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drop1 /drɒp $ drɑːp/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (dropped, dropping)
1  let STH fall 讓某物掉落 [transitiveT]
a) FALLto stop holding or carrying something so that it falls 讓〔某物〕落下
He dropped his briefcase on a chair.
他把公文包丢在椅子上。
She screamed and dropped the torch.
她尖叫一聲，把手電筒丢在了地上。
b) to make something such as a bomb fall from a plane 〔飛機〕空投，丢，扔〔炸彈等〕
U.S. planes began dropping bombs on the city.
美國飛機開始轟炸該城市。
Supplies are being dropped for the refugees.
正在向難民空投物資。
2  fall 落下 [intransitiveI]FALL to fall suddenly onto the ground or into something 掉下，落下
drop from/off
The apples are beginning to drop from the trees.
蘋果開始從樹上落下來了。
Your button has dropped off.
你的紐扣掉了。
3  move your body down 低下身子 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]BEND to lower yourself or part of your body suddenly （使）忽然倒下，坐下
drop down/onto/into
He dropped down onto the floor and hid under the table.
他蹲到地板上，藏在桌子底下。
She dropped her head back against the cushion.
她倒頭靠在靠墊上。
4  become less 變少 [intransitiveI]LESS to fall to a lower level or amount, especially a much lower level or amount 〔水平〕降低；〔數量〕減少
drop suddenly/sharply/dramatically
The number of deaths on the roads has dropped sharply.
交通事故死亡人數已大大減少。
Temperatures drop quite dramatically at night, so bring some warm clothing.
夜裏氣溫驟降，所以要帶上些暖和的衣服。
drop to
Their share of the market dropped to 50 percent this year.
今年他們的市場佔有率下降到了50%。
► see thesaurus at decrease
5  reduce 減少 [transitiveT]LESS to reduce the level or amount of something 降低〔…的水平〕；減少〔…的數量〕
You might be able to get them to drop the price.
你也許能夠讓他們把價格降下來。
As soon as she saw the police car she dropped her speed.
她一看到警車就放慢了速度。
6  not include 不包括 [transitiveT]DS to decide not to include someone or something 剔除，把…除名
His name was dropped from the list.
他被剔除出名單。
drop somebody from a team/side
Taylor was bitterly disappointed to be dropped from the England side.
泰勒對沒入選英格蘭隊感到非常失望。
7  stop doing STH 停止做某事 [transitiveT]STOP DOING something to stop doing something, discussing something, or continuing with something 停止，放棄
The proposal was dropped after opposition from civil liberties groups.
遭到公民自由組織的反對後這一提案便被駁回了。
drop charges/drop a case
New evidence was presented to the court and the case was dropped.
新的證據提交給法庭後該案就被撤銷了。
drop a subject at school/university (=stop studying it) 在學校/大學退修[不學]一科
Students are allowed to drop history in Year 9.
九年級的學生可以不學歷史。
You can’t expect me to drop everything (=completely stop doing whatever I am doing) whenever you’re in town.
你不能指望你一進城我就得放下手頭的所有事情。
Oh, drop the ‘Senator’ (=stop calling me ‘Senator’) – just call me Gordon.
噢，不要叫我 “參議員” ，就叫我戈登吧。
Some time later, the matter was quietly dropped.
過了一段時間，這件事就不了了之了。
8  stop talking about STH 停止談論某事 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]STOP DOING something to stop talking about something 停止談論
drop the subject
To her relief, Julius dropped the subject.
讓她感到寬慰的是，朱利葉斯停止了那個話題。
drop it (=stop talking about a subject) 别談了
Just drop it, will you? I don’t want to talk about it anymore.
到此爲止，行不行？我再也不願意談這事了。
‘What about the money?’ ‘We’ve agreed to let it drop (=we have agreed not to talk about it anymore).’
“錢呢？” “我們都已經說好不再提了。”
9  take SB somewhere 送某人到某處 (also drop off) [transitiveT]TTC to take someone by car to a place and leave them there, especially on your way to another place 〔開車〕順路送〔某人〕到〔某處〕，放…下車
Just drop me here – I can walk the rest of the way.
就讓我在這裏下車吧，剩下的路我可以走過去。
drop somebody at something
She dropped Johnny at the school gates at about 8:30.
