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drop

/drop/US // drɒp //UK // (drɒp) //

下降,跌落,掉落,滴

Related Words

tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的plunge纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下dip沾沾自喜,浸泡,蘸水,蘸取fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降cut切,切割,削减,割slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退slide幻灯片,滑梯,幻灯,滑动reduction减少,削减,缩减,降低deterioration恶化,变质,衰退,衰败downturn不景气,衰退,衰退期,跌势shoot抛出,抛射,抛投,抛出橄榄枝lower较低的,较低,低层,低级collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷dump倾倒,倾销,转储,甩掉dive潜水,跳水,俯冲,潜入shed棚子,棚,棚屋,大棚abandon抛弃,放弃,舍弃,弃置plummet暴跌,骤降,重挫,骤然下跌go down下去,下来,下去了,下降

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
    • : the quantity of liquid contained in such a globule.
    • : a very small quantity of liquid: I'll have a little more tea, just a drop.
    • : a minute quantity of anything: not even a drop of mercy.
    • : Usually drops. liquid medicine given in a dose or form of globules from a medicine dropper.a solution for dilating the pupils of the eyes, administered to the eyes in globules by a medicine dropper.
    • : a limited amount of an alcoholic beverage: He occasionally takes a drop after dinner.
    • : an act or instance of dropping; fall; descent.
    • : the distance or depth to which anything drops: a ten-foot drop to the ground.
    • : a steep slope: a short drop to the lake.
    • : a decline in amount, degree, quality, value, etc.: a drop in prices.
    • : a small, usually spherical, piece of candy; lozenge: a lemon drop.
    • : a central depository where items are left or transmitted: a mail drop.
    • : a predesignated place where secret letters or packages can be left to be picked up by another person without attracting attention, as in espionage or drug dealing.
    • : something resembling or likened to a liquid globule, as certain ornaments, a spherical earring, etc.
    • : a pendant.
    • : a descent by parachute.
    • : an instance of dropping supplies by parachute or an amount of supplies so dropped.
    • : something that drops or is used for dropping.
    • : a group of persons dropped by parachute, as the personnel dropped by parachute during one military action.
    • : Theater. drop curtain. drop scene.
    • : trapdoor.
    • : a gallows.
    • : a slit or opening into which something can be dropped, as in a mailbox.
    • : the income from the sale of chips.
    • : Informal. music, software, etc., that has just been released to the public: his all-new music video drop.
    • : Also called dropped i·tem . an item acquired by a player character from a defeated nonplayer character: The mobs in this zone have pretty mediocre drops.
    • : a small flag, usually of enameled metal, that gives a visual signal in an annunciator.
    • : Furniture. an applied ornament resembling a pendant.
    • : Architecture. gutta.
    • : Nautical. the vertical dimension amidships of any sail that is bent to a standing yard.Compare hoist.
    • : Also called drop pan·el . a thickened portion of the ceiling around a column head.
    • : Horology. the free motion of an escape wheel between successive checks by the pallet.
    • : the newborn young of an animal.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dropped or dropt, drop·ping.

    • : to fall in globules or small portions, as water or other liquid: Rain drops from the clouds.
    • : to fall vertically; have an abrupt descent.
    • : to sink or fall to the ground, floor, or bottom as if inanimate.
    • : to fall lower in condition, degree, value, etc.; diminish or lessen; sink: The prices dropped sharply.
    • : to come to an end; cease; lapse: There the matter dropped.
    • : to fall or move to a position that is lower, farther back, inferior, etc.: to drop back in line; to drop to the rear.
    • : to withdraw; quit: to drop out of a race; to drop from a game.
    • : to pass or enter without effort into some condition, activity, or the like: to drop into sleep; to drop into a habit.
    • : to make an unexpected or unannounced stop at a place; pay an informal visit or call: Since we're in the neighborhood, why don't we drop in at my brother's?
    • : to cease to appear or be seen; vanish: to drop from sight or notice.
    • : to fall wounded, dead, etc.: A thousand men dropped in the battle.
    • : to squat or crouch, as a dog at the sight of game.
    • : to move gently, as with the tide or a light wind.
    • : Informal. to be released to the public: When the app dropped, I decided to give it a test run.
    • : Slang. to ingest an illicit drug orally; swallow.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    dropped or dropt, drop·ping.

