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

• 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 gems drop away.
  掉落的宝石。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Once we get the general area of our clouds, we want to drop the brush opacity to20% and start slowly painting away our detailed areas.
  一旦我们得到了云彩的大概区域，要将画笔不透明度调为20%，然后开始慢慢地擦除区域中不需要的细节。
• Drop the phone and run away?
  丢掉电话就跑开了么？
• Mom, I can't just drop everything and move away.
  妈，你不能就这么一走了之。
• 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。