大約8點30分時她把約翰尼送到了校門口。
10  take STH somewhere 把某物送到某處 [transitiveT]TAKE/BRING to take something to a place and leave it there 把〔某物〕送至〔某處〕
drop something round/in
I’ve got your books – I’ll drop them round to your place later.
我買到你要的書了，晚些時候我會送到你那裏去。
11  visit 拜訪 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DLVISIT to visit someone you know, usually without arranging a particular time 順便造訪，臨時拜訪
drop by/round
I just dropped by to see how you were getting on.
我只是順道來看看你過得怎樣。
The kids drop round and see her from time to time.
孩子們時不時地過來看看她。
drop into
Jan dropped into the office this morning to tell me her news.
簡今天上午順道來辦公室把她的消息告訴我。
drop in (on somebody)
Why don’t you drop in for a drink one evening?
你哪天晚上過來喝一杯怎麽樣？
12  slope downwards 向下傾斜 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]DNDOWN if a path, land etc drops, it goes down suddenly, forming a steep slope 〔道路、地面等〕急劇向下傾斜
drop down
The cliff dropped down over a hundred feet to the sea below.
懸崖從距海面一百多英尺的地方陡然而下。
drop away
On the left the ground drops away, giving a view over the rooftops.
左邊，地勢陡降，可以看到一個個屋頂。
13  end a relationship 結束關系 [transitiveT]RELATIONSHIP informal to suddenly stop having a relationship with someone, especially a romantic relationship 突然終止與〔某人〕的（戀愛）關系，將〔某人〕給甩了
She dropped him as soon as she found out he had been seeing another woman.
她一發現他和另一個女人有來往後就和他一刀兩斷了。
14  until/till you drop TIREDuntil you are too tired to continue doing something 直到累垮
We’re going to shop till we drop!
我們要逛街購物直到走不動爲止！
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until/till you drop• She only wanted him to go on dancing till he dropped.• You shop until you drop and then what?• Or they can board one of the famous San Francisco trams to shop till they drop at Ghiradelli Square.• Arlen Specter until he dropped out of the Republican race.• Putting his hand on my head, he looked at his sheep until they dropped their eyes.• It harasses other gulls until they drop their hard-won food and then swoops down to catch it - often in mid-air.• They work until they drop, twenty, thirty hours at a time.• Try having your last meal no later than 5 p. m. Working till I drop will help me sleep.
15  drop a hint SUGGESTto suggest or ask for something in an indirect way, hoping that the person you are talking to will understand what you mean 給暗示
He dropped some big hints about what he wanted for his birthday.
他對自己生日要什麽禮物作了明顯的暗示。
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drop a hint• She kept dropping hints about her birthday, just to make sure none of us forgot about it.• My mother dropped several hints about us wallpapering her sitting room.• I've dropped a few hints about what I want for my birthday.• They managed to see Maeda who dropped hints and told them to be circumspect.• Little by little he dropped hints, but no details.• Occasionally he dropped hints on this matter to Gina.• But sometimes, the trash drops a hint to a waiter.
16  drop somebody a line/note TCN informal to write a short letter to someone 給某人寫短信/便條
Drop us a line to let us know how you’re getting on.
寫封短信告訴我們你過得怎樣。
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drop somebody a line/note• If he can not do so, perhaps he will drop me a line.• Keep a folder on your desk, and during the year drop in notes about the special things you did.• She pulled open a drawer to drop the note in.• The telephone isn't connected yet but you can drop a note in.• Other cities have dropped their line items without allowing departments to keep any of their savings.• Do drop me a line, Mrs Surridge, or anyone else who's interested.• Drop us a line sometime.• After the people have been touched, they drop a £10 note, the usual donation, on the small table.• Just wanted to drop you a note to say break a leg and all those other theatrical cliches.
17  drop dead 
a) MXDIE informal to die suddenly 猝死，暴斃
b) spoken informal an impolite expression which you say to someone when you are extremely angry with them 去你的，去死吧〔生氣時對别人說的不禮貌的話〕
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drop dead• A few months ago, the seven-year-old son of one family we spoke to dropped dead.• If this fails to deter the enemy, the possum promptly drops dead.• In a few minutes the poor beast dropped dead.• She dropped dead; her very flesh had melted away.• Livestock are dropping dead in the fields.• One day he just dropped dead in the street.• They tried to beg, but everyone else was hungry, and they would drop dead in the streets.• McSherry dropped dead of a heart attack in the middle of a baseball game.• One of their neighbors just dropped dead on the tennis court.• It wasn't printed in the end because he'd just dropped dead the day before, in Rochdale Road.• I would not care if I dropped dead tomorrow.