    • : to let fall in drops or small portions: to drop lemon juice into tea.
    • : to let or cause to fall.
    • : to cause or allow to sink to a lower position.
    • : to cause to decrease in value, amount, quality, etc.; reduce.
    • : to utter or express casually or incidentally: to drop a hint.
    • : to write and send: Drop me a note.
    • : to bring to the ground by a blow or shot.
    • : to set down or unload, as from a ship, car, etc.: Drop me at the corner.
    • : to omit in pronunciation or writing: He dropped his h's.
    • : to lower in pitch or loudness.
    • : to cease to keep up or have to do with: I dropped the subject. Will you drop your old friends if you win the lottery?
    • : to cease to employ, admit as a member, or include, as on a list; dismiss: to drop an employee from the payroll; to drop three members of the club who have not paid their dues.
    • : to withdraw or cease to pursue: The police dropped the charges against the suspect.
    • : Sports. to throw, shoot, hit, kick, or roll through or into a basket, hole, or other goal: He dropped the ball through the basket for two points.to lose: They dropped two games in a row and were eliminated from the tournament.
    • : Football. to drop-kick.to score with a drop kick.
    • : to give birth to: The cat dropped a litter of six kittens.
    • : to parachute: The Marines dropped 300 combat troops into the jungle battlefield.
    • : to lengthen by lowering or letting out: to drop the hem of a skirt.
    • : to lower into position for landing an airplane.
    • : Informal. to release to the public: She dropped her second album in October.
    • : Informal. to spend or lose in an extravagant or wasteful way: He thought nothing of dropping $100 on a tie.
    • : Slang. to take by swallowing; ingest: to drop LSD.
    • : Nautical. to pass out of sight of; outdistance.
    • : Cooking. to poach.
  1. 1
    • : drop behind, to fall short of the required pace or progress: Her long illness caused her to drop behind the rest of the class.
    • : drop off, to fall asleep.to decrease; decline: Sales have dropped off drastically.
    • : drop out, to withdraw from being a member or participant: to drop out of a club; to drop out of society and become a wanderer.to stop attending school or college.

Phrases

  • drop a bombshell
  • drop a brick
  • drop a dime
  • drop a line
  • drop back
  • drop behind
  • drop by
  • drop dead
  • drop in one's tracks
  • drop in someone's lap
  • drop in the bucket
  • drop like a hot potato
  • drop like flies
  • drop names
  • drop off
  • drop out
  • drop the ball
  • at the drop of a hat
  • bottom drops out of
  • get the drop on
  • hear a pin drop
  • let drop
  • wait for the other shoe to drop

