fall
美 [f?l]
英 [f??l] 
- v.下降;跌倒;落下;跌落
- n.落下;跌落;下落;掉落
- adj.〈美〉秋天的;秋天成熟的;(衣服等)秋天用的
- 網(wǎng)絡秋季;墜落;倒下
詞形變化
過去式:fell 過去分詞:fallen 第三人稱單數(shù):falls 現(xiàn)在分詞:falling 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
落下drop down
1. | [i] 落下;下落;掉落;跌落to drop down from a higher level to a lower level |
| September had come and the leaves were starting to fall. 已到九月了,樹葉開始凋落。 |
| They were injured by falling rocks. 他們被落石砸傷了。 |
| Several of the books had fallen onto the floor. 這些書有幾本掉到了地上。 |
| One of the kids fell into the river. 小孩中有一個掉進了河里。 |
| The handle had fallen off the drawer. 抽屜的拉手掉了。 |
| He fell 20 metres onto the rocks below. 他掉到下面 20 米處的巖石上。 |
| The rain was falling steadily. 雨不停地下著。 |
倒下stop standing
2. | [i] 突然倒下;跌倒;倒塌to suddenly stop standing |
| She slipped on the ice and fell. 她在冰上滑了一跤。 |
| I fell over and cut my knee. 我摔倒了,劃破了膝蓋。 |
| The house looked as if it was about to fall down. 房子看起來好像就要倒塌似的。 |
毛發(fā);材料of hair/material
3. | [i] + adv./prep. 下垂;低垂to hang down |
| Her hair fell over her shoulders in a mass of curls. 她的鬈發(fā)披肩。 |
向下傾斜slope downwards
4. | [i] ~ (away/off) 向下傾斜to slope downwards |
| The land falls away sharply towards the river. 地勢向河邊陡然傾斜。 |
減少decrease
5. | [i] (數(shù)量)減少,下降;(強度)減小to decrease in amount, number or strength |
| Their profits have fallen by 30 per cent. 他們的利潤減少了 30%。 |
| Prices continued to fall on the stock market today. 今天股票市場價格繼續(xù)下跌。 |
| The temperature fell sharply in the night. 夜間溫度陡降。 |
| falling birth rates 下降的出生率 |
| Her voice fell to a whisper. 她的聲音變小,成了耳語。 |
| Share prices fell 30p. 股價下跌了 30 便士。 |
被打敗be defeated
6. | [i] 被打?。粶S陷;失守to be defeated or captured |
| The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards. 政變雖然流產(chǎn),但是不久以后政府便垮臺了。 |
| Troy finally fell to the Greeks. 特洛伊城最終被希臘人攻陷。 |
陣亡die in battle
7. | [i] 陣亡;被擊斃to die in battle; to be shot |
| a memorial to those who fell in the two world wars 兩次世界大戰(zhàn)陣亡將士紀念碑 |
變成become
8. | [i] 進入(某狀態(tài));開始變成(某事物)to pass into a particular state; to begin to be sth |
| He had fallen asleep on the sofa. 他在沙發(fā)上睡著了。 |
| The book fell open at a page of illustrations. 書翻開在有插圖的那一頁。 |
| The room had fallen silent. 整個房間都變得靜悄悄的。 |
| She fell ill soon after and did not recover. 不久后她就病倒了,而且未能痊愈。 |
| I had fallen into conversation with a man on the train. 在火車上我和一個男人攀談起來。 |
| The house had fallen into disrepair. 這棟房子已年久失修。 |
| She knew she must not fall prey to his charm. 她清楚自己絕不可以被他迷住。 |
發(fā)生happen/occur
9. | [i] 突然來到;突然出現(xiàn)to come quickly and suddenly |
| A sudden silence fell. 突然一片鴉雀無聲。 |
| Darkness falls quickly in the tropics. 在熱帶地區(qū)夜幕降臨迅速。 |
| An expectant hush fell on the guests. 客人們即時安靜了下來,期待著將要發(fā)生的事。 |
10. | [i] + adv./prep. 發(fā)生to happen or take place |
| My birthday falls on a Monday this year. 今年我的生日適逢星期一。 |
11. | [i] + adv./prep. (向某方向)移動;落(在某位置上)to move in a particular direction or come in a particular position |