18. somebody’s jaw dropped used to say that someone was very surprised 某人目瞪口呆
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somebody’s jaw dropped• Conley's jaw dropped, and she left without saying anything.
19  drop your eyes/gaze EMBARRASSEDto stop looking at someone and look down, usually because you feel embarrassed or uncomfortable 垂下眼睛/目光〔通常因爲尴尬或不自在〕
Ben looked at me in horror for a moment and then dropped his gaze.
本驚恐地看了我一會兒，然後垂下了目光。
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drop your eyes/gaze• For no reason at all, she shivered and dropped her gaze.• She looks up at him, holds his gaze for a second or two, then drops her eyes.• They dropped their eyes and pretended not to notice him.• He blessed himself and dropped his eyes as the hearse passed.• She dropped her eyes back to the pile of letters.• I drop my eyes in confusion.• We look at each other, and then, drop our gaze to hide our confusion.• I dropped my eyes to my foot, straightened out the tongue, and stood up.
20  the wind drops the wind stops 風停止
They waited for the wind to drop.
他們等風停下來。
21  drop a bombshell informalSHOCK to suddenly tell someone a shocking piece of news 突然說出驚人的消息
Finally she dropped the bombshell. She was pregnant and I was the father.
最後她說出一個驚人的消息: 她懷孕了，而我就是孩子的父親。
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drop a bombshell• Then, one day in May, Kathleen dropped a bombshell.
22  drop somebody in it informal to say or do something that gets someone else into trouble 給某人捅了婁子，使某人遇到麻煩
You told her where we went on Friday night! You’ve really dropped me in it now!
你告訴她星期五晚上我們去哪兒了！這下你把我給害慘了！
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drop somebody in it• Listen, mate, I wouldn't drop you in it.
23  drop $50/£2,000 etc  [transitiveT] informalBMONEY to lose money in a business deal, a game etc 〔做生意、賭博等〕輸掉50美元/2,000英鎊等
Phil dropped $200 playing poker yesterday.
菲爾昨天打撲克輸了200美元。
24. drop a catch DSCto fail to catch a ball hit by a batsman in cricket 〔板球比賽中〕沒接住〔擊球手擊來的〕球
25  drop a point DSto lose a point in a sports competition 〔體育比賽中〕失分
Real Madrid dropped a point at home yesterday.
皇家馬德裏隊昨天在主場失了一分。
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drop a point• After 10 days and three predictable victories they were promoted, thanks to Woking dropping a point.• But if they drop points, Leicester City or Derby County could triumph in a nail-biting finish.
26. be dropping like flies informal if people are dropping like flies, they are getting ill or dying in large numbers 大批病倒；大批死亡
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be dropping like flies• Players from both teams are dropping like flies.• Our kids are dropping like flies.• They should be dropping like flies, but that hasn't been the case.• Grocer profits While other retailers are dropping like flies, supermarkets are making fat profits.
27. drop a clanger/brick British EnglishBrEEMBARRASSED to say something embarrassing in a social situation 〔在社交場合〕出言不慎，失言
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drop a clanger/brick• No wonder, perhaps, that Seaman dropped a brick.
28. drop a stitch DLHto let the wool fall off the needle when you are knitting 〔編織時〕漏一針，掉一針
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drop a stitch• Tuck stitch has a tendency to drop stitches and the tuck brushes are there to prevent this.• But I drop stitches, I find.
29. drop anchor TTWto lower a boat’s anchor to the bottom of the sea, a lake etc so that the boat does not float away 落錨，下錨
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drop anchor• While Pottz tacked to and fro energetically seeking out the elusive peak, Richie dropped anchor and contemplated the horizon.• The ship finally dropped anchor at a beautiful isle of the Marquesas.• On June 9,1741, the Centurion dropped anchor at last at Juan Fernandez.• Clayt was forced to drop anchor in open water.• Everybody said that Floyd Johnson probably dropped anchor somewhere to wait to the next day instead of coming in in the fog.• We dropped anchor there, and the fishermen disappeared back into harbour, leaving us to our fate.
