dropping 音標拼音: [dr'ɑpɪŋ]
n . 點滴,滴下,落下
點滴,滴下,落下
dropping adj 1 :
coming down freely under the influence of gravity ; "
the eerie whistle of dropping bombs "; "
falling rain " [
synonym :
{
dropping }, {
falling }]
Drop \
Drop \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Dropped }
or {
Dropt };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Dropping }.] [
OE .
droppen ,
AS .
dropan ,
v .
i .
See {
Drop },
n .]
1 .
To pour or let fall in drops ;
to pour in small globules ;
to distill . "
The trees drop balsam ." --
Creech .
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The recording angel ,
as he wrote it down ,
dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever .
--
Sterne .
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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 .
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3 .
To let go ;
to dismiss ;
to set aside ;
to have done with ;
to discontinue ;
to forsake ;
to give up ;
to omit .
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They suddenly drop '
t the pursuit . --
S .
Sharp .
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That astonishing ease with which fine ladies drop you and pick you up again . --
Thackeray .
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The connection had been dropped many years . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Dropping the too rough H in Hell and Heaven .
--
Tennyson .
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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 .
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5 .
To lower ,
as a curtain ,
or the muzzle of a gun ,
etc .
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6 .
To send ,
as a letter ;
as ,
please drop me a line ,
a letter ,
word .
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7 .
To give birth to ;
as ,
to drop a lamb .
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8 .
To cover with drops ;
to variegate ;
to bedrop .
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Show to the sun their waved coats dropped with gold .
--
Milton .
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{
To drop a vessel } (
Naut .),
to leave it astern in a race or a chase ;
to outsail it .
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Dropping \
Drop "
ping \,
n .
1 .
The action of causing to drop or of letting drop ;
falling .
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2 .
pl .
That which falls in drops ;
the excrement or dung of animals ; --
often used in the plural .
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{
Dropping bottle },
an instrument used to supply small quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel .
{
Dropping fire },
a continued irregular discharge of firearms .
{
Dropping tube },
a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops .
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