LET STH FALL 让某物掉落, [T]

FALL 落下, [I] to fall suddenly onto the ground or into something

掉下，落下:

The apples are beginning to drop from the trees.

苹果开始从树上落下来了。

Your button has dropped off.

你的纽扣掉了。

MOVE YOUR BODY DOWN 低下身子, [I always + adv / prep, T] to lower yourself or part of your body suddenly

（使）忽然倒下，低下:

He dropped down onto the floor and hid under the table.

他蹲到地板上，藏在桌子底下。

She dropped her head back against the cushion.

她倒头靠在靠垫上。

BECOME LESS 变少, [I] to fall to a lower level or amount, especially a much lower level or amount

〔水平〕降低; 〔数量〕减少:

The number of deaths on the roads has dropped sharply.

交通事故死亡人数已锐减。

Temperatures drop quite dramatically at night, so bring some warm clothing.

夜里气温降得很低，所以要带上些暖和的衣服。

Their share of the market dropped to 50 percent this year.

今年他们的市场占有率下降到了 50%。

REDUCE 减少, [T] to reduce the level or amount of something

减少，降低:

You might be able to get them to drop the price .

你也许能够让他们把价格降下来。

As soon as she saw the police car she dropped her speed .

她一看到警车就放慢了速度。

NOT INCLUDE 不包括, [T] to decide not to include someone or something

剔除，把…除名:

His name was dropped from the list.

他被剔除出名单。

Taylor was bitterly disappointed to be dropped from the England side.

泰勒对没有入选英格兰队感到非常失望。

STOP DOING STH 停止做某事, [T] to stop doing something, discussing something, or continuing with something

停止，放弃:

The proposal was dropped after opposition from civil liberties groups.

遭到公民自由组织的反对后这一提案被放弃了。

New evidence was presented to the court and the case was dropped.

新的证据提交给法庭后该案就被撤销了。

Students are allowed to drop history in Year 9.

9 年级的学生可以不学历史。

You can't expect me to drop everything (=completely stop doing whatever I am doing) whenever you're in town.

你不能期望你进城时我就放下手头的所有事情。

Oh, drop the 'Senator' (=stop calling me 'Senator') – just call me Gordon.

噢，去掉那个“参议员”的头衔吧，就叫我戈登好了。

Some time later, the matter was quietly dropped.

过了一段时候，这件事就无声无息地作罢了。

STOP TALKING ABOUT STH 停止谈论某事, [I,T] to stop talking about something

停止谈论:

To her relief Julius dropped the subject .

让她感到宽慰的是，朱利叶斯停止了那个话题。

Just drop it, will you ? I don't want to talk about it any more.

到此为止，行不行？我再也不愿意谈这事了。

'What about the money?' 'We've agreed to let it drop (=we have agreed not to talk about it any more) .'

“钱的事怎么样？”“我们都已经同意不再提它了。”

TAKE SB SOMEWHERE 送某人到某处 also drop off, [T] to take someone by car to a place and leave them there, especially on your way to another place

〔用汽车〕顺路送〔某人〕到某处:

Just drop me here – I can walk the rest of the way.

就送我到这里吧，剩下的路我可以走过去。

She dropped Johnny at the school gates at about 8:30.

大约 8 点 30 分时她把约翰尼送到校门口。

TAKE STH SOMEWHERE 把某物送到某处, [T] to take something to a place and leave it there

把〔某物〕送至某处:

I've got your books – I'll drop them round to your place later.

我买到你要的书了，晚些时候我送到你那里去。

VISIT 拜访, [I always + adv / prep] to visit someone you know, usually without arranging a particular time

顺便造访，临时拜访:

I just dropped by to see how you were getting on.

我只是顺道来看看你过得怎样。

The kids drop round and see her from time to time.

孩子们常常顺路过来看望她。

Jan dropped into the office this morning to tell me her news.

简今天上午顺道来办公室把她的消息告诉我。

Why don't you drop in for a drink one evening?

你哪天晚上过来喝一杯怎么样？

SLOPE DOWNWARDS 向下倾斜, [I always + adv / prep] if a path, land etc drops, it goes down suddenly, forming a steep slope

〔道路、地面等〕急剧向下倾斜:

The cliff dropped down over a hundred feet to the sea below.

悬崖往海面陡然而下一百多英尺。

On the left the ground drops away, giving a view over the rooftops.

左边的地面往下倾斜，让人能看到屋顶。

END A RELATIONSHIP 结束关系, [T] [informal] to suddenly stop having a relationship with someone, especially a romantic relationship

突然终止与〔某人〕的（恋爱）关系，将〔某人〕给甩了:

She dropped him as soon as she found out he had been seeing another woman.

她一发现他和另一个女人有来往后就和他一刀两断。

until / till you drop, until you are too tired to continue doing something

直到某人累垮:

We're going to shop till we drop!