| My eye fell on(= I suddenly saw) a curious object. 我突然見到了一樣奇怪的東西。 |
| Which syllable does the stress fall on? 重音在哪個音節(jié)? |
| A shadow fell across her face. 一片陰影掠過她的臉龐。 |
屬于群體belong to group
12. | [i] + adv./prep. 屬于(某類、群體、責任范圍)to belong to a particular class, group or area of responsibility |
| Out of over 400 staff there are just 7 that fall into this category. 400 多個職員中只有 7 人屬于這一類。 |
| This case falls outside my jurisdiction. 這個案件不屬于我的管轄范圍。 |
| This falls under the heading of scientific research. 這一項屬于科研類目。 |
落下act of falling
1. | [c] 落下;下落;跌落;掉落an act of falling |
| I had a bad fall and broke my arm. 我重重地跌了一跤,摔斷了手臂。 |
| She was killed in a fall from a horse. 她從馬背上掉下來摔死了。 |
雪;巖石of snow/rocks
2. | [c] ~ (of sth) (雪、巖石等的)降落an amount of snow, rocks, etc. that falls or has fallen |
下落;發(fā)生way sth falls/happens
3. | [sing] ~ of sth 下落;發(fā)生the way in which sth falls or happens |
| the fall of the dice 骰子的擲出 |
| the dark fall of her hair(= the way her hair hangs down) 她那垂瀉的黑發(fā) |
水of water
4. | [pl] 瀑布a large amount of water falling down from a height |
| The falls upstream are full of salmon. 上游瀑布一帶盛產(chǎn)鮭魚。 |
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減少decrease
5. | [c] (大?。p小;(數(shù)量)減少;(比率、水平)降低a decrease in size, number, rate or level |
| a steep fall in profits 利潤的驟降 |
| a big fall in unemployment 失業(yè)人數(shù)的大大減少 |
失敗defeat
6. | [sing] ~ (of sth) (政權的)垮臺;(經(jīng)濟的)崩潰;(城市、國家的)淪陷,滅亡a loss of political, economic, etc. power or success; the loss or defeat of a city, country, etc. in war |
| the fall of the Roman Empire 羅馬帝國的滅亡 |
| the rise and fall of British industry 英國工業(yè)的興衰 |
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喪失尊敬loss of respect
7. | [sing] (威信的)驟降a situation in which a person, an organization, etc. loses the respect of other people because they have done sth wrong |
| the TV preacher's spectacular fall from grace 電視布道者威信的遽降 |
《圣經(jīng)》in Bible
8. | [sing] 人類墮落(指亞當和夏娃違背上帝意旨而被迫離開伊甸園)the occasion when Adam and Eve did not obey God and had to leave the Garden of Eden |
習慣用語
break sbs fall
緩和某人的跌勢;防止某人跌得很重to stop sb from falling onto sth hard
| Luckily, a bush broke his fall. 幸虧有灌木接著,他摔得不重。 |
take the fall (for sb/sth)
替…承擔責任;成為…的替罪羊to accept responsibility or punishment for sth that you did not do, or did not do alone
| He took the fall for his boss and resigned. 他成了老板的替罪羊,辭職了。 |
英漢解釋
v. | 1. 落下;散落,(毛發(fā)等)脫落;降落;(水銀柱等)下降;(物價)下落,跌落;(簾,幕等)放下,垂下;(眼睛,臉色)下沉;(河流)流下,灌注,(地面等)傾斜 6. (精神等)衰退;(洪水等)減退,(風力)減弱;(潮水)退落 9. (事故)發(fā)生;(時候)到來,正當,適逢;輪(到) 15. 忽然...起來,...出來,...下來 (to) |
n. | 1. 落下,墜落;(溫度等的)下落,降落;(物價的)跌落;落差;降雨(量),降雪(量);(河水)流入,流下,傾瀉;瀑布 2. 跌倒,摔倒;陷落;塌倒;瓦解,崩殞;滅亡,戰(zhàn)死 8. 下垂物;向下飄蕩的服裝,領子的翻下部分,(女帽上的)罩紗,(外衣的)寬下擺,大褲腳;(鋼琴的)蓋子 13. 【機】(滑車上的)拉繩,起重機繩;【航】(放救生艇的)吊繩,轆繩 |
adj. | 1. 〈美〉秋天的,秋季的,秋天播種的;秋天成熟的;(衣服等)秋天用的 |
英英解釋
例句
Just this fall, a team of researchers announced that they had found a new species of carnivore lurking in one of Madagascar's lakes.
