drop away

英 [drɒp əˈweɪ]

美 [drɑːp əˈweɪ]

陡峭; 减少，下降

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (地势)走低,降低
  If land or grounddrops away, it slopes down so that it is at a lower level to where you are or from a particular point that has been mentioned.
  1. To the south the hills dropped away to farmland...
     山势在南边一路下倾延伸至农田。
  2. From the house, the garden drops away, surrounded by a rural scene of woodland.
     从房子的位置,花园开始变低,四周树木葱郁，一派田园风光。

英英释义

verb

• get worse
  1. My grades are slipping
  Synonym:slipdrop offfall away

双语例句

• He told me to drop everything and come over straight away.
  他要我放下手头的一切，马上过来。
• To the south the hills dropped away to farmland
  山势在南边一路下倾延伸至农田。
• As the train passed, the listener heard the pitch drop, and as the train moved away the note sounded lower than what the musician was playing and hearing.
  当着火车经过的时候，听众听到音调开始降低，而当火车远离时，听众听到的音符比音乐家自己演奏和听到的要低。
• But at an altitude of1.6km a specially designed descent stage bearing the rover will drop away from this vehicle.
  但是在海拔1.6km处，设计了一个特殊的下降平台，负荷着探测器脱离母舱的重力。
• Another drop falls on its tail. The horse flicked the flies away with his tail.
  马上又有一滴水落在它的尾巴上。那匹马用尾巴拂去身上的苍蝇。
• The lecture was so dull that soon the audience begin to drop away.
  演讲单调乏味，不久，听众就开始陆续离席了。
• The gems drop away.
  掉落的宝石。
• So don't drop dead far away.
  所以，别死的离我太远。
• Mother: I think it is about to drop away. A new tooth is going to grow out soon.
  妈妈：我想它是要掉了，新的牙很快就要长出来了。
• Mom, I can't just drop everything and move away.
  妈，你不能就这么一走了之。