词汇精选:drop的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
下降;下跌;减少
例句:
The drop in temperature condensed the steam to water.
温度下降使蒸汽凝成了水。
【单】下落的距离,落差
例句:
There was a sheer drop of fifty metres to the rocks below.
距下面的岩石有五十米的垂直距离。
球状糖果 [U,C]
珠,滴 [C]
例句:
A drop of water was cut in half by a plane passing through its bulbous front and tapered tail.
平面将水珠的鳞茎状前锋和锥状尾巴的分成两半。
例句:
The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid nearer and nearer the sill of the world.
西下的夕阳就象一滴燃烧着的金子,一点点滑向海平线。
少量;微量 [C]
例句:
Could I have a drop more milk in my coffee,please?
给我在咖啡里多加点牛奶好吗?
运送;空投 [C]
例句:
Aid agencies are organizing food drops to civilians in the war zone.
援助机构正组织力量向战区平民运送食品。
pl.
(drops) 滴剂
v.
落下 [T]
例句:
A good drill is to let the non-hitting hand which is riding on the throat of the racquet drop and touch the back thigh.
好的训练是要让非打击的手,它正乘坐在网拍喉部,落下并碰触后面的大腿。
垂下(眼睛) [T]
例句:
Her eyes dropped to her lap.
她双目低垂,看着自己的腿。
降低 [T]
停止;终止;放弃 [T]
例句:
If a fire alarm is given, drop whatever you are doing, and leave the building at once.
若发出了火警,停止手上的活,立即离开大楼。
例句:
I dropped German when I was 14.
我14岁后就再没学德语。
与(某人)断绝联系 [T]
例句:
She's dropped most of her old friends.
她已与多数老朋友停止了来往。
中途卸客 [T]
例句:
I can drop you off at Normandy Ave.
我可以在诺曼蒂大街让您下车。
(给某人)写信 [T]
例句:
Drop me a line when you get there.
你到了以后给我写封信。
省略;不予考虑 [T]
例句:
She's been dropped from the team because of injury.
她因受伤而未被列入队员名单。
(编织)漏针 [T]
暗示;透露 [T]
【非正式】(做生意、玩游戏时)输(钱) [T]
【非正式】吞服(毒品)[T]
(尤指从高处)忽然落下 [I]
(使)倒下(坐下) [I]
急剧倾斜而下 [I]
例句:
In front of them the valley dropped sharply away from the road.
他们前面的山谷从路旁急剧倾斜而下。
气温骤降,迅速变冷 [I]
例句:
Clearer skies and much light winds allowed temperature into drop well into single figures resulting in a touch of grand frost in some rural areas.
天气越是晴朗,微微清风让气温骤降到各位数,郊外部分地区出现大面积霜冻。
顺便造访,临时拜访 [I]
累趴下,累倒 [I]
例句:
The traveler who made the ascent of Mt Blane returned to his hotel, ready to drop with fatigue.
那旅游者在登白朗峰回到旅店时,都要累趴下了。
例句:
Thesgroupsof the day is "Shop till you drop!"
购物期间的口号是“买、买、买,一直买到累趴下!”
二、词义辨析:
descend,drop,fall,sink
这些动词都表示“落下,下降”之意。 descend通常指沿斜线或斜坡下降。 drop指物体从一定高度落下。 fall与drop同义,指突然或猛烈地降落,但fall也可指任何下落,同高度或形式无关。 sink指在空气或水中垂直下降、下沉。
三、相关短语:
cough drop
n.<美>止咳药片
drop anchor
v. 抛锚
drop away
v.离开,散去,减少
drop back
后退,后撤;恢复
drop behind
v.落后,落伍
drop by
1.顺便拜访
drop by the wayside
v. 迷入歧途,堕落,遭受失败
drop curtain
n. 垂幕
drop dead
倒毙,倒地而死;走开,不再捣乱,安静下来
drop down
v.卧倒,顺着向下移动
drop in
v.顺便走访,不预先通知的拜访
drop off
1.落下 2.不知不觉入睡 3.送下车;送到 4.减少 5.打盹儿;小睡 6.减少;下降
四、参考例句:
Drop it!
停止!
Drop by next week.
下星期有空就来吧。
I drop into desperation.
我陷入绝望。
Don't drop it!
别摔了!
Drop compliments where appropriate.
在适当的时候对别人加以赞美。
Drop in anytime you like.
随时欢迎你来玩。
Don't drop the bottle!
别摔了瓶子!
Why not drop in for a chat?
为什么不过来聊聊天呢?
The fruit has begun to drop down.
水果开始落地。
She and Danny will drop by later.
她和丹尼一会儿要来坐坐。
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