這個秋天,一個研究組宣布他們在馬達加斯加的一個湖中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種食蟲植物。
little water drop and some of his friends fall down into a lake. the sun comes out. little water drop feels warm again. he sees mr wind.
小水滴和它的一些朋友們落到一個湖中。太陽出來了,小水滴再次感到溫暖。他看見了風先生。
Honey, as you read this message, I had already prepared to take this responsibility to fall in to with you.
親愛的,當你讀到這封信的時候,我做好了愛你的準備。
It's easy to fall into the trap of wanting to talk on and on about your problem, question, new product etc.
很容易掉進這樣一個陷阱,你很想多討論關于你的問題、麻煩、新產(chǎn)品等。
I almost fall over right there. A wide smile takes his face. And mine. As I said, it was a perfect night. But somehow, it just got better.
我差點跌倒在那里。我們倆的臉上都露出了燦爛笑容。正如我所說的,那一夜堪稱完美。但無論如何,生活越過越好了。
The cradle of your birth and sustenance is now prepared for an overhaul which shall lead to the fall of all that have chosen to fall.
你們誕生和賴以生存的搖籃,現(xiàn)已為一個大檢修做好準備,這將導致所有那些選擇跌落者的跌落。
What if I don't want her to fall in love with me?
你有沒有想過我會不會不想讓她愛上我?!
This signals to the woman that you're just like all the other guys who fall for her too fast. . . and can't control themselves.
這個信號告訴女士:你就像其他男人一樣不能自已,太快迷上她了。
As a woman, once you fall in love with someone married, no matter how much the man loves you, you are doomed to end up with tragedy.
作為一個女人,一旦你淪為別人的情婦,做別人婚姻的第三者,不管那個男人多么愛你,你最終都注定以悲劇收場。
Behind his back he was called "Wide-oh, " on account of his reputation; to his face "Mr" Fall.
由于他的名聲,人們背后叫他做“鐵嘴”,當面稱他孚爾“先生”。
After the fall of Suharto in Indonesia, I began to explore conditions of poverty in a country that was on its way towards modernization.
在印尼蘇哈托下臺后,我開始探討一個國家在邁向現(xiàn)代化的過程中的貧困的處境。
Let's say for a moment Blatch does exist. You think he'd just fall to his knees and cry, "Yes, I did it! "
讓我們先假定有布賴奇這么個人存在,你認為他真的會跪下來叫喊:’是的,是我干的!
Fall, most other trees have withered, but the cedar leaves did not wilt, but the individual a bit yellow.
秋天,別的樹木大多都枯萎了,但是杉樹的葉子并沒有枯萎,只是個別有點枯黃了。
If no wind is blowing, raindrops fall vertically and a man at rest with an umbrella directly over his head does not get wet.
如果不刮風,雨點是垂直下落的,一個靜止不動的人,頭上有一把雨傘,就不會淋濕。
How much does the flower know to fall?
花落知多少?
It's easy to see how people who are in corporate situations fall into the overcommitment trap.
先是與別人合作,后來卻掉入承諾過多的陷阱,這種情況隨處可見。
Then, tell your belayer to leave some slack in the rope while you climb up a few moves and take a fall.
然后,上爬幾步并讓保護員收繩時留一些余量,接著嘗試墜落。
"When we fall we fall together, when we stand together . . . " she said. The audience burst into applause.
她說:“跌倒時我們一起跌倒,當我們一起站起來時……”與會者爆發(fā)出了熱烈的掌聲。
But it may have been a typical 'bear-market rally' doomed to fall flat on its face.
但它或許是次典型的“熊市反彈”,注定會完全失敗。
Is often lost, is learned to decadent, is no lack of fitness goals, warn you, don't fall, you have no right! ! ! ! !
是不是經(jīng)常迷茫,是不是學會了頹廢,是不是缺少目標無所適事,警告你,別墮落,你沒資格!
They say that the bigger you are, the harder you fall.
人們說,你爬得越高,摔得越重。
After the fall of Paris, when Hitler danced his jig of joy, he naturally dealt with very large propositions.
巴黎陷落以后,希特勒欣喜若狂,這時,他自然要應付極端重大的問題。
I know there is a sword above your head, and that it may fall at any moment.
我知道你頭上有一把劍,而且隨時都可能掉下來。
At the same point on the earth's surface all bodies fall freely with the same acceleration g.
在地球表面的同一位置上,任何物體都以同一速度g自由下落。
I do not want those stones to fall into the hands of my enemies.
