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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 中央民族大学出版社《新英汉大词典上》第354页（780字）

【词性】：n．

【释义】：

①滴，点滴〔drops of rain雨滴〕②滴状物〔a chocolate drop滴状巧克力〕③少量，少许〔He hasn’t a drop of courage．他无一丝勇气。

〕④骤降，骤减〔a drop in attendance出席人数骤减〕⑤下落的距离〔a drop of five feet to the ground向地面下落五尺〕‖ v．①滴落，使滴下〔Tears dropped from her eyes．眼泪从她的眼里夺眶而出。〕②落下，使落下〔Ripe fruit dropped from the trees．成熟的果实从树上落下。He dropped bis lunch in the mud．他将午餐掉在了泥里。

〕③杀，伤④过渡到一定状态，进入…状态〔She dropped off to sleep．她睡着了。〕⑤停止，结束，使离开〔Let’s drop this argument．我们别再争论了。He was dropped from his job last week．上星期他被解雇了。

〕⑥下降，降至〔The temperature dropped 20 degrees．气温降低了20度。〕⑦偶然说出，偶然寄出〔to drop someone a note寄给某人一封短信；to drop a hint偶然暗示〕⑧遗漏〔He dropped a line when he rewrote the poem．他重写这首诗时漏了一行。

〕⑨［口］下车〔The taxi dropped him at his hotel．出租车把他拉到旅馆门口。〕／drop back，drop behind落后／drop in偶然拜访／drop out弃权，放弃