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

• The gems drop away.
  掉落的宝石。
• 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。
• As time passes, the details drop away and only the broad outlines remain.
  随着时间的流逝，细节被忘却，主要的轮廓保留下来。
• 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。
• 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。
• So don't drop dead far away.
  所以，别死的离我太远。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？