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单词 fall
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fallverb

uk/fɔːl/us/fɑːl/fell, fallen

fall verb (HAVE AN ACCIDENT)

A2 [ I ] to suddenly go down onto the ground or towards the ground without intending to or by accident:

The path's very steep, so be careful you don't fall.
He fell badly and broke his leg.
Athletes have to learn how to fall without hurting themselves.
The horse fell at the first fence.
I fell down the stairs and injured my back.
The object appeared to have fallen from a great height.
The water's deep here, so don't fall in!
She slipped and fell on the ice.
He fell into the river and had to be rescued.
I fell off my bike and scraped my knee.
He was leaning out of the window and almost fell out.
She fell under a bus and was killed instantly.
She fell five metres to the bottom of the ravine.
He fell to his death climbing the Matterhorn.
fall flat on your face informal

to fall and land with your face down:

Poor Kathy fell flat on her face in the mud.

More examples

  • Keep away from the edge of the cliff - you might fall.
  • Hold onto the rail so that you don't fall.
  • They were mocking him because he kept falling off his bike.
  • She knocked her head against the wall as she fell.
  • We heard a splash and then saw that Toni had fallen in the river.

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Falling and dropping

  • ass
  • ass over teakettle idiom
  • collapse
  • collapse/fall in a heap idiom
  • cropper
  • crumple
  • drop like flies idiom
  • drop sb/sth off
  • fly
  • hit the deck idiom
  • let go idiom
  • nosedive
  • overbalance
  • parachutist
  • plunge
  • pratfall
  • put sth/sb down
  • shower
  • stumble
  • wayside

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fall verb (BECOME LOWER)

B1 [ I ] to become lower in size, amount, or strength:

Demand for new cars has fallen due to the recession.
The standard of his work has fallen during the year.
Salaries in the public sector are expected to fall by 15 percent this year.
The temperature could fall below zero overnight.
Average temperatures fell by ten degrees.
The pound has fallen to its lowest-ever level against the dollar.
When the teacher walked in, the children's voices fell to a whisper (= they became very quiet).
Share prices fell sharply this week.

More examples

  • The temperature has fallen below zero recently.
  • Inflation has fallen below 2%, and that's official.
  • The flood waters fell, depositing mud over the whole area.
  • Many economists expect unemployment to fall over the next couple of months.
  • If your bank account balance falls below the minimum, you'll be nicked for a $5 service charge.

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Becoming and making smaller or less

  • a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
  • attenuate
  • axe
  • bite
  • bite into sth
  • dive
  • drain
  • let sth down
  • let up
  • lower
  • make a hole in sth idiom
  • miniaturization
  • minimize
  • nip
  • slash
  • step sth down
  • strip sth away
  • stripped down
  • subside
  • tail off

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fall verb (COME DOWN)

A2 [ I ] to come down onto the ground or from a high position to a lower position:

The snow had been falling steadily all day.
It was October and the leaves had started to fall.
She fell into bed, completely exhausted.
A bomb fell on the church and destroyed it.
A huge meteor fell to Earth in the middle of the desert.
He begged for mercy as the blows fell on him (= as he was being hit).
fall to your knees also fall down on your knees

to go down on your knees to show respect:

The people all fell to their knees and began to pray.

[ I ] When the curtain falls in the theatre, it comes down because the play or performance has ended:

The audience was still laughing as the curtain fell.

More examples

  • Although the curtain has now fallen on the Republican era, many of its values still remain.
  • The fact that aircraft don't fall out of the sky always seems to me to defy the law of gravity.
  • The satellite will fragment and burn up as it falls through the earth's atmosphere.
  • Her luxuriant hair fell around her shoulders.
  • Rain had been falling steadily all day and the ground had become a marsh.

