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

• His well was dry for increasing portions of the year& and every drop had to be fetched from up to4km away.
  他的水井在一年中干涸的时间越来越长&而且每一滴水都要从最多4千米之外的地方运来。
• Drop your weapon and step away from sergeant sullivan.
  放下武器，放开苏利文警官。
• I squirmed around so that I could go down feet first and, keeping my other hand on the stone overhead, I found that the ceiling did not drop as the stairs did but drew away as the stair descended.
  我蠕动着转过身，这样我就能先把脚伸下去，并把我的一只手放在头顶的石头上，我发现天花板没有随着楼梯降低。
• Shake twice, firmly, then let the hand drop away.
  握两次手，然后让双方的手自然松开。
• At least he had the good grace to drop his smile and look away from me.
  他至少能通情达理地收起笑容并把目光从我身上移开。
• 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。
• The selling prices drop away from the state purchasing prices.
  购销价格倒挂。
• 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。
• Santino corleone: did he tell you to drop the gun right away?
  他告诉过你事成之后立刻丢枪吗？
• 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。