drop是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to fall or to allow something to fall -- （使）落下，（使）掉下；丢下

  • She dropped her keys. 她把钥匙掉了。

  • I'm always dropping things. 我总是掉东西。

  • Amanda dropped her sunglasses in/into the fountain. 阿曼达把太阳镜掉进喷水池里了。

  • The book dropped from/off the shelf. 书从书架上掉了下来。

  • Don't drop it!/Don't let it drop! 别让那东西掉下来！

  • He dropped dead on the squash court at the age of 43. 他猝死在壁球场上，年仅43岁。

  • Just drop me a line when you decide on a date. 一旦你确定了日期给我写信就行。

  • She dropped a hint that she'd like to come to the party. 她暗示她想来参加聚会。

• 1 to move to a lower level, or cause something to move to a lower level -- （使）下降，（使）降低

  • The water level in the flooded region has finally begun to drop. 受灾地区的洪水终于开始退去了。

  • The land drops (away) (= slopes down) sharply behind the barrier. 在这道屏障的后面，地势急剧倾斜而下。

  • We had to drop our prices because of the recession. 由于经济不景气，我们不得不降低了价格。

• 2 to stop doing or planning something, especially an activity -- 停止，放弃（尤指某种活动）

  • I'm going to drop yoga and do aerobics instead. 我准备不再练瑜伽而开始做有氧运动。

  • Can you drop what you're doing and help me with this report? 你能停下手里的活儿来帮我写这份报告吗？

  • He's been dropped from the team because of injury. 他因受伤而未能入选球队。

• 3 to take someone to a particular place, usually in a car, and leave them there -- （通常指用汽车）捎，带（某人至某地）

  • They dropped me off at the main entrance. 他们把我捎到正门。

  • I dropped him at the library and went shopping. 我开车把他带到图书馆后就去买东西去了。

• 4 a small round-shaped amount of liquid -- 滴

  • I thought I felt a drop of rain. 我觉得有一滴雨落在了身上。

  • There were little drops of paint on the kitchen floor. 厨房地板上有几小滴油漆。

  • I'll have a drop more juice, please. 请再给我来一点果汁。

  • "Would you like some milk?" "Just a drop, please." “你要牛奶吗？”“请稍加一点。”

  • eye/nose/ear drops 眼药水／滴鼻剂／滴耳剂

  • fruit/pear drops 水果／梨味糖

  • chocolate drops 巧克力糖

• 5 the distance from one thing to something lower -- 下降距离，下落距离

  • There's a drop of two metres from the window to the ground. 窗户离地面有两米的距离。

  • The recent drop in magazine subscriptions is causing some concern. 最近杂志订阅数量的减少引起了一些关注。

• 6 the act of delivering things such as supplies, medicine, etc., often by dropping them from an aircraft -- （补给品、药品等的）空投，空降

  • a food drop 空投食品

  • The helicopter made a drop of much-needed supplies to the stranded hikers. 直升机向被困的徒步旅行者空投了他们急需的用品。