30. drop acid informalMDD to swallow LSD (=an illegal drug) 服用迷幻藥
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drop acid• There were the heavy rooms for dropping acid or taking mushrooms.
31 drop back (also drop behind) phrasal verbphr v to move more slowly than other people so that they get ahead of you 落後，落在後面
He started out with the leaders but at the first fence he dropped back.
起跑時他和領先的選手並駕齊驅，但到第一欄時落後了。
Ellen dropped behind to tie her shoelace.
埃倫落在後面系鞋帶。
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drop back• Speed had dropped back and Wallace moved upwards in the second half.• She half-ran, half-walked, taking a wide curve around the villa and dropping back down towards it on the western side.• Then they dropped back out of sight.• I drop back soundlessly, my lips slackened.
32 drop off phrasal verbphr v 
a) SLEEPto begin to sleep 打盹，打瞌睡
She kept dropping off at her desk.
她坐在書桌前不停地打瞌睡。
I must have dropped off to sleep.
我肯定是打了個盹。
b) drop somebody/something ↔ off to take someone or something to a place by car and leave them there on your way to another place 〔開車〕順便把某人/某物送到〔某處〕
I’ll drop you off on my way home.
我回家路上順道送你吧。
c) LESSto fall to a lower level or amount 〔水平〕下降，〔數量〕減少
The number of graduates going into teaching has dropped off sharply.
從事教育行業的大學畢業生人數急劇減少了。
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drop off• She kept dropping off for a few minutes, before waking with a start.• At around 12.30, she did eventually drop off for an hour or so.• Janir had dropped off to sleep on the living room couch.
dropped off to sleep• Eventually we dropped off to sleep.• Gillian sat in the back and soon dropped off to sleep.• I must have dropped off to sleep.• On the drive back to St Petersburg the girl once again dropped off to sleep.• Mrs Wright had dropped off to sleep again, making a kind of whistling noise through her mouth.• The baby dropped off to sleep in the car.• I had barely dropped off to sleep when I was suddenly awakened b sharp abdominal pains.
33 drop out phrasal verbphr v 
a) SEto no longer do an activity or belong to a group 退出，脫離
The group gets smaller as members move away or drop out.
随着成員搬走或退出，這個團體的規模變小了。
b) to leave a school or university before your course has finished 退學，辍學 → dropout
of
Bill dropped out of college after his first year.
比爾在大學讀完第一年後就辍學了。
c) SSPPPto refuse to take part in ordinary society because you do not agree with its principles 拒絕接受〔傳統規範〕，離經叛道 → dropout
In the 60s, Leary urged kids to ‘Turn on, tune in and drop out.’
60年代時，利裏鼓勵年輕人 “打開心扉，同流脫出” 。
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drop out• He advised young people to "turn on, tune in, and drop out".• He was a dropout and a hippy back in the '60s.• A group of young people dropped out and set up a commune in the middle of the forest.• One third of the city's students drop out before graduation.• He dropped out of art college and joined a band.• She decided to drop out of the rat race because she couldn't stand working 60 hours a week.• While kids in the affluent sixties could afford to drop out, things were very different ten years later.
drop of• Kelly dropped out of college after one semester.• In extreme cases they can drop out of position. with disastrous results.• Don dropped out of school in June, dashing all hope of be-coming a lawyer.• At 16, Williams dropped out of school to sing in nightclubs and the flourishing dance scene at South Side social clubs.• Many of them drop out of school, too exhausted to study.• You want to drop out of school?• Then, too, his thinking had hardly dropped out of the blue.• In 1988, soon after losing the Illinois primary to George Bush, Dole dropped out of the race.• The survey was conducted March 2-3 before Alexander and Lugar dropped out of the race.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 7: to stop doing something, discussing something, or continuing with something
drop + NOUN
drop the charges/a case (=stop the legal process of trying to prove someone is guilty)
Both men have been released and the charges have been dropped.
drop everything (=completely stop everything you are doing)
When my mother was sick, I just dropped everything and flew to be with her in Seattle.
drop the idea
The project was going to be too expensive so the idea was dropped.
drop a plan
The company has dropped its plan to build a hotel on the site.
drop a scheme/program etc
Some banks have dropped their student loan scheme.
drop a subject (=stop studying it at school or university)
Students may choose to drop a subject in their second year.
drop the pretence (=stop pretending)
He has finally dropped the pretence that he’s innocent.