我们打算购物到购不动为止！

drop a hint, to suggest or ask for something in an indirect way, hoping that the person you are talking to will understand what you mean

给暗示:

He dropped some big hints about what he wanted for his birthday.

他对自己生日要什么礼物作了明显的暗示。

drop sb a line / note, [informal] to write a short letter to someone

给某人写短信/便条:

Drop us a line to let us know how you're getting on.

写封短信告诉我们你的近况。

sb's jaw dropped, used to say that someone was very surprised

某人目瞪口呆

drop your eyes / gaze, to stop looking at someone and look down, usually because you feel embarrassed or uncomfortable

垂下眼睛/垂视〔通常因为尴尬或不自在〕:

Ben looked at me in horror for a moment and then dropped his gaze.

本恐惧地看了我一会儿，然后垂下了目光。

the wind drops, the wind stops

风停止:

They waited for the wind to drop.

他们等风停下来。

drop a bombshell, [informal] to suddenly tell someone a shocking piece of news

突然说出惊人的消息:

Finally she dropped the bombshell. She was pregnant and I was the father.

突然她说出了一个惊人的消息: 她怀孕了，而我就是孩子的爸爸。

drop sb in it, [informal] to say or do something that gets someone else into trouble

给某人捅了篓子，使某人遇到麻烦:

You told her where we went on Friday night! You've really dropped me in it now!

你告诉她星期五晚上我们去哪儿了！这下你可给我捅娄子了！

drop $50 / ￡2000 etc, [T] [informal] to lose money in a business deal, a game etc

〔做生意、赌博等〕输掉 50 美元 / 2000 英镑等:

Phil dropped $200 playing poker yesterday.

菲尔昨天打扑克输了 200 美元。

drop a catch, to fail to catch a ball hit by a BATSMAN in CRICKET

〔板球比赛中〕没接住〔击球手击来的〕球

drop a point, to lose a point in a sports competition

〔体育比赛中〕失分:

Real Madrid dropped a point at home yesterday.

皇家马德里队昨天在主场失了一分。

be dropping like flies, [informal] if people are dropping like flies, they are getting ill or dying in large numbers

大批病倒; 大批死亡

drop a clanger / brick, [BrE] to say something embarrassing in a social situation

〔在社交场合〕出言不慎，失言

drop a stitch, to let the wool fall off the needle when you are KNITTING

〔编织时〕漏一针，掉一针

drop anchor, to lower a boat's ANCHOR to the bottom of the sea, a lake etc so that the boat does not float away

落锚，下锚

drop acid, [informal] to swallow LSD (=an illegal drug)

服用迷幻药

LIQUID 液体, [C] a very small amount of liquid that falls in a round shape

〔液体的〕滴:

As the first drops of rain began to fall, Michael started to run.

刚有雨滴落下，迈克尔就开始跑了起来。

A single drop of blood splashed onto the floor.

一滴血落在地板上。

A drop of sweat ran down her forehead and into her eye.

一滴汗珠从她额头滚下来落到眼睛里。

SMALL AMOUNT 少量 [usually singular] [informal]

REDUCTION 减少, [sing.] a reduction in the amount, level, or number of something, especially a large or sudden one

下跌，下降，减少;

Manufacturers report a big drop in new orders.

生产商报告说新订单大幅减少。

a drop in temperature

气温下降

The results showed a sharp drop in profits.

结果显示利润急剧下降。

DISTANCE TO GROUND 至地面的距离, [sing.] a distance from a higher point down to the ground or to a lower point

落差，落下的距离:

There was a steep drop on one side of the track.

小道的一边是陡坡。

a 20-metre drop 20

米的落差

There was an almost sheer (=vertical) drop to the valley below.

到下面的山谷几乎是垂直的峭壁。

at the drop of a hat, immediately and without pausing to think about what you are going to do

立即，不假思索，毫不迟疑:

Some of these corporations threaten to sue at the drop of a hat.

这些大公司中有几家威胁说要马上提出诉讼。

DELIVERY 运 送, [C] an act of delivering something somewhere, for example by dropping it from a plane

运货; 空投;

Air drops (=from a plane) of food aid were made to the region yesterday.

昨天对该地区空投了救援食品。

My first drop of the day is usually somewhere in north London.

我一天中第一个送货地点通常是在伦敦北部的某个地方。

lemon / fruit / chocolate etc drop, a sweet that tastes of LEMON etc

柠檬/水果/巧克力等味的糖果

a drop in the ocean, [BrE] , a drop in the bucket [AmE] a very small amount of something compared to what is needed or wanted

沧海一粟，杯水车薪:

5000 new schools are to be built, but this is just a drop in the ocean for such a vast country.

要新建 5000 所学校，但对这么个幅员辽阔的国家来说也只是杯水车薪。

eye / ear etc drops, a type of medicine that you put in your eye, ear etc, one drop at a time

滴眼液/滴耳液等