单词 | to drop out |
释义 | > as lemmasto drop out to drop out 1. intransitive. (See simple senses and out adv., int., and prep.) ΚΠ 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 100 The shell opens, and the nut drops out. 1865 J. D. Whitney Rep. Geol. Surv. Calif.: Geology I. x. 422 If the bottom of the Yosemite did ‘drop out’..it was not all done in one piece. 2. To withdraw or disappear from one's (or its) place in a series, group, etc.; to disappear from public notice; spec. to ‘opt out’ from society. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > choose not to do something to drop out1883 to opt out1951 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > withdraw (from a task or undertaking) > from a group, game, or competition to take (also strike, etc.) off the books1755 scratch1866 to stand down1874 to drop out1883 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi li. 507 I asked him to hold my musket while I dropped out and got a drink. 1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms 69 One of the runners soon dropped out. 1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage iii. 38 Sometimes a player drops out through illness or accident. 1952 G. W. Brace Spire (1953) xx. 195 Hadn't you better drop out and make a new start in the autumn? 1962 Sunday Times 21 Jan. 24/6 They say to me: Of course you remember So-and-So; and of course I say I do; but I really don't, it's somebody who's dropped right out. 1967 Listener 31 Aug. 273/3 Drop out of school, because schools' education today is the worst narcotic drug of all. Don't politic, don't vote... Drop out—tune in with natural things. 1970 Daily Tel. 17 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 9/4 He had started a university course in San Francisco but dropped out for reasons not yet known. 3. Rugby. To make a drop-kick (see dropout n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > play rugby football [verb (intransitive)] > actions or manoeuvres pack1874 heel1884 scrum1890 goal1900 drop1905 to give (or sell) the (or a) dummy1907 ruck1910 jinka1914 to drop out1917 fly-kick1930 scissor1935 quick-heel1936 short-punt1937 touch-kick1954 grubber-kick1958 peel1960 corner-flag1962 to chip and chase1970 box kick1977 1917 A. Waugh Loom of Youth ii. ii. 127 In a state of feverish panic Livingstone dropped out. 4. Photography. To eliminate (something) from a negative, plate, etc.; spec. to eliminate the highlight dots from (part of a half-tone negative or plate). Also absol. or intransitive. Cf. dropout n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > photographic processes > [verb (transitive)] > improve negative dodge1883 to drop out1948 1948 L. Flader & J. S. Mertle Mod. Photoengraving p. xxi/2 Dropout, a highlight halftone negative or printing plate; ‘dropping-out’ is the elimination of highlight dot formations. 1951 F. Preucil in Progress in Photogr. I. xi. 390 Special copy preparation to drop out highlights is used. 1967 R. R. Karch & E. J. Buber Graphic Arts Procedures: Offset Processes iv. 125 Modification is possible to..drop-out shadows in Benday screens. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。