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Showing respect and admiration

  • admiration
  • admire
  • admiring
  • awe
  • awestruck
  • glory
  • hero worship
  • honorific
  • honour
  • idolatry
  • idolize
  • impress
  • recognition
  • regard
  • respectful
  • reverential
  • salute
  • sb deserves a medal idiom
  • sit at the feet of sb idiom
  • stan

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fall verb (BELONG TO)

[ I usually + adv/prep ] to belong to a particular group, subject, or area:

The material falls into three categories.
Matters of discipline fall outside my area of responsibility.

More examples

  • They believe that all the outstanding issues should fall within the ambit of the talks.
  • What genre does the book fall into - comedy or tragedy?
  • This case falls outside the purview of this particular court.
  • The matter falls outside his area of jurisdiction.
  • This research paper falls outside my own area of expertise.

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Duty, obligation and responsibility

  • accountable
  • answer for sb/sth
  • answer for sth
  • answer to sb
  • answerable
  • commitment
  • fail
  • have sth on your hands idiom
  • I am not my brother's keeper idiom
  • in the hot seat idiom
  • incharge
  • it's your own lookout idiom
  • portfolio
  • responsibility
  • responsible
  • risk
  • saddle sb with sth
  • shoulder
  • social contract
  • stick

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fall verb (BECOME)

B1 [ I + adv/prep, L ] to change to a particular condition from a different one:

He always falls asleep after drinking red wine.
She suddenly fell ill.
The book fell open (= opened by chance) at a picture of Venice.
The president has fallen strangely silent on the issue of gun control.
UK Your rent falls due (= must be paid) on the first of the month.
Silence fell on the group of men (= they became silent) as they received the news.
She fell under the influence of (= began to be influenced by) an older student.

More examples

  • They let the palace fall into ruin.
  • The buildings had started to fall into decay.
  • He fell unconscious shortly after the accident.
  • Sophia fell ill while on holiday.
  • After we'd explained about the change of plan, the children fell strangely quiet for a minute or two.

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Changing

  • a new broom sweeps clean idiom
  • about-turn
  • alter
  • alternate
  • alternation
  • bastardize
  • convert
  • fluid
  • move on
  • move the goalposts idiom
  • move with the times idiom
  • new
  • new broom
  • onto
  • swing
  • transfigure
  • transform
  • transitional
  • transmogrify
  • transmute

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fall verb (BE DEFEATED)

C2 [ I ] to be beaten or defeated:

The president fell from power during the military coup.
UK The government finally fell after losing the support of the centre parties.

C2 [ I ] If a place falls in a war or an election, an enemy army or a different political party gets control of it:

Rome fell to the Vandals in AD 455.
UK The constituency fell to Labour at the last election, after ten years of Conservative rule.

[ I ] literary If soldiers fall while fighting, they are killed:

Many brave men fell in the fight to save the city.
During the war, he saw many of his comrades fall in battle.

[ I ] UK In cricket, when a wicket falls, the turn of the player who is hitting the ball ends:

Ten wickets fell in 22 overs.

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Losing and being defeated

  • admit
  • battering
  • capitulate
  • defeat
  • downfall
  • drubbing
  • fallen
  • give
  • give in
  • go
  • go down
  • knuckle under
  • leave, go off, etc. with your tail between your legs idiom
  • say
  • squeaker
  • tail
  • throw
  • throw in the towel idiom 1
  • tie
  • you win! idiom

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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Death and dying
Cricket

fall verb (HAPPEN)

C2 [ I ] to come at a particular time or happen in a particular place:

Easter falls late this year.
My birthday will fall on a Friday this year.
Night/Darkness had fallen by the time we got back to the camp.
In the word "table", the accent falls on the first syllable.
The Treasury has still not decided where the cuts will fall.

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Occurring and happening

  • afoot
  • assail
  • asynchronous
  • attendant
  • be at work idiom
  • become
  • come
  • come up
  • event
  • go ahead
  • go down
  • go hand in hand with sth idiom
  • go together
  • go with sth
  • hand
  • happen
  • intervene
  • materialize
  • turn up
  • underway

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fall verb (HANG DOWN)

C2 [ I usually + adv/prep ] to hang down loosely:

The boy's hair fell around his shoulders in golden curls.
The veil fell almost to her waist.

