drop

verb

/drɒp/

/drɑːp/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they drop	/drɒp/ /drɑːp/
he / she / it drops	/drɒps/ /drɑːps/
past simple dropped	/drɒpt/ /drɑːpt/
past participle dropped	/drɒpt/ /drɑːpt/
-ing form dropping	/ˈdrɒpɪŋ/ /ˈdrɑːpɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

fall落下

[transitive, intransitive] to allow something to fall by accident; to fall by accident（意外地）落下，掉下，使落下

drop something Be careful not to drop that plate.小心别把那盘子摔了。
drop something + adv./prep. I accidentally dropped my glasses into the water.我意外地把眼镜掉进了水里。
drop to something The climber slipped and dropped to his death.攀登者一失足掉下去摔死了。
His arms dropped limply to his sides.他的双臂无力地垂到了身体两侧。
drop + adj. Her mouth dropped open in disbelief.她张着嘴，满脸怀疑。

He saw Emma and promptly dropped his tray of drinks.他看见埃玛，饮料托盘当即脱手掉在地上。
He slowly dropped to the floor.他缓慢地倒在地板上。
(figurative) Her heart dropped like a stone at this news.听到这个消息她心头一沉。

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

accidentally
carelessly
casually
…

preposition

in
into
on
…

[transitive, intransitive] to make something fall deliberately; to let yourself fall（故意）降下，使降落，使落下

drop something You can never be sure whether the planes will be dropping bombs or food parcels.你永远无法确定飞机是否会投掷炸弹或食品包。
drop something + adv./prep. Medical supplies are being dropped into the stricken area.正在向灾区空投医药用品。
She lifted the bag then dropped it down again.她提起包，然后又把它放下。
(British English) He dropped his trousers (= undid them and let them fall).他松开腰带，让裤子掉下去。
(North American English) He dropped his pants.他松开腰带，裤子掉下去。
drop (+ adv./prep.) Catch me when I drop.我掉下去的时候抓住我。
I dropped to my knees beside her.我在她旁边跪下。

The plane came straight in, dropping down to land in a field.飞机径直飞了进来，降落在一片田野上。
He dropped lightly down onto the lawn beneath.他轻轻地躺在草坪上。
The cheese drops onto a conveyor underneath.奶酪掉落到下面的传送带上。
(figurative) He casually drops the latest buzzwords into the conversation.他在谈话中无意间用上了最新的时髦词语。

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

accidentally
carelessly
casually
…

preposition

in
into
on
…

[intransitive] (informal) to fall down or be no longer able to stand because you are extremely tired累倒；累垮

I feel ready to drop.我感到快累垮了。
She expects everyone to work till they drop.她巴不得人人都干到累垮为止。
drop + adv./prep. He staggered in and dropped into a chair.他蹒跚着走进来，一屁股坐在椅子上。

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

heavily
gently
lightly
…

verb + drop

let something
be ready to

preposition

into
onto
to
…

phrases

drop like a stone
drop open

become weaker/less变弱；减少

[intransitive, transitive] to become or make something weaker, lower or less（使）变弱，降低，减少 synonym fall

The temperature has dropped considerably.温度已大大降低。
At last the wind dropped.风势终于减弱了。
Error rates have dropped dramatically.错误率大幅下降。
drop to something His voice dropped to a whisper.他的声音已放低到轻声细语了。
The Dutch team have dropped to fifth place.荷兰队已降至第五名。
drop by something The price of shares dropped by 14p.股价下跌了 14 便士。
drop in something (by something) Shares dropped in price by 14p.股价下跌了 14 便士。
drop against something The dollar dropped sharply against the euro.美元对欧元大幅下跌。
drop something You must drop your speed in built-up areas.在楼房密集区必须放慢速度。