我不希望這些珠寶落在我的敵人手里。
The house was so old that it was decaying and about to fall down.
那所房子太舊,已經(jīng)朽了,不久就要倒塌。
The fall in digestibility is quite rapid.
其消化率下降是很快的。
A fall in unemployment will help to restore consumer confidence.
失業(yè)人數(shù)的下降會有助于恢復消費者的信心。
It appears unlikely that interest rates will fall further.
看來利率不大會再降低。
Many investors were caught out by the fall in share prices.
許多投資者由于股價下跌而突然陷入困境。
It had been a leaden dawn, and the rain now steadily renewed its fall.
這是一個鉛灰色的黎明,現(xiàn)在雨又開始連綿不斷地下了起來。
If no wind is blowing, raindrops fall vertically and a man at rest with an umbrella directly over his head does not get wet.
如果不刮風,雨點是垂直下落的,一個靜止不動的人,頭上有一把雨傘,就不會淋濕。
And time seemed, nearly, to fall away from sullen, belligerent, battered faces, as though they were fleeing back to their first condition.
他們那郁郁不樂、爭斗、備受打擊的面孔幾乎完全超脫于時間之外,猶如在逃離現(xiàn)實,回到“人生之初”去。
It would be a fearful thing to fall into the hands of these hard, uncouth men without legal papers.
沒有合法的證件,萬一落入那些狼心狗肺的家伙手里,那將是件非??膳?/c>的事情。
It meant that the total responsibility had to fall on the United States and its President.
這也就意味著,全部責任不得不落在美國及其總統(tǒng)的肩上。
He let his head fall on his arm and abandoned himself to grief.
他一頭倒在自己的胳膊上,陷入悲痛之中。
We fenced off the pool in case the children should fall in.
我們把池塘用籬笆隔開,以免孩子們掉下去。
The economic character of the district may rise or fall as the result of certain types of invasion.
隨著某種類型的入侵現(xiàn)象,一個地區(qū)原有的經(jīng)濟特征可能隨之發(fā)展或衰退。
The bed being soft, it broke no bones, but as the weight was great, and made greater by the fall, it beat me down.
那墊子是軟的,當然沒有把我的骨頭折斷;但是那重量可也不輕,從上面扔下來又來勢很猛,因此把我打倒在地。
This accumulated on the tarsi, immobilizing a few larvae, and causing others to fall off the plants.
這些物質(zhì)積累在跗節(jié)上,將一些幼蟲粘住,并使另外一些幼蟲從植株上摔下來。
All at once I saw him stagger on his legs like a drunken man, and then fall like a block to the ground.
忽然間我看他象一個醉漢那樣地搖搖晃晃走著,不一會兒象塊大木頭似的咕咚一聲跌倒在地。
The enemy had to fall back on the second line of defence.
敵人不得不退到第二道防線。
The morning slowly wore away and the snow did not fall.
早晨的時間慢吞吞地挨過去,天并沒有下雪。
The rain began to fall so heavily that it roused him.
雨下大了,他才開始如夢初醒。
This means that the fall velocity of sand particles in such suspensions will be less than in clear water.
這意味著這種懸浮物中的沙粒的沉速將比其在清水中為小。
The price of houses is not likely to fall below the present level for some time to come.
房價一時不見得會跌到目前的價格以下。
Paul saw drops of sweat fall from his father's brow.
保羅看見父親額頭汗珠涔涔。
They had all turned aside, and gone out into the wilderness, to fall down before idols of gold and silver, and wood and stone.
他們一個個都偏離了正道,墜入了茫茫的迷途之中,拜倒在那些用金銀木石做成的偶像前。
Some secrets fall from his lips.
有些秘密從他嘴中流露出來。
Its fall did much to interrupt the trade with the East.
它的陷落大大妨礙了同東方的貿(mào)易。
The clattering roar of the train muffled the thud of her fall on to the ground more than a metre below. She was knocked senseless.
呼嘯而過的列車,把她甩到超過一米以下的地面,頓時失去了知覺。
The decline and fall of the American car industry is relatively easy to summarise, and the Hummer is its reductio.
美國汽車業(yè)的衰亡相對比較容易概括總結,悍馬正是美國汽車業(yè)的縮影。
If the sun did not give off heat the temperature of the earth would fall almost to absolute zero.