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounglobule
Forms: dropped, dropping
Synonyms
bead钉珠,钉珠子,钉子,钉钉子bit位,位数,比特,位元bubble泡沫,泡泡,气泡,泡沫化crumb面包屑,碎屑,纸屑,碎纸片dab扑通dash冲刺,冲冲冲,破折号,冲刺一下dewdrop水珠,水滴,水珠儿,水珠的作用driblet恐怖的drip滴水不漏,滴滴,滴水,滴漏droplet水滴,水珠iota一丁点,一丁点儿,一丁,一丁目molecule分子,分子的,分子的作用morsel小菜一碟,小食,小吃,小菜nip小结,掐指一算,掐断,掐死ounce盎司,盎然,盎格鲁particle粒子,颗粒,微粒,颗粒物pearl珍珠,珍珠类,珍珠色,珍宝pinch钳制,掐死,掐断,钳子sip啜饮,啜吸,啜泣,抿嘴smidgen微量级,微量,少许,少量的speck斑点,点子,点点,点splash溅起的水花,泼水,溅起,溅射spot斑点,地点,斑斑点点,斑taste味道,品味,口味,味觉tear撕裂,泪水,眼泪,撕扯teardrop泪滴,泪珠,水滴,泪水trace痕迹,追踪,跟踪,踪迹trickle涓涓细流,涓滴,涓流,涓涓流淌
nounsteep decline; hole
Forms: dropped, dropping
Synonyms
dip沾沾自喜,浸泡,蘸水,蘸取fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒plunge纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的abyss深渊,深处,深海,深潭chasm鸿沟,深渊,深谷,峡谷declivity倾斜度,倾角,倾覆性,衰减deepness深度,深刻性,深处,深入depth深度,深入,深处,深度方面descent血统,后裔,下降,裔precipice悬崖,悬崖峭壁,断崖,崖壁slope坡度,斜坡,山坡,倾斜度
noundecrease
Forms: dropped, dropping
Synonyms
cut切,切割,削减,割decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降deterioration恶化,变质,衰退,衰败dip沾沾自喜,浸泡,蘸水,蘸取downturn不景气,衰退,衰退期,跌势fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒reduction减少,削减,缩减,降低slide幻灯片,滑梯,幻灯,滑动slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的descent血统,后裔,下降,裔downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落downswing下场,下行,下坡路,下行期landslide山崩地裂,山体滑坡,滑坡lapse失误,失效,误时,过失lowering降低,降低温度,减少,降低价格precipitation降水,降水量,沉淀,沉淀物sag下垂,下降,下陷,下垂的slip滑落,滑倒,滑移,溜upset心烦意乱,心乱如麻,烦乱,心烦意乱的downslide下滑,下降,下坡路,下跌downtrend下降趋势,跌势,下跌趋势,跌落趋势fall-off下降,下跌,下降的,下降期
verbfall in globules
Forms: dropped, dropping
Synonyms
bead钉珠,钉珠子,钉子,钉钉子bleed出血descend下来,下降,下去,降下distill提炼,馏出,蒸馏,馏出物drain排水,排出,排水系统,排水渠dribble滴水不漏,淌水,滴水穿石,滴水成河drip滴水不漏,滴滴,滴水,滴漏emanate发出,发散,传出,发出的hail雹子,欢呼,欢呼声,雹leak泄漏,漏洞,漏水,泄露ooze渗水,渗出,渗漏,渗入percolate浸润,渗入,渗滤,渗出precipitate沉淀物,沉淀,淀积物,淀seep渗漏,渗入,渗水,渗出snow雪,白雪,积雪,雪花splash溅起的水花,泼水,溅起,溅射trickle涓涓细流,涓滴,涓流,涓涓流淌trill颤音,颤动,颤抖,颤振
verblet go of; fall
Forms: dropped, dropping
Synonyms
abandon抛弃,放弃,舍弃,弃置collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降dive潜水,跳水,俯冲,潜入dump倾倒,倾销,转储,甩掉fell跌落,坠落,跌倒,跌倒了give up放弃,舍弃,放弃吧,罢休go down下去,下来,下去了,下降knock敲,敲门,敲门声,敲击lower较低的,较低,低层,低级plummet暴跌,骤降,重挫,骤然下跌plunge纵身一跃,纵身一跳,骤降,纵身跳下release释放,发布,发行,发布会shed棚子,棚,棚屋,大棚shoot抛出,抛射,抛投,抛出橄榄枝sink水槽,沉降,沉没,沉沦slide幻灯片,滑梯,幻灯,滑动slip滑落,滑倒,滑移,溜slump萧条,不景气,萧条期,衰退tumble跌倒,翻滚,翻跟头,跌倒的depress压抑,沮丧,沮丧的,压抑的descend下来,下降,下去,降下duck鸭子,鸭蛋,鸭肉,烤鸭floor地板,楼层,地面,楼面flop扑倒,扑向ground地面,地,场地,土地loosen松动,松开,放松,疏松pitch沥青,场地,俯视,俯瞰plump饱满,饱满的,丰满,丰满的relinquish放弃,弃权,弃置,捐弃topple倾覆,颠覆,倾倒,颠倒unload卸载,卸下,卸装,卸货bring down降低,弄倒,带下,弄垮cave in在地陷keel over翻船,翻身,龙骨翻转,龙骨翻倒nose-dive俯冲式,俯冲,俯卧撑,俯冲式的
verbabandon; ignore
Forms: dropped, dropping
Synonyms
