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drop off

/drop-awf, -of/US // ˈdrɒpˌɔf, -ˌɒf //

辍学,掉落,丢下,掉落的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
    • : a decline; decrease: Sales have shown a considerable drop-off this year.
    • : a place where a person or thing can be left, received, accommodated, etc.: a new drop-off for outpatients.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : applied when a rented vehicle is left elsewhere than at the point of hire: to pay a drop-off charge.

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Examples

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • 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.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

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

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

  • 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.