假如太陽不放射熱量,地球的溫度幾乎就會下降到絕對零度。
Today, however, I have come to realize that I did not merely fall into medicine -- I fell in love with the profession on my own accord.
然而今天,我逐漸意識到我不僅僅沉迷于醫(yī)學--我很情愿的愛上了這個行業(yè)。
is trying to talk her 10-year-old daughter, Maia Rosenfeld, into resuming her twice-a-week Mandarin classes at the Ellis School in the fall.
眼下,她正試圖勸說10歲的女兒瑪亞·羅斯菲爾德(MaiaRosenfeld)今年秋天繼續(xù)參加一周兩次的中文課程。
Although this was better than expected, the German bank recorded a sharp fall in revenue from investment banking, trading and securities.
雖然這比預期的要好,但德國銀行來自投資銀行、貿(mào)易和證券的收入大幅下降。
Further positive news came from the money markets as interbank lending rates continued to fall across the board.
更多正面消息來自貨幣市場,銀行間貸款利率繼續(xù)全面下降。
Such a fall would bring prices back in line with the long-term trend.
這種跌幅將會使價格回落到與長期趨勢相符。
Lots of hands shot up during the Q&A period. Susan said the plan is going to fall flat on its face but Bill dismissed the comment.
發(fā)問期間舉手的人很多。蘇珊說那個計劃將會一敗涂地,但比爾說那是無稽之談。
'Do you know something? I'm seriously beginning to be afraid I could fall in love with you. You'd better ask Prudence. '
我真怕我真的愛上您了,您知道嗎?還是問問布呂丹絲吧。
if i were a tear in your eyes , i would fall down on your lips, . . .
挺有詩意的如果我是你眼中的一滴眼淚,我要落在你的唇上,親吻你!但如果…
(fall in love with) If anyone falls in love with such a girl. he must be out of his mind.
如果有人愛上這樣的姑娘。那他一定是瘋了。
Last week, I wrote how I had once fractured my kneecap in a fall, trying to keep from spilling a few dollars' worth of dog food.
為了不讓幾美元的狗糧灑掉,我摔了一跤,并把膝蓋摔裂了。
These were the days of his wasted life; he saw a star fall from the sky and disappeared, and this was the symbol of himself.
這是他浪費生命的日子,他看到一個明星從天上掉下來的消失,這是他自己的象征。
The question is how much of the loan books turn sour as economies slow and currencies fall.
問題是,隨著各大經(jīng)濟體的經(jīng)濟增速放緩,再加上貨幣的貶值,在這些貸款賬目上的資金中,有多少將會成為壞賬。
How much further will prices fall across the country?
美國全國房價還會繼續(xù)下跌多少?
Her husband said, not kiss, carry out his wife for valentine, glue make fall ill, after coming home, still have divorced.
她的丈夫說,沒有吻,貫徹他的妻子為情人節(jié)、膠使生病了,回家后,仍有離婚了。
An easy trap to fall into is trying to impress clients with your promises instead of your work.
一個容易掉入的陷阱,是用你的承諾給客戶留下印象,而不是你的工作。
While down in Kentucky last fall, buying horses, Andrew got to know a blue grass belle.
去年秋天安德魯在肯塔基州買馬的時候,結識了當?shù)?/c>的一位美女。
Nonetheless, we still expect the lowering of food prices to be a slow process, as prices tend to be easy to rise but sticky to fall.
然而,我們仍預期食品價格的下降,將是一個緩慢的過程,因為價格往往上漲容易,而下調(diào)存在粘性。
The typewriter was rattling away so loudly that we could not fall asleep.
打字機嗒嗒地響個不停,吵得人不能入睡。
We spent a wonderful and creative fall in Sweden and Norway five years ago.
5年之前,我們一起在瑞典和挪威度過了一個美妙而富有創(chuàng)造性的秋天。
Most schools have a fall term and a spring term.
大部分學校有秋季和春季兩個學期。
a waterfall with a fall of 100 metres.
落差一百公尺的瀑布。
I must not let myself fall into slobhood, she thought.
我不能使自己落個丑陋的樣兒,她想。
When does the bill fall [become] due?
這票據(jù)什么時候到期?
He was waiting for the blow to fall.
他感到厄運遲早有一天會落在自己頭上。
He was stunned by the fall.
他摔得昏了過去。
The bushes will break his fall.
灌木叢會減弱他摔下來的勢頭。
I was disabled from walking by a fall.
我摔跤后連路也走不動了。