| 单词 | fall-off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfall-off fall-off n. †(a) Music (apparently) an imperfect cadence, a half close (obsolete rare); (b) a decline, a diminution, a reduction (cf. falling off n. 2); (c) Photography the decrease in intensity with which different areas of a scene are lit the further away they are from the light source, frequently used to create a particular visual effect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > declining or falling off declinea1327 fadea1400 paira1400 declining1481 vading1570 fall1590 hield1599 languishment1617 decay1636 defalcation1649 decidence1655 fall-off1676 falling off1761 fallaway1879 downswing1922 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument ii. xliii. 226 To Insinuate, or make you believe you shall hear a full Close; but with a Fall-off into a Six. 1789 R. Potter Art of Crit. 41 After an effort of exalted stile..,—‘such as it is, it is known already’, is a fall off not very intelligible. 1872 Atlanta (Georgia) Daily Sun 4 Aug. Cotton has declined, with an increased business for export and consumption, and a fall off in sales for future delivery. 1880 G. M. Hopkins Let. 5 Sept. (1935) 109 I think the Lethe mythology of the last stanza is a fall-off and unrealises the whole. 1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. x. 116 It [sc. bounce flash] produces soft, even lighting and reduces the effect of background fall-off. 1969 Listener 5 June 786/1 There is going to be a fall-off in orders. 2008 M. Galer Digital Photogr. (ed. 4) 109 Flash is a point light source used relatively close to the subject. The resulting light is very harsh and the effects of fall-off are often extreme. 2010 Independent 24 Aug. 26/4 Going over their accounts for the past two years to demonstrate the significance of the fall-off in business since the oil spill. < as lemmas |
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