| 单词 | drop off |
| 释义 | drop off 1. drop [sense 9]verb If you drop someone or something somewhere, you take them somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle. He dropped me outside the hotel. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Many children had been dropped at the stadium by their parents. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Tim had dropped the letter in earlier. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: set down, leave, deposit, unload 2. phrasal verb B2 If you drop off to sleep, you go to sleep. [informal] I must have dropped off to sleep. [V P + to sleep] Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for drop If the level of something drops off, it becomes less. Sales to the British forces are expected to drop off. [VERB PARTICLE] The daily toll of casualties has dropped off sharply. [VERB PARTICLE] Collocations: drop-off point They would be able to get in and out without anyone noticing, with three exits and a drop-off point. The Sun Paratroopers are already able to use specially designed parachutes to glide for several miles from their drop-off point. Times, Sunday Times The driver circles outside and then, when the person arriving calls them, they go to the drop-off point and the passenger hops in. Times, Sunday Times We were clearly compromised, so we hauled him and his kit back on board and headed for the secondary drop-off point, flying at low level. Times, Sunday Times Rather than key in a place, the app-based transport service requests the friend's location and, once accepted, sets them as the drop-off point. The Sun |
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