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drop• Minnesota Educational Computing Corp., which sells educational software, dropped 15 percent, or 3, to 17.• I have to drop 25 pounds to fit in the costume.• Lily dropped a cube of sugar into her champagne and they clinked glasses, still laughing.• He dropped a potential game-winning touchdown pass in the end zone on fourth down against Green Bay with 11 seconds left.• Marian has dropped all her old friends since she started college.• Allied planes began dropping bombs at midnight Tuesday.• I'm too busy to just drop everything and go out for the day.• I think I may drop French next year and concentrate on my other languages.• As soon as she saw him she dropped her suitcases and ran towards him.• Barbara dropped her voice so Nelson wouldn't hear.• He couldn't run fast enough, so the coach dropped him.• A buyer might say that he is willing to buy if the seller drops his price by £100.• Clarisa reclaimed him an hour later as the sun dropped into the ocean.• I don't think this article will be of interest to our readers. Let's drop it.• Getz dropped McCallum with a right blow to the jaw.• I nearly dropped my glass on the floor when they said I'd won.• I dropped my sunglasses and they broke.• I need to drop off these papers at Bob's.• If you take four classes you can drop one later if you need to.• Studies had shown that the more assessment tests a student failed, the likelier that student was to drop out.• Because of strong opposition, the government has dropped plans to increase taxes on fuel.• Be careful not to drop that bowl, it's very valuable.• Margaret dropped the letters onto her desk.• Her hands shake constantly and she keeps dropping things.• A few pine cones had already dropped to the ground.• I'll drop you at the corner, okay?
drop from/off• Both rates dropped from 1994 levels.• His approval rating dropped from a high of about 70 percent, but still stands at around 60 percent.• Their height drops off only linearly with distance.• He plays in a definite way, dropping off scrums into a defensive pocket.• These patients were dropped from the study but were allowed to re-enter eight weeks later.• We dropped off the wounded at 4 a. m., but the kid stayed with us.• Singer wins 20 but drops off to seven and seven for the Angels.• However, the performance of monocrystalline cells drops off with the longer wavelengths of light in this spectrum.
dropped ... head• Laura sobbed, and dropped her head.• He swung himself to sit on the edge of the bed, and dropped his head in his hands.• He dropped his head into his hands.• I sat and dropped my head into my hands.• Wally dropped his head into my lap and began nuzzling my crotch.• Barnabas dropped his head on his front paws.• There was certainly something different about this one, she thought dreamily, and dropped her head on his shoulder again.
drop suddenly/sharply/dramatically• After three decades of promotion, the Pap test is largely the reason why cervical cancer deaths have dropped sharply.• As in Iowa, New Hampshire had recovered from a 1992 recession and had seen unemployment drop sharply.• But when a manganese plant south of the city closed, those levels dropped dramatically.• Her opinion of Benedict Beckenham dropped sharply.• The number of people in the catchment area of the resource centre who now seek residential care has dropped dramatically.• Their balance of payments deficits have been alarmingly large, and their currencies have dropped sharply, aggravating their inflationary problems.• Now the rate of new infections drops dramatically along a mathematical curve almost the opposite of the one it initially rose upon.
dropped ... speed• If you want a person to be dropped I suggest Speed.• Shaken, Fabio dropped his speed and began to look for a place to stop.
drop everything• I can't just drop everything.• You have to drop everything and attend to it.• When she came home he dropped everything and everybody, including me, and ran to her.• There was no point in dropping everything and quitting.• For her, he dropped everything - including his pants.• You pop up out of the blue and expect me to drop everything, just like that.• It got broken when I dropped everything last night.• March 17 is an official holiday when the whole island drops everything to tip their pints and dance to fife and drum.
let it drop• She didn't understand, so I let it drop.• Sev eral times he raised his hand to knock, but each time he let it drop.• Tommy shot the bolts on the tailgate and let it drop.• Then she let it drop again.• They let it drop for a while.• The Union filed a grievances and then, after the first step, let it drop, indifferently, from its beak.• That's the only explanation for it, but you try proving it ... Maybe you should let it drop, love.• I wouldn't have heard it except that Mitch let it drop one day when he was angry.