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Hanging and suspending

  • cascade
  • dangle
  • dangly
  • drape
  • droop
  • flow
  • hang
  • pendant
  • pendent
  • pendulous
  • sag
  • saggy
  • sling
  • slung
  • string
  • string sth up
  • suspend

fall verb (UNHAPPY)

your face/spirits fall

If your face falls, you suddenly look unhappy or disappointed, and if your spirits fall, you suddenly feel unhappy or disappointed:

His spirits fell when he saw the distance he still had to go.
As she read her exam results, her face fell.

Idiom(s)

fall between two stools
fall by the wayside
fall flat
fall foul of sth
fall foul of sb
fall in line
fall in love
fall into sb's arms
fall into place
fall into the wrong hands
fall into the/sb's trap
fall prey/victim to sth/sb
fall short
nearly/almost fall off your chair
fall on deaf ears
fall on hard times

Phrasal verb(s)

fall about
fall apart
fall away
fall back
fall back on sth
fall behind
fall down
fall down on sth
fall for sb
fall for sth
fall from sth
fall in
fall in with sb
fall in with sth
fall into sth
fall off
fall on/upon sb
fall on/upon sth
fall on sb
fall out
fall over
fall over sth/sb
fall through
fall to sb
fall to

fallnoun

uk/fɔːl/us/fɑːl/

fall noun (LOWER AMOUNT)

B1 [ C usually singular ] the fact of the size, amount, or strength of something getting lower:

a fall in the price of petrol/the unemployment rate
We could hear the rise and fall of voices in the other room.
There was a fall in support for the party at the last election.

More examples

  • The last ten years have seen a dramatic fall in the number of adoptions.
  • The City acted swiftly to the news of a fall in the value of sterling.
  • Yesterday the company announced its first ever fall in profits.
  • The fall in interest rates is excellent news for borrowers.
  • There was a larger-than-expected fall in unemployment last month.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Becoming and making smaller or less

  • a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
  • attenuate
  • axe
  • bite
  • bite into sth
  • dive
  • drain
  • let sth down
  • let up
  • lower
  • make a hole in sth idiom
  • miniaturization
  • minimize
  • nip
  • slash
  • step sth down
  • strip sth away
  • stripped down
  • subside
  • tail off

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fall noun (SEASON)

[ C or U ] US UK autumn the season after summer and before winter, when fruits and crops become ready to eat and the leaves fall off the trees:

I'm starting college in the fall.
Next fall we'll be back in New York.
a fall day/morning
fall colours/foliage

More examples

  • In the fall, everyone is out raking up the dead leaves.
  • The garden is a blaze of colour in the fall.
  • They plan to get married in the fall.
  • Check out our new catalog for all the latest fall and winter fashions.
  • We were planning a trip to Europe next fall.

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Names of months

  • autumn
  • autumnal
  • dead
  • depth
  • estival
  • in the dead of night/winter idiom
  • in the depth(s) of winter idiom
  • midsummer
  • monsoon
  • rain
  • season
  • seasonal
  • seasonality
  • seasonally
  • spring
  • spring fever
  • summertime
  • vernal
  • winter
  • wintertime

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fall noun (ACCIDENT)

B2 [ C usually singular ] the act of falling down to the ground, usually without intending to or by accident:

He had/took a nasty fall and hurt his back.
the fall of the Berlin Wall (= when the Berlin Wall was destroyed)

More examples

  • The soft grass cushioned his fall.
  • I was in no mood for heroics after my fall and skied very slowly down the mountainside.
  • The horse broke its front leg in the fall.
  • He spent the last ten years of his life in a wheelchair after a fall which left him paralysed from the waist down.
  • After her fall she complained that she couldn't bend her leg properly.

