| 单词 | drop |
| 释义 | drop (once / 35 pages) 1vn 2vn 3vn When you drop something, you let go of it and it falls. To drop a football is every receiver's nightmare. If you decide to drop your girlfriend or boyfriend, it will be their nightmare. You might drop your dog's leash so she can sprint across the beach, or drop the heavy bags you've been carrying as soon as you walk in your front door. You can also drop to the ground yourself, to avoid being hit by your brother's remote control airplane. A drop is a fall, plummet, or plunge — literal, or figurative: "A drop in profits means we'll have to lay off some workers." WORD FAMILYdrop: droplet, dropped, dropper, dropping, drops+/droplet: droplets/dropper: droppers/dropping: droppingly USAGE EXAMPLES“The number of turtles were dropping and the size, you can’t see any big ones, only small,” he said later in the day. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) "At 2-2 I just started to drop and got punished." Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) That dropped the Nittany Lions ’ record to 2-2, and the next week the home fans booed and chanted, “Fire Franklin!” Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v let fall to the ground Don't drop the dishes Syn|Hypo|Hyper drop down, sink fall or descend to a lower place or level plop drop something with a plopping sound dumpdrop (stuff) in a heap or mass hanglet drop or droop plank down, plonk down, plump downdrop heavily displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 2v fall vertically the bombs are dropping on enemy targets Hypo|Hyper dump, plunge fall abruptly plummet, plumpdrop sharply flump, flump downfall heavily declinego down dip, sinkappear to move downward come down, descend, fall, go down move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way 3v fall or descend to a lower place or level Syn|Hypo|Hyper drop down, sink fall off, sink, slump fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly drop open, fall open open involuntarily droop, flag, sag, swagdroop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness sag, sag downcause to sag slouch, slumpassume a drooping posture or carriage baghang loosely, like an empty bag change posture undergo a change in bodily posture 4v cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow Syn|Hypo|Hyper cut down, fell, strike down chop down cut down poleax, poleaxefell with or as if with a poleax log, lumbercut lumber, as in woods and forests cutfell by sawing; hew cut separate with or as if with an instrument 5v let or cause to fall in drops Syn|Hyper dribble, drip drip fall in drops pour cause to run 6v give birth; used for animals The cow dropped her calf this morning Hyper bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have cause to be born 7v take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth She dropped acid when she was a teenager Hyper do drugs, drug use recreational drugs 8v hang freely The light dropped from the ceiling Syn|Hypo|Hyper dangle, swing droop, loll hang loosely or laxly hang be suspended or hanging 9n a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height Syn|Hypo|Hyper fall free fall the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field plungea steep and rapid fall precipitationthe act of casting down or falling headlong from a height gravitation movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction descenta movement downward 10n the act of dropping something they expected the drop would be successful Hyper descent the act of changing your location in a downward direction 11n a shape that is spherical and small he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops Syn|Hypo|Hyper bead, pearl dewdrop a drop of dew teardropanything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring) sphere a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) 12n a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) he had a drop too much to drink a drop of each sample was analyzed there is not a drop of pity in that man Syn|Hypo|Hyper drib, driblet tear, teardrop a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands raindropa drop of rain dropleta tiny drop eye-drop, eyedropa drop from an eye dropper small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude 13n a steep high face of rock a steep drop Syn|Hypo|Hyper cliff, drop-off crag a steep rugged rock or cliff precipicea very steep cliff formation, geological formation (geology) the geological features of the earth 14n a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery 2Syn|Hyper drop cloth, drop curtain curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) 1v go down in value Stock prices dropped Hypo|Hyper fall off, sink, slump fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly tumblefall suddenly and sharply decline, go down, wane grow smaller 2v grow worse Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper degenerate, deteriorate, devolve convalesce, recover, recuperate get over an illness or shock recuperaterestore to good health or strength fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary lose interest or become bored with something or somebody fade, languishbecome feeble rot, wastebecome physically weaker gangrene, mortify, necrose, sphacelateundergo necrosis conk out, peter out, poop out, run down, run outuse up all one's strength and energy and stop working retire, withdrawlose interest decline, worsen grow worse 3v fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death shop til you drop Hyper fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind 4v change from one level to another She dropped into army jargon Hyper change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 5v lower the pitch of (musical notes) Syn|Ant|Hyper flatten sharpen raise the pitch of (musical notes) alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 6n a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity 3a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery Syn|Hypo|Hyper dip, fall, free fall correction a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases voltage dropa decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing decrease, decrement the amount by which something decreases 1v leave undone or leave out Syn|Ant|Hypo leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, overlook, pretermit attend to, take to heart get down to; pay attention to; take seriously forget forget to do something jump, pass over, skip, skip overbypass 2v stop pursuing or acting drop a lawsuit Syn|Hypo|Hyper knock off nol.pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequi drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop put an end to a state or an activity 3v leave or unload drop off the passengers at the hotel Syn|Hypo|Hyper discharge, drop off, put down, set down, unload wharf discharge at a wharf air-dropdrop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter deliver bring to a destination, make a delivery 4v get rid of Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast, cast off, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off exuviate, molt, moult, shed, slough cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers absciseshed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue exfoliatecast off in scales, laminae, or splinters autotomise, autotomizecause a body part to undergo autotomy desquamate, peel offpeel off in scales remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 5v omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's Hyper elide leave or strike out 6v stop associating with They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock Syn|Hyper dismiss, send away, send packing can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position 7v terminate an association with drop him from the Republican ticket Syn|Hyper dismiss, send away, send packing stop associating with remove remove from a position or an office 8v pay out Syn|Hypo|Hyper expend, spend consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out use up (resources or materials) consume, squander, ware, wastespend extravagantly affordbe able to spare or give up blowspend lavishly or wastefully on trifle away, wanton, wanton awayspend wastefully underspendspend at less than the normal rate misspendspend (money or other resources) unwisely nickel-and-dime, penny-pinchspend money frugally; spend as little as possible commit, invest, place, putmake an investment economise, economize, savespend sparingly, avoid the waste of lay outspend or invest piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton, wanton awaywaste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently misspendspend time badly or unwisely run outexhaust the supply of draindeplete of resources indulge, luxuriateenjoy to excess dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, shootspend frivolously and unwisely luxuriate, wantonbecome extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously burn, burn off, burn upuse up (energy) fundinvest money in government securities lavish, showerexpend profusely; also used with abstract nouns overspendspend at a high rate spendspend completely tighten one's beltlive frugally and use less resources fling, splurgeindulge oneself roll overre-invest (a previous investment) into a similar fund or security shelterinvest (money) so that it is not taxable tie upinvest so as to make unavailable for other purposes job, speculateinvest at a risk exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tiredeplete buy intobuy stocks or shares of a company pay give money, usually in exchange for goods or services 9v utter with seeming casualness drop a hint drop names Hyper express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise 10v lose (a game) The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13 Hyper lose fail to win 11n a central depository where things can be left or picked up Hypo|Hyper maildrop a drop where mail can be deposited letter box, mailbox, postboxpublic box for deposit of mail deposit, depositary, depository, repository a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping 12n a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) Hypo|Hyper dead drop a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information hiding place a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself) |
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