stock prices dropped"
    4. fall or drop to a lower place or level;
    "He sank to his knees"
    5. terminate an association with;
    "drop him from the Republican ticket"
    6. utter casually;
    "drop a hint"
    7. stop pursuing or acting;
    "drop a lawsuit""knock it off!"
    8. leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;
    9. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow;
    "strike down a tree""Lightning struck down the hikers"
    10. lose (a game);
    "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
    11. pay out;
    "spend money"
    12. lower the pitch of (musical notes)
    13. hang freely;
    "the ornaments dangled from the tree""The light dropped from the ceiling"
    14. stop associating with;
    "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
    15. let or cause to fall in drops;
    "dribble oil into the mixture"
    16. get rid of;
    "he shed his image as a pushy boss""shed your clothes"
    17. leave undone or leave out;
    "How could I miss that typo?""The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
    18. change from one level to another;
    "She dropped into army jargon"
    19. grow worse;
    "Her condition deteriorated""Conditions in the slums degenerated""The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
    20. give birth; used for animals;
    "The cow dropped her calf this morning"
行业词典
  • 体育: 在遗失球或其他状况要将球重新定位时;令球由空中自由落下;
    医学: 量;
    大气科学: 滴谱参数;drop-size distribution pa-rameter 描述单位体积中云(或雨)滴粒子数量随其大小分布的参数。;
    水利: 跌水;连接两段高程不同的渠道的阶梯式跌落建筑物。;
    法律: 下跌;下降;