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单词 drop
例句 drop verb 1.Eric dropped the box:let fall, let go of, lose one's grip on | release, unhand, relinquish.  ANT  lift, hold on to. 2.water drops from the cave roof:drip, fall, dribble, trickle, run, plop, leak. 3.a plane dropped out of the sky:fall, descend, plunge, plummet, dive, nosedive, tumble, pitch.  ANT  rise. 4.she dropped to her knees:fall, sink, collapse, slump, tumble.  ANT  rise. 5.informal I was so tired I thought I would drop:collapse, faint, pass out, black out, swoon, keel over | informal conk out. 6.the track drops from the ridge:slope downward, slant downward, descend, go down, fall away, sink, dip.  ANT  lift. 7.the exchange rate dropped:decrease, lessen, reduce, diminish, depreciate | fall, decline, dwindle, sink, slump, plunge, plummet, drop off.  ANT  increase. 8.you can drop algebra if you wish:give up, drop out of, finish with, withdraw from | discontinue, end, stop, cease, halt | abandon, forgo, relinquish, dispense with, have done with | informal pack in, quit.  ANT  take up, continue. 9.he was dropped from the team:exclude, discard, expel, oust, throw out, leave out | dismiss, discharge, let go | informal boot out, kick out.  ANT  pick, keep. 10.he dropped his unsuitable friends:abandon, desert, throw over | renounce, disown, turn one's back on, wash one's hands of | reject, give up, cast off | neglect, shun | literary forsake.  ANT  keep. 11.he dropped all reference to compensation:omit, leave out, eliminate, take out, delete, cut, erase.  ANT  insert, include. 12.the taxi dropped her off :deliver, bring, take, convey, carry, transport | leave, unload.  ANT  pick up. 13.drop the gun on the ground:put, place, deposit, set, lay, leave | informal pop, plonk.  ANT  pick up. 14.she dropped names:mention, refer to, hint at | bring up, raise, broach, introduce | show off. 15.the team has yet to drop a point:lose, concede, give away.  ANT  gain, win.noun 1.a drop of water:droplet, blob, globule, bead, bubble, tear, dot | informal glob |  (drops of water/rain) rare stillicide. 2.it needs a drop of oil:small amount, little, bit, dash, spot | dribble, driblet, sprinkle, trickle, splash | dab, speck, smattering, sprinkling, modicum | informal smidgen, tad.  ANT  great deal. 3.a lemon drop:candy, lozenge, pastille. 4.a small drop in profits:decrease, reduction, decline, falloff, downturn, slump | cut, cutback, curtailment | depreciation.  ANT  increase. 5.I walked to the edge of the drop:cliff, abyss, chasm, gorge, gully, precipice | slope, descent, incline. PHRASES 
drop back/behind he dropped back and was soon lost in the crowd:fall back/behind, get left behind, lag behind | straggle, linger, dawdle, dally, hang back, loiter, bring/take up the rear, dilly-dally.

drop off 1.trade dropped off sharply. See drop (sense 7 of the verb). 2.she kept dropping off:fall asleep, doze (off), nap, catnap, drowse | informal nod off, drift off, snooze, take forty winks.

drop out of he dropped out of his studies. See drop (sense 8 of the verb).
WORD NOTE stillicide Of incredible value to the crime writer or anybody else wishing to build suspense into a landscape, stillicide is the falling of water, especially in drops, or a succession of drops. Inexplicably underused—every day brings a new way to employ it. — ZSConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.
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