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drop /ˈdrɑp/
(vt.)滴下,落下;使變弱,使下降(vi.)滴下,落下;下降,變弱落下,下降;滴,滴劑
drop /ˈdrɑp/ 名詞
滴,量滴滴劑下垂,降落
drop
放棄
drop
降 滴 偶入
Drop v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dropped or Dropt; p. pr. & vb. n. Dropping.]
1. To pour or let fall in drops; to pour in small globules; to distill. “The trees drop balsam.”
The recording angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever. --Sterne.
2. To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.
3. To let go; to dismiss; to set aside; to have done with; to discontinue; to forsake; to give up; to omit.
They suddenly drop't the pursuit. --S. Sharp.
That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again. --Thackeray.
The connection had been dropped many years. -- Sir W. Scott.
Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven. --Tennyson.
4. To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.
5. To lower, as a curtain, or the muzzle of a gun, etc.
6. To send, as a letter; as, please drop me a line, a letter, word.
7. To give birth to; as, to drop a lamb.
8. To cover with drops; to variegate; to bedrop.
Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold. --Milton.
To drop a vessel Naut., to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it.
Drop, v. i.
1. To fall in drops.
The kindly dew drops from the higher tree,
And wets the little plants that lowly dwell. --Spenser.
2. To fall, in general, literally or figuratively; as, ripe fruit drops from a tree; wise words drop from the lips.
Mutilations of which the meaning has dropped out of memory. --H. Spencer.
When the sound of dropping nuts is heard. --Bryant.
3. To let drops fall; to discharge itself in drops.
The heavens . . . dropped at the presence of God. --Ps. lxviii. 8.
4. To fall dead, or to fall in death; as, dropping like flies.
Nothing, says Seneca, so soon reconciles us to the thoughts of our own death, as the prospect of one friend after another dropping round us. --Digby.
5. To come to an end; to cease; to pass out of mind; as, the affair dropped.
6. To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment.
Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just seated. --Spectator.
7. To fall or be depressed; to lower; as, the point of the spear dropped a little.
8. To fall short of a mark. [R.]
Often it drops or overshoots by the disproportion of distance. --Collier.
9. To be deep in extent; to descend perpendicularly; as, her main topsail drops seventeen yards.
To drop astern Naut., to go astern of another vessel; to be left behind; to slacken the speed of a vessel so as to fall behind and to let another pass a head.
To drop down Naut., to sail, row, or move down a river, or toward the sea.
To drop off, to fall asleep gently; also, to die. [Colloq.]
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Drop n.
1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.
With minute drops from off the eaves. --Milton.
As dear to me as are the ruddy drops
That visit my sad heart. -- Shak.
That drop of peace divine. --Keble.
2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.
3. Arch. (a) Same as Gutta. (b) Any small pendent ornament.
4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something; as: (a) A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself. (b) A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck. (c) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet. (d) A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc. (e) A drop press or drop hammer. (f) Mach. The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.
6. Naut. The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.
7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent.
Ague drop, Black drop. See under Ague, Black.
Drop by drop, in small successive quantities; in repeated portions. “Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death.” --Burke.
Drop curtain. See Drop, n., 4. (d).
Drop forging. Mech. (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer. (b) The process of making drop forgings.
Drop hammer Mech., a hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die.
Drop kick Football, a kick given to the ball as it rebounds after having been dropped from the hands.
Drop lake, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. --Mollett.
Drop letter, a letter to be delivered from the same office where posted.
Drop press Mech., a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke hammer; -- also called drop.
Drop scene, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See Drop, n., 4. (d).
Drop seed. Bot. See the List under Glass.
Drop serene. Med. See Amaurosis.
drop
n 1: a small quantity (especially of a liquid); "one drop of each
sample was analyzed"; "any child with a drop of negro
blood was legally a negro"; "there is not a drop of pity
in that man" [syn: driblet]
2: a shape that is small and round; "he studied the shapes of
low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"
[syn: bead, pearl]
3: a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57
points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in
pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices";
"when that became known the price of their stock went into
free fall" [syn: dip, fall, free fall]
4: a steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff
overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" [syn: cliff, drop-off]
5: a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and
distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen
property)
6: a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a
miracle that he survived the drop from that height" [syn:
fall]
7: a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from
the flies; often used as background scenery [syn: drop
curtain, drop cloth]
8: a central depository where things can be left or picked up
9: the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would
be successful"
v 1: let fall to the ground; "Don't drop the dishes"
2: to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy
targets"
3: go down in value; "Stock prices dropped"
4: fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his
knees" [syn: sink, drop down]
5: terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican
ticket"
6: utter casually; "drop a hint"
7: stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
[syn: knock off]
8: leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo; [syn: set
down, put down, unload, discharge]
9: cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down
a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers" [syn: fell,
strike down, cut down]
10: lose (a game); "The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13"
11: pay out; "spend money" [syn: spend, expend]
12: lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: flatten] [ant: sharpen]
13: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The
light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: dangle, swing]
14: stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a
child out of wedlock" [syn: dismiss, send packing, send
away]
15: let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the
mixture" [syn: dribble, drip]
16: get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your
clothes" [syn: shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw,
throw off, throw away]
17: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
"The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
[syn: neglect, pretermit, omit, miss, leave out,
overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to]
18: change from one level to another; "She dropped into army
jargon"
19: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the
slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a
shouting match" [syn: devolve, deteriorate, degenerate]
[ant: recuperate]
20: give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this
morning"
[also: dropping, dropped]