Language Bank fallfallDescribing a decrease描述下降

- Car crime in fell significantly last year.去年牛津的汽车犯罪显著下降。
- Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.12 个月内汽车犯罪下降了约四分之一。
- The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.被盗汽车数量从 1 013 辆减少到 780 辆，下降了 26%。
- According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.根据这一数据，共有780辆汽车被盗，同比下降26%。
- There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.汽车盗窃案的报案数量下降了11%，从1 971起下降到1 737起。
- These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.这些数据表明，就汽车犯罪而言，大趋势是下降的。

The number of children in the class has dropped from 25 to 18.班里的孩子数量已从 25 人降至 18 人。
The price of oil has dropped significantly.油价大幅下降。
The temperature rarely drops below 30°C.气温很少降到30 摄氏度以下。
Sales are likely to drop further.销售量可能进一步下降
Processing costs dropped 30 per cent.加工成本下降了30%。
The baby's heart rate had dropped.婴儿的心率下降了。

Topics Change, cause and effectb1

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

considerably
dramatically
drastically
…

verb + drop

be likely to
be unlikely to

preposition

below
by
from
…

in sport体育运动

[transitive] drop something to fail to win something垂下（眼睛）；垂视

It's a long time since we dropped a game.我们已经很久没玩游戏了。
They didn't drop any points until halfway through the season.直到赛季进行到一半，他们才丢分。
She dropped the second set but came back to win the match.她输掉了第二盘，但回来赢得了比赛。
He dropped his serve (= failed to win games in which it was his turn to hit the ball first) twice in the first set.他在第一盘两次发球失误。

eyes眼睛

[intransitive, transitive] your eyes/gaze drop | drop your eyes/gaze (formal) to look down垂下（眼睛）；垂视

Her eyes dropped to her lap.她双目低垂，看着自己的腿。
She smiled and let her eyes drop again.她微笑着，眼睛又垂了下去。

slope downwards向下倾斜

[intransitive] to slope steeply downwards急剧倾斜而下

drop (away) (from something) 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。
drop (away) (into/to something) The land dropped steeply away into a small valley.地势陡降，变成一个小山谷。

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

sharply
steeply
away
…

preposition

into
to
towards/toward
…

deliver/send运送；发送

[transitive] to stop so that somebody can get out of a car, etc.; to deliver or leave something in a particular place, especially on the way to somewhere else中途卸客；中途卸货

drop somebody/something Can you drop me near the bank?你可以让我在银行附近下车吗？
drop somebody/something off You left your jacket, but I can drop it off on my way to work tomorrow.你忘了拿你的短上衣，不过我可以在明天上班的路上顺便捎给你。
drop something + adv./prep. Just drop it in the mail when you have time.有时间的话就把它邮寄过来。

related noun drop-off (2)Topics Transport by car or lorryb2

[transitive] drop somebody a line/a note/an email to send a short letter or email to somebody寄，送，写（信）

Drop me a line when you get there.你到那儿后给我写封信。
Don't hesitate to drop me an email or give me a call.不要犹豫，给我发邮件或打电话。

on a computer screen

[transitive] drop something (+ adv./prep.) to put some text, an icon, etc. into a file, folder or place on a computer screen, using the mouse放置：使用鼠标将一些文本，图标等放入文件，文件夹或计算机屏幕上的位置

You can easily drag and drop files onto your memory stick.您可以轻松地将文件拖放到记忆棒上。

leave out略去

[transitive] to leave somebody/something out by accident or deliberately遗漏；省略；不予考虑

drop somebody/something from something She's been dropped from the team because of injury.她因受伤而未被列入队员名单。
drop somebody/something He spoke with a cockney accent and dropped his aitches (= did not pronounce the letter ‘h’ at the start of words).他讲话带着伦敦东区的口音，把词首的 h 音给吞掉了。
She was unceremoniously dropped by her record label.她被唱片公司无情地抛弃了。

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

quietly
unceremoniously

preposition

from
in favour/favor of

friends朋友

[transitive] drop somebody to stop seeing somebody socially不再与（某人）往来；同（某人）断绝联系

She's dropped most of her old friends.她已与多数老朋友停止了来往。

stop停止

[transitive] drop something to stop doing or discussing something; to not continue with something停止；终止；放弃

I dropped German (= stopped studying it) when I was 14.我 14 岁后就没再学德语。
Drop everything and come at once!放下所有事情赶快来吧！
Look, can we just drop it (= stop talking about it)?喂，这事儿能不能就谈到这儿？
I think we'd better drop the subject.我认为我们最好不要谈这个话题。
The police decided to drop the charges against her.警方决定撤回对她的指控。
Let's drop the formalities—please call me Mike.咱们不必拘礼，叫我迈克好了。

Both countries have agreed to drop border controls.两国都同意停止边境管制。
He suddenly dropped his habitual banter.他突然不再像往常一样开玩笑。
The formal grade of Geologist was dropped in favour of Scientific Officer.正式职称由地质学家改为科技主任。
When nobody volunteered, the idea was finally dropped altogether.在没有人主动的情况下，这个构思就被完全放弃了。

Topics Educationb2

Collocations Dictionaryadverb

quietly
immediately
quickly
…

verb + drop

let something
agree to
decide to
…

preposition

in favour/favor of

hint暗示

[transitive] drop a hint to say or do something in order to show somebody, in an indirect way, what you are thinking暗示；透露 see also name-drop

in knitting编织

[transitive] drop a stitch to let a stitch go off the needle漏，脱，掉（针）

词源Old English dropa (noun), droppian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Tropfen ‘a drop’, tropfen ‘to drip’, also to drip and droop.

Idioms

the bottom drops/falls out (of something)

people stop buying or using the products of a particular industry（某行业）产品滞销；销量暴跌
- The bottom has fallen out of the travel market.旅游市场出现了萧条局面。
Topics Moneyc2

die/fall/drop like flies

(informal) to die or become ill and fall down in very large numbers大批死亡；大批倒下
- People were dropping like flies in the intense heat.酷暑中人们成批死去。

drop a/the dime on somebody

(North American English, informal) to tell the police or people in authority that somebody has done something wrong掉落：告诉警察或权威人士有人做错了事
- If he finds out who dropped the dime on him, they're in trouble.如果他发现是谁给了他一分钱，他们就有麻烦了。
- I'm worried if I drop a dime on this guy, he'll get fired, which I don't think he really deserves.我担心如果我在这个家伙身上花一毛钱，他会被解雇，我认为他真的不值得。

drop the ball

(North American English, informal) to make a mistake and cause something that you are responsible for to fail犯错；处理失当
- Let’s not drop the ball on this.我们不要在这个问题上掉以轻心。

drop a brick/clanger

(British English, informal) to say something that offends or embarrasses somebody, although you did not intend to失言伤人；出言不慎

drop your bundle

(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) to suddenly not be able to think clearly; to act in a stupid way because you have lost control over yourself突然发蒙；失态

drop dead

(informal) to die suddenly and unexpectedly暴死；突然死去；猝死
(informal) used to tell somebody, rudely, to stop annoying you, interfering, etc.别烦人；别打扰；别捣乱 see also drop-dead

drop your guard

to stop being careful and preparing yourself for possible danger or difficulty不再与（某人）往来；同（某人）断绝联系
- You can never drop your guard with a two-year-old.你永远不能对一个两岁的孩子放松警惕。
- Even when he's winning, he never drops his guard.即使他赢了，他也从不放松警惕。

drop somebody in it

(British English, informal) to put somebody in an embarrassing situation, especially by telling a secret that you should not have told（尤指因泄露秘密）使尴尬，使狼狈不堪

drop/dump something in somebody’s lap

(informal) to make something the responsibility of another person把（某事）推给他人负责
- They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap.他们把问题断然给我推了回来。

drop names

to mention famous people you know or have met in order to impress others提及自己认识或见过的名人以抬高身价
- She found him rather irritating to talk to; all he did was drop names.她发现跟他说话真没意思，他只会提一些名人的名字炫耀自己。
related noun name-dropping

something drops/falls into somebody’s lap

somebody has the opportunity to do something pleasant without having made any effort（美事、好运等）被某人轻松得到
- My dream job just fell into my lap.我没费劲就找到了梦寐以求的工作。

somebody’s jaw dropped/fell/sagged

used to say that somebody suddenly looked surprised, shocked or disappointed（突然吃惊或失望得）张口结舌，目瞪口呆，垂头丧气

let somebody/something drop

to do or say nothing more about somebody/something不再提起；放弃
- I suggest we let the matter drop.我建议咱们别再提及此事。
to mention somebody/something in a conversation, by accident or as if by accident（好像是）无意中说出
- He let it drop that the prime minister was a close friend of his.他有意无意地提起首相是他的密友。

the penny drops

(informal, especially British English) used to say that somebody has finally understood or realized something that they had not understood or realized before恍然大悟；终于明白；茅塞顿开
- I had to explain the joke to her a couple of times before the penny dropped.我不得不把这个笑话给她解释了几次，然后就没了。

you could hear a pin drop

it was extremely quiet鸦雀无声；万籁俱寂
- The audience was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.观众安静得连针落地的声音也听得见。

drop

noun

/drɒp/

/drɑːp/

Idioms

of liquid液体

[countable] drop (of something) a very small amount of liquid that forms a round shape滴；水珠

The first drops of rain fell.第一滴雨落下了。
There was a drop of blood on his finger.他的手指上有一滴血。
a drop of water/oil/sweat一滴水/油/汗
Mix a few drops of milk into the cake mixture.在蛋糕粉中加入几滴牛奶。

fall落下

[countable, usually singular] a fall or reduction in the amount, level or number of something下降；下跌；减少

drop in something a sharp/steep drop in profits利润的急剧下降
We've seen a 15 per cent drop in price since May.自5月份以来，我们看到价格下降了15%。
a dramatic drop in sales/temperature/market share销售额/温度/市场份额的急剧下降
They reported a significant drop in passenger traffic.他们报告说客流量大幅下降。
drop against something The pound has suffered a big drop against the euro.英镑对欧元大幅下跌。

Language Bank fallfallDescribing a decrease描述下降

- Car crime in fell significantly last year.去年牛津的汽车犯罪显著下降。
- Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.12 个月内汽车犯罪下降了约四分之一。
- The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.被盗汽车数量从 1 013 辆减少到 780 辆，下降了 26%。
- According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.根据这一数据，共有780辆汽车被盗，同比下降26%。
- There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.汽车盗窃案的报案数量下降了11%，从1 971起下降到1 737起。
- These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.这些数据表明，就汽车犯罪而言，大趋势是下降的。

If you want the job, you must be prepared to take a drop in salary.如果你想干这份工作，就必须对薪水减少做好思想准备。
There was a substantial drop in the number of people out of work last month.上个月失业人数大幅下降。

Topics Moneyb2

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

big
considerable
huge
…

verb + drop

experience
suffer
cause
…

preposition

drop in

distance down

[countable, usually singular] a distance straight down from a high point to a lower point下落的距离；落差

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。
There was a twenty-foot drop onto the stones beneath.距下面的石头有20英尺的落差。

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

precipitous
sheer
steep
…

medicine药

drops

[plural] a liquid medicine that you put one drop at a time into your eyes, ears or nose滴剂

eye drops眼药水
Use the drops three times a day.每天使用三次滴剂。

Collocations Dictionaryadjective

single
tiny
tear
…

verb + drop

wipe
wipe off

drop + verb

fall
roll down something

preposition

drop of

delivering运送

[countable] the act of delivering somebody/something in a vehicle or by plane; the act of dropping something运送；空投

Aid agencies are organizing food drops to civilians in the war zone.援助机构正组织向战区平民运送食品。
a parachute drop降落伞空投

sweet/candy糖果

[countable] a small round sweet of the type mentioned球状糖果

fruit drops水果糖
cough drops (= sweets to help a cough)止咳糖