cancel取消,撤销,撤消,取消了end结束,终端,结束语,终止give up放弃,舍弃,放弃吧,罢休leave离开,离开这里,离开了,离开时lose失去,损失,丧失,失去了stop停止,停下来,停,停住abort舍弃,退出,舍弃权,退出来adios再见,再见了cease停止,停止执行,终止,停止使用desert沙漠,荒漠,沙漠化,荒废discontinue中断,停产,中止,终止dismiss驳回,遣散,辞退,罢免disown不承认,不认,不认得,不认账ditch沟渠,沟,沟壑,沟壑纵横divorce离婚,离异,离职forfeit被没收的,弃权,被没收,没收forsake摒弃,抛弃,弃之不顾,弃绝interrupt插话,插言,插句,插话进来jilt倾斜度,被子,倾斜,倾斜性kick踢,踢球,踹,踢人quit退出,辞职,戒掉reject拒绝,拒绝接受,拒收,驳回relinquish放弃,弃权,弃置,捐弃remit汇款,汇出,职权范围,汇款方式renounce摒弃,摈弃,背弃,抛弃repudiate辟谣,否认,推翻,辟邪resign辞职,辞去职务,辞职后sacrifice牺牲,祭祀,牺牲品,牺性scratch划伤,挠痒痒,刮擦,刮伤scrub擦洗,擦洗干净,擦伤,搓洗separate分开,独立的,独立,分开的shake晃动,摇晃,抖动,震动terminate终止,终结,终止日期,终结者be alienated from疏远,疏离,疏远了,被疏远break with断绝与,破解与,断与,突破与call off叫停,注销,销声匿迹,销假cast off甩掉,甩掉了,抛弃,丢掉dust off掸去灰尘,掸掉灰尘,拂去灰尘,掸掉eighty-six八十六,八六,八十六岁,第八十六forget about忘了,忘记了,忘了吧have done with已完成的,已完成的工作,已与,已做的part from属于,属于从,属于从属关系part with与,伴随着,伴随着部分,伴随throw over扔过去,扔过来,扔过来的,抛出wash out冲掉,淘汰,洗出,冲掉了waste one浪费一个,废弃的一个,废物利用,浪费一个人wipe out歼灭,扫除,歼灭战,消灭write off注销,核销,销账,销帐
Antonyms
allow允许,容许,让,准许begin开始,开始了,始于,始continue继续,继续说,延续,继续进行go去,走,前往,走吧keep保持,保持保持maintain保持,维持,维护,维护好start开始,启动,开始吧,开启accept接受,接受接受,接纳,接受接受接受approve批准,核准,认可,通过hold持有,举行,保持,持有的initiate启动,发起,倡议,开始marry结婚,嫁人,娶妻,嫁给schedule时间表,时间安排,计划表,日程表set up设置,设立,设定,摆设stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留ascend升腾,升高,升,晋升do做,做到,做什么,做事downpour倾盆大雨,瓢泼大雨,大雨滂沱,大雨mount装载,装机,装入,装上pour倒,倾泻,倾倒,倾注pursue追求,追寻,追踪,争取rise崛起,上升,兴起,涨take up接受,占据,占用,承担

Examples

  • What’s capping the upside, and threatening a drop, is the rampaging price that’s waxed three times as fast as profits.

  • Although the idea remains a long-shot in the vaccine race, an attenuated coronavirus could be formulated into inexpensive nose drops for use around the world.

  • The drop in labor participation from EU nationals suggests many workers went home during the pandemic, perhaps because of travel restrictions, Raja said.

  • If you notice a drop in traffic on Friday evening for a few hours, and your site is often in the Top Stories section in Google Search – this may be why.

  • I think one estimate is that they’ll only be able to produce 50 million phones next year, so there’s a huge drop.

  • During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.

  • But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.

  • Then, depending on how urgent I think it is to get it, sometimes I have to go back home and drop it off.

  • Many times, victims drop out of school, while their alleged attackers graduate.

  • A Change.org petition asking A&E to drop the show is already making the rounds online.

  • Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

  • At a quarter past seven he took his leave and we let drop our anchor where we were, off Cape Tekke.

  • Now and then he touched one with his long and sallow fingers, lifted its cover, then let it drop mechanically.

  • In fact, on the palm a small drop of blood showed distinctly against the firm, pink flesh.

  • In fact, on the Professor's right hand there showed a drop of blood, perceptibly larger this time than before.

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