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

• Shake twice, firmly, then let the hand drop away.
  握两次手，然后让双方的手自然松开。
• Theory and prototype date are analyzed, at the same time the suppose that cancel underground clarification basin is proved by model test of Yao river dam power station reservoir drop sands and gate bay sweep away sands.
  在理论分析、原型资料分析的同时，进行了姚河坝水电站水库沉沙及闸首冲沙模型试验，对取消地下沉沙池的设想加以检验。
• Because of the journey we didn't know exactly when the coach was due to drop her off in the local village, which is a couple of miles away.
  因为还在途中，我们不能确切的知道教练何时让她在几英里外的当地村庄下车。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't battle against hate, don't say how terrible it is to hate people, but see hate for what it is and let it drop away; brush it aside, it is not important.
  不要和仇恨的感觉作战，不要说恨人是多么糟的事，只要观察恨是什么，然后把它丢掉。
• 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。
• 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。
• The gems drop away.
  掉落的宝石。