DROP全部用法整理(来自牛津高阶词典)

DROP

Verb:

1.（意外地）落下，掉下，使落下

The climber slipped and dropped to his death.

2.（故意）降下，使降落，使落下

He staggered in and dropped into a chair.

3.累倒；累垮

I feel ready to drop.

4.（使）变弱，降低，减少

The temperature has dropped considerably.

5.~your eyes/gaze|your eyes/gaze~垂下（眼睛）；垂视Her eyes dropped to her lap.

6.~(away)(from sth)急剧倾斜而下

In front of them the valley dropped sharply away from the road.

7.~sb/sth(off)中途卸客；中途卸货

Can you drop me near the bank?

8.~sb/sth(from sth)遗漏；省略；不予考虑

She's been dropped from the team because of injury.

9.不再与（某人）往来；同（某人）断绝联系

She's dropped most of her old friends.

10.停止；终止；放弃

I dropped German(=stopped studying it)when I was14.

11.~a hint暗示；透露

12.~a stitch漏，脱，掉（针）

习语:

1.drop the ball犯错；处理失当

2.drop a brick/clanger失言伤人；出言不慎

3.drop dead暴死；突然死去；猝死；别烦人；别打扰；别捣乱

4.drop sb in it（尤指因泄露秘密）使尴尬，使狼狈不堪

5.drop names提及自己认识或见过的名人以抬高身价

6.drop your bundle突然发蒙；失态

7.let sb/sth drop不再提起；放弃

I suggest we let the matter drop.

（好像是）无意中说出

He let it drop that the Prime Minister was a close friend of his.

动词短语:

1.drop away减弱；减少

She could feel the tension drop away.

2.drop back/behind|drop behind sb后退；落后；落在…后面

We cannot afford to drop behind our competitors.

3.drop by/in/round|drop in on sb|drop into sth顺便访问；顺便进入Drop by sometime.

I thought I'd drop in on you while I was passing.

Sorry we're late─we dropped into the pub on the way.

4.drop off打盹儿；小睡

I dropped off and missed the end of the film.

减少；下降

Traffic in the town has dropped off since the bypass opened.

5.drop out(of sth)不再参加；退出；脱离

He has dropped out of active politics.

退学；辍学

She started a degree but dropped out after only a year.

拒绝传统社会

Noun:

1.滴；水珠

drops of rain

2.少量；微量；一点点

Could I have a drop more milk in my coffee,please?

3.~(in sth)下降；下跌；减少

a drop in prices/temperature,etc.

4.下落的距离；落差

There was a sheer drop of fifty metres to the rocks below.

5.滴剂

eye drops

6.运送；空投

Aid agencies are organizing food drops to civilians in the war zone.

7.球状糖果

fruit drops

习语:

1.at the drop of a hat立即；毫不迟疑

The company can't expect me to move my home and family at the drop of a hat.

2.a drop in the ocean沧海一粟；九牛一毛