单词详解
1. vt. & vi.
A. 落下，投下 (fall, descend from one line or level to another)
The blossom is beginning to drop. 花开始落了。
B. 降低，减少，减弱 (become fewer or fewer)
He dropped his speed. 他放慢了速度。
2. vt.
A. 放弃，断绝交往 (stop seeing, talking about using or practicing, give up)
He dropped his medical studies in Paris. 他放弃了在巴黎学医。
B. 漏掉，丢掉 (leave out)
I dropped my watch in the bathroom. 我把手表丢在浴室了。
C. 让人下车，卸下货物 (allow sb. to get out of a vehicle)
He’s driving his way so he may drop me at the station. 他开车顺路，所以可以让我在车站下车。
3. n.
A. 滴，滴剂，滴状物 (very small quantity of liquid usually round or pear-shaped)
Many drops make a shower. 很多雨滴就形成阵雨。
B. 降落，下跌 (movement from a higher to a lower level)
We welcome a drop in prices. 我们欢迎物价下降。
C. 空投，空投物 (sth. that is dropped)
That is a drop of grain sacks from an aircraft to them.
那是从飞机上空投给他们的一袋袋粮食。
相关词组
1. drop in at some place顺便拜访某地
The boss asked you to drop in at his office. 老板让你到办公室去找他。
2. drop in on sb.顺便拜访某人
I'll drop in on you when I have time. 我有空的话就来看你。
3. drop in 顺便走访(某人)
Would you drop in when you are free? 你有空的话就来玩好吗?
4. drop off 减弱，减少，掉落，睡着，让……下车
He dropped off and missed the end of the film. 他打了个盹儿，错过了影片的结尾。
5. drop out of从……里掉出来，退出
I saw something drop out of your pocket. 我看见一样东西从你口袋里掉了出来。
6. drop out掉了出来，不参与，离去，放弃
He drops out because of the pressure. 由于压力的原因，他退学了。
7. drop sb. a line写封(短)信
Drop me a line to say when you're coming. 请写封短信告诉我你们来的时间。
8. drop to one's knees跪下，迫使某人屈服
She dropped to her knees in a panic. 她在惶恐中跪了下来。
相关单词
近义词：fall
过去式：dropped
过去分词：dropped
现在分词：dropping
第三人称单数：drops
复数 ： drops
相关链接
词语辨析：call on, visit, go to see, drop in
词语辨析：drop, fall
call on, visit, go to see, drop in
四者都有“访问”的意思。
visit: 较为正式，可用于访问人，也可用于访问地方。
call on: 有时可代替 visit, 但只限于人。访问某地方则用 call at。
go to see: 为普通用语，一般用于人。
drop in: 指顺路探访，多用于口语。
词语详解
1. visit: 较为正式，可用于访问人，也可用于访问地方。
I visited my friends in Beijing last week. 我上个星期去北京拜访了我的朋友们。
2. call on: 有时可代替 visit, 但只限于人。访问某地方则用 call at。
We called on our teacher a few hours ago. 我们几个小时前拜访了我们的老师。
3. go to see: 为普通用语，一般用于人。
Tom is ill. Let’s go to see him tomorrow. 汤姆病了，我们明天去看望他吧!
4. drop in: 指顺路探访，多用于口语。
Would you like to drop in and have a cup of tea? 你顺便来喝杯茶，好吗？
fall, drop
都表示“落下，下降”之意。
fall: 指突然降落，也可指任何下落，与高度或形式无关。
drop: 指物体从一定高度落下。
词语详解
1. fall: 指突然降落，也可指任何下落，与高度或形式无关。
He survived a fall of 30 feet. 他从30英尺高的地方跌下来没有丧命。
2. drop: 指物体从一定高度落下。
The apple dropped down from the tree. 苹果从树上掉了下来。
