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 out of •he dropped out of his studies. See |
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