drop in (on somebody)• You can find freshwater ones in most streams simply by dropping in a piece of raw meat or liver.• The one-time gain reflected a drop in financing costs after the conversion of 836 million francs in convertible bonds.• Motorola blamed lagging sales and lower prices for wireless phones for an unexpected drop in fourth-quarter earnings.• The decline was in part due to a sharp drop in gasoline prices.• Far better to await a further sharp drop in mortgage rates into the high or even middling single digits.• The method was harsh, but brought a 17 percent drop in retail prices and an end to formal rationing.• You are not looking for a fast drop in weight.
drop away• On either score, actual artists and their intentions somehow dropped away.• The trouble and ache of the last few minutes circled the center of his feeling and then dropped away.• This is a positive procedure, and when the healing has taken place the scab drops away.• The Government buildings along the Embankment drop away behind us, and here I am in another world, another life.• Memory of Sweet Home dropped away from the eyes of the man she was being girlish for.• Indeed, as the stereotypes dropped away, humans astonished them-selves with the ranges of behavior they could thrive within.• In the following year membership reached a peak, before dropping away in 1938 and 1939.• By 1880, however it had dropped away to under 200,000 tons.
Related topics: Drink, Nature
drop2 ●●● S2 W3 noun
1  liquid 液體 [countableC]LIQUID a very small amount of liquid that falls in a round shape 〔液體的〕滴
drop of
As the first drops of rain began to fall, Michael started to run.
剛有雨滴落下，邁克爾就開始跑了起來。
A single drop of blood splashed onto the floor.
一滴血濺落在地板上。
A drop of sweat ran down her forehead and into her eye.
一滴汗珠從她額頭滾下來落到眼睛裏。
→ rain drop, teardrop► see thesaurus at piece
2  small amount 少量 [usually singular] informal
a) DFDLIQUIDa small amount of liquid that you drink, especially alcohol 〔飲料，尤指酒的〕一點點，少量
drop of
She likes to add a drop of brandy to her tea.
她喜歡在茶裏加一點點白蘭地。
George hasn’t touched a drop (=drunk any alcohol) for years.
喬治已經好多年滴酒未沾了。
b) SMALLa small amount of something 一丁點，少量
drop of
I haven’t got a drop of sympathy for him.
我一點也不同情他。
3  reduction 減少 [singular]LESS a reduction in the amount, level, or number of something, especially a large or sudden one 下跌，下降，減少 SYN fall
drop in
Manufacturers report a big drop in new orders.
生産商報告說新訂單大幅減少。
a drop in temperature
氣溫下降
a sharp/dramatic/marked drop in something
The results showed a sharp drop in profits.
結果顯示利潤急劇下降。
4  distance to ground 至地面的距離 [singular]DNDISTANCE a distance from a higher point down to the ground or to a lower point 落差，落下的距離
There was a steep drop on one side of the track.
小道的一邊是陡坡。
a 20-metre drop
20米的落差
There was an almost sheer (=vertical) drop to the valley below.
到下面的山谷幾乎是垂直的峭壁。
5  at the drop of a hat IMMEDIATELYimmediately and without pausing to think about what you are going to do 立即，不假思索，毫不遲疑
Some of these corporations threaten to sue at the drop of a hat.
這些大公司中有幾家威脅說要馬上提起訴訟。
Examples from the Corpus
at the drop of a hat• He's willing to organize anything guests want at the drop of a hat.
6  delivery 運,送 [countableC]TTA an act of delivering something somewhere, for example by dropping it from a plane 運貨；空投 SYN delivery
Air drops (=from a plane) of food aid were made to the region yesterday.
昨天對該地區空投了救援食品。
My first drop of the day is usually somewhere in north London.
我一天中第一個送貨地點通常是在倫敦北部的某個地方。
→ mail drop
7. lemon/fruit/chocolate etc drop DFFa sweet that tastes of lemon etc 檸檬/水果/巧克力等味的糖果
Examples from the Corpus
lemon/fruit/chocolate etc drop• Bob had a brown paper poke in his hand from which he was eating magic mushrooms as if they were lemon drops.
8  a drop in the ocean British EnglishBrE, a drop in the bucket American EnglishAmESMALL a very small amount of something compared to what is needed or wanted 滄海一粟，杯水車薪
5,000 new schools are to be built, but this is just a drop in the ocean for such a vast country.
