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单词 free fall
释义

free fall

noun

1
: the condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field
also : such motion
2
a
: the part of a parachute jump before the parachute opens
b
: a rapid and continuing drop or decline
a free fall in stock prices
free-fall
ˈfrē-ˌfȯl How to pronounce free fall (audio)
intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Sales were in free fall.
Recent Examples on the Web The rapid appreciation is noteworthy as prices for most technology companies, public and private, have been in free fall in recent months. Rob Copeland, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022 The agency’s work over the past two years did contribute to a swift recovery for an economy that had been in free fall, keeping countless businesses from shuttering for good. Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2022 The agency’s work over the past two years did contribute to a swift recovery for an economy that had been in free fall, keeping countless businesses from shuttering for good. Tony Romm, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022 Haste made waste With the economy in free fall, lawmakers and many agencies opted for haste over precision, opening the door for waste, fraud and abuse. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 Interviews with former employees and a review of Noble documents and internal communications offer a portrait of a business in free fall. Sarah Jane Tribble, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2022 Yet, with Venezuela’s economy in free fall, its citizens continued to pour into Colombia, home to nearly 2 million such migrants, and their children continued to flood the child-welfare system. Diana Durán, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022 The findings are inline with recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, which has found savings balances and savings rates are in free fall since reaching record highs during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kaitlyn Koterbski, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2022 These more than make up for losses from mainline Protestant denominations, which are indeed in free fall and have been for decades. Byron R. Johnson And Jeff Levin, WSJ, 28 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Medical Definition

free fall

noun

-ˌfȯl How to pronounce free fall (audio)
: the condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field
also : such motion
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