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Falling and dropping

  • ass
  • ass over teakettle idiom
  • collapse
  • collapse/fall in a heap idiom
  • cropper
  • crumple
  • drop like flies idiom
  • drop sb/sth off
  • fly
  • hit the deck idiom
  • let go idiom
  • nosedive
  • overbalance
  • parachutist
  • plunge
  • pratfall
  • put sth/sb down
  • shower
  • stumble
  • wayside

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fall noun (MOVEMENT DOWNWARDS)

[ C usually singular ] an amount of something that moves down onto the ground or from a higher position to a lower position:

a heavy fall of snow
See also
rainfall
falls [ plural ]

often used in place names to mean a very wide waterfall, often made of many separate waterfalls:

Niagara Falls

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Watercourses & waterfalls

  • arroyo
  • barrage
  • bayou
  • beck
  • brook
  • burn
  • cascade
  • downriver
  • Euphrates
  • ghat
  • gully
  • headwater
  • Mississippi
  • rapids
  • rivulet
  • sluice
  • spate
  • upriver
  • watercourse
  • watershed

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fall noun (DEFEAT)

C1 [ C usually singular ] the fact of being defeated or losing your power:

the fall of Rome
The army took control of the city after the president's fall from power.

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Losing and being defeated

  • admit
  • battering
  • capitulate
  • defeat
  • downfall
  • drubbing
  • fallen
  • give
  • give in
  • go
  • go down
  • knuckle under
  • leave, go off, etc. with your tail between your legs idiom
  • say
  • squeaker
  • tail
  • throw
  • throw in the towel idiom 1
  • tie
  • you win! idiom

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Idiom(s)

take a/the fall for sb
fall from grace

fallverb

us/fɔl/past tense fell /fel/, past participle fallen /ˈfɔ·lən/

fall verb (ACCIDENT)

[ I ] (of people and animals) to move unintentionally or unexpectedly onto or toward the ground from a higher place:

He fell and hurt his arm.
Don’t fall over, honey!
I fell down the stairs.
She fell off the top of the ladder.
Kathy tripped and fell (flat) on her face (= fell facing the ground).

fall verb (MOVE DOWN)

[ I ] to move down toward or drop to a lower position:

They expect three inches of snow to fall tonight.
Tears rolled down her cheeks and fell into her lap.
Plaster was falling off the walls.

fall verb (BECOME LESS)

[ I ] to become less or lower in size, amount, or strength:

Stock prices fell sharply in late March and early April.
Her blood sugar levels fell below normal.

fall verb (CHANGE STATE)

[ L ] used to show a change from one state to another:

He fell asleep reading the newspaper.

fall verb (BE DEFEATED)

[ I ] to be defeated or fail:

The city fell to the enemy.

[ I ] If soldiers fall, they die:

The statue honors soldiers who fell in battle.

fall verb (HAPPEN)

[ I ] to happen at a particular time:

My birthday falls on a Friday this year.
By the time we got home, night had fallen (= begun).

fall verb (BELONG TO)

[ I always + adv/prep ] to belong to a particular group, or to be part of a particular subject:

Archaeology falls under the general subject of natural history.

fall verb (HANG DOWN)

[ I always + adv/prep ] (of hair or cloth) to hang down loosely:

Her long, dark hair fell to her waist.

Idiom(s)

fall by the wayside
fall flat
fall into line (with someone/something)
fall into place
fall into the trap of doing something
fall into the wrong hands
fall short
fall victim to something

Phrasal verb(s)

fall apart
fall apart
fall back on something
fall behind (something)
fall for someone
fall for something
fall into something
fall off
fall out
fall out
fall through

fallnoun

us/fɔl/

fall noun (SEASON)

[ C/U ] also autumn the season of the year between summer and winter, lasting from September to December north of the equator and from March to June south of the equator, when fruits and crops finish growing and the leaves fall off the trees:

[ U ] Fall is my favorite time of year.
[ U ] