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*drop¹ /drɑp; drɒp/
v -pped, -pping
1 [T] to let something you are holding fall to the ground （使）掉下，落下:
The dog ran up and dropped a stick at my feet. 那狗跑过来把一根枝条丢在我脚边。
2 [I] to fall 掉，落:
+ from/off/onto etc The bottle rolled off the table and dropped onto the floor. 瓶子滚离了桌面掉到地板上。
He dropped into his chair with a sigh. 他叹了口气一下子跌坐在椅子上。
3 [T] also 又作 drop off to take someone to a place in a car, before continuing to somewhere else 开车送某人到某处〔再继续行程〕:
She drops the kids off at school on her way to work. 她开车去上班时顺路把孩子送到学校。
4 drop in/by to visit someone when you have not arranged to come at a particular time 顺路拜访:
Imran dropped in on his way home from work. 伊姆兰下班回家路上顺道来坐坐。
5 [I] to fall to a lower level or amount 下降，降低; 减少:
The temperature dropped to -15° overnight. 一夜之间气温降至零下 15 度。
6 [T] to stop doing something or stop planning to do something 放弃，丢开，停止:
We've dropped the idea of going by plane. 我们放弃了乘飞机去的念头。
drop everything (=stop what you are doing) 停止在做的事，扔下手中的工作
7 [T] to decide not to include someone or something in a group 除名，开除:
drop sb from sth Morris has been dropped from the team. 莫里斯被运动队除名了。
8 [T] to stop talking about something, especially because it is upsetting someone 不谈，免提:
let it drop/let the matter drop I wish you'd let the matter drop. 我希望你就让这件事过去了吧。
drop it/drop the subject Just drop it, will you? I don't want to argue. 别再提那个话题了，行不行？ 我可不想争辩。
9 drop dead to die suddenly and unexpectedly 突然死亡，猝死
10 drop sb a line informal to write a letter to someone 【非正式】 给某人写封信
11 drop a hint to give someone some advice, a suggestion, or a warning in a way that is not direct 暗示，露口风:
I've dropped a few hints about what I want for my birthday. 对我想要什么生日礼物，我已经作过一些暗示了。
drop off1 [I] informal to begin to sleep 【非正式】 打盹，打瞌睡:
Just as I was dropping off, I heard a noise downstairs. 我刚要打盹，忽听到楼下有响声。
2 [I] to become lower in level or amount 减少; 降低:
The demand for leaded petrol dropped off in the 1970s. 20 世纪70 年代时含铅汽油的需求量下降了。
3 [T drop sb/sth ↔ off] to take someone or something to a place in a car, before continuing to somewhere else 开车送某人到某处〔再继续行程〕
drop out
to stop going to university or stop an activity before you have finished it 〔中途〕退学; 退出，放弃:
+ of Too many students drop out of college in the first year. 大学里第一年就退学的学生太多了。
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