要新建5,000所學校，但對這麽個幅員遼闊的國家來說也只是杯水車薪。
Examples from the Corpus
a drop in the ocean• Third World debt is so massive that recent pledges to reduce or forgive it are just a drop in the bucket.• The United States pledge of $100 million to the rainforest fund is a drop in the ocean.• With 2m men and women in uniform, a 60,000-strong force is just a drop in the ocean.
9. eye/ear etc drops MDa type of medicine that you put in your eye, ear etc, one drop at a time 滴眼液/滴耳液等
Examples from the Corpus
eye/ear etc drops• They also have literature on the correct use of things such as eye drops and inhalers.• Both eye irritation and redness are helped with lubricating eye drops and eye ointments.• That was the other thing, it took me a long fight to get my eye drops.• Sterile eye drops can be purchased for this purpose.• This has distinct advantages over using eye drops.• And remember - if you're using eye drops for your hay fever, leave your contact lenses out.
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drop• Despite the air drops of food and tents, the refugees continue to suffer.• Big drops of rain slid down the window pane.• Unfortunately, the talent level took a definite drop by the late-1980s.• Then for every drop of oil that stuck to the chopstick a drop of water remained in the bottle.• Add a few drops of vanilla essence, the egg white and half the butter.• She applied a few drops of perfume behind her ears and smiled at her reflection in the mirror.• It's a twenty-five-foot drop from this cliff.• In fact, each individual drop of water is describing a circular motion which takes it nowhere overall.• Worrell had achieved any captain's dream of knowing that his players would give their last drop of sweat just for him.• It was the worst one-day stock market drop since the Great Crash of 1929.• Multiply the number of widths by the number of pattern repeats per drop to give the total number of pattern repeats required.• There was a sudden drop in the plane's altitude.• Maggie slid from the saddle and held the reins, her eyes on the drop to the lake.
drop of• a tear drop• The glass in the kitchen still had a drop of milk in it.• Big drops of rain splashed on the sidewalk.
a sharp/dramatic/marked drop in something• Cuts in salaries, bonuses and overtime payments have reduced many family-incomes and caused a sharp drop in consumer spending.• The announcement prompted a sharp drop in the share price, along with the departure of one Uni-Invest board member.• One reason: a sharp drop in the number of undergraduate students choosing economics as a major.• Guest houses reported a sharp drop in visitors on the popular route following the attack.• The Socialists suffered a sharp drop in votes and seats.• Could these factors contribute to a dramatic drop in the self-esteem of schoolgirls?• The decline was in part due to a sharp drop in gasoline prices.• Last year, a sharp drop in interest rates boosted the value of a 30-year Treasury bond by more than 30 percent.
sheer ... drop• He'd had a short walk after the service and every path seemed to end in a cliff or a sheer drop.• There is a wind-blown cornice of about one and a half metres overhanging a sheer drop of about eight metres.• There was a sheer drop, half the height of a man, down to the water's surface.• They parked and walked to the cape where there was a terrifying sheer drop to the sea.• The fourth side of the clearing was sheer cliff drop, attended by a barrier of split rails.• The cliff was sheer, dropping down to secret rocky coves below them with the sea gently lapping white sand.
From Longman Business Dictionary
dropdrop1 /drɒpdrɑːp/ verb (dropped, dropping)
1[intransitiveI] to fall to a lower level or amount
drop to/from
Second quarter earnings this year dropped to $157 million from $182 million.
Stock prices dropped sharply today.
The dollar dropped against the Japanese yen today.
Demand has dropped by 7%.
2[transitiveT] to stop doing or planning something
Plans to expand the business have been quietly dropped.
She was persuaded to drop the harassment lawsuit.
3[transitiveT] informal to lose money in business, a game etc
He dropped £1000 on the stockmarket.
4[transitiveT]COMPUTING to place words, a picture etc into a particular computer document with the mouse
Either drag and drop the page into a message or choose Send Page from under the File menu.
→ drop off
dropdrop2 noun [countableC usually singular]
if there is a drop in the amount, level, or number of something, it goes down or becomes less
Yesterday saw a sharp drop in stock prices.
drop in
Business is expecting a drop in interest rates later this year.
The club has suffered a dramatic drop in profits.
The first quarter total shows a drop from the same quarter last year.
→ see also leaflet drop, mail drop
Origin drop1
Old English droppian
 drop2
Old English dropa

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