Drop

(noun.) the act of dropping something; 'they expected the drop would be successful'.

(noun.) a central depository where things can be left or picked up.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; 'it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height'.

(noun.) a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property).

(noun.) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); 'he had a drop too much to drink'; 'a drop of each sample was analyzed'; 'there is not a drop of pity in that man'; 'years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet'--Kipling.

(noun.) a shape that is spherical and small; 'he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops'; 'beads of sweat on his forehead'.

(verb.) give birth; used for animals; 'The cow dropped her calf this morning'.

(verb.) fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; 'shop til you drop'.

(verb.) stop pursuing or acting; 'drop a lawsuit'; 'knock it off!'.

(verb.) go down in value; 'Stock prices dropped'.

(verb.) change from one level to another; 'She dropped into army jargon'.

(verb.) omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing; ' New Englanders drop their post-vocalic r's'.

(verb.) utter with seeming casualness; 'drop a hint'; drop names'.

(verb.) lose (a game); 'The Giants dropped 11 of their first 13'.

(verb.) take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth; 'She dropped acid when she was a teenager'.

(verb.) leave or unload; 'unload the cargo'; 'drop off the passengers at the hotel'.

(verb.) to fall vertically; 'the bombs are dropping on enemy targets'.

(verb.) let fall to the ground; 'Don't drop the dishes'.

(verb.) terminate an association with; 'drop him from the Republican ticket'.

校对:米利森特

• Having, then, taken my drop (bless you! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Let's drop the war. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• But I will drop it in that gorge like a broken bird cage. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The other party, and a surgeon, I suppose,' said Mr. Snodgrass; 'take a drop of brandy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• So, the Spider, doggedly watching Estella, outwatched many brighter insects, and would often uncoil himself and drop at the right nick of time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• She pursued her embroidery carefully and quickly, but her eyelash twinkled, and then it glittered, and then a drop fell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Some of the office employees would also drop in once in a while, and as everybody present was always welcome to partake of the midnight meal, we all enjoyed these gatherings. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I was attending a little patient in the college near, said he, and saw it dropped out of his chamber window, and so came to pick it up. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Her head dropped on the cushions; and she burst out crying. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Throw them down, he said, and she dropped them. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• In my haste I thrust the key into my pocket, and dropped my stick while I was chasing Teddy, who had run up the curtain. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He dropped the curtains over the broad window and regal moon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Ada only dropped her head and pressed me closer to her heart. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• With these words, the matron dropped into her chair, and, once more resting her elbow on the table, thought of her solitary fate. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• But, she had scarcely thought more of separating them into units, than of separating the sea itself into its component drops. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Mr. Bhaer saw the drops on her cheeks, though she turned her head away. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Lily took no sleeping-drops that night. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• A large curved retort was boiling furiously in the bluish flame of a Bunsen burner, and the distilled drops were condensing into a two-litre measure. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• When it arrives at the lower end, the material has been burned, and the clinker drops out into a receiving chamber below. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I shall close this book, and take my full dose--five hundred drops. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Here is a weekly allowance, with a certain weight of coals, drops from the clouds upon me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He made that brief reply warmly, dropping his hand on the table while he spoke, and turning towards us again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Well, then, he said, I yield; if not to your earnestness, to your perseverance: as stone is worn by continual dropping. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Talking of mysteries, by-the-bye, says Mr. Franklin, dropping his voice, I have another word to say to you before you go to the stables. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Suppose the thief had got away by dropping from one of the upper windows, how had he escaped the dogs? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She paused, and went on, dropping her glance from Lily's: He wouldn't stay with her ten minutes if he KNEW---- Knew----? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• It was spacious, and I dare say had once been handsome, but every discernible thing in it was covered with dust and mould, and dropping to pieces. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A task too strong for wizard spells This squire had brought about; 'T is easy dropping stones in wells, But who shall get them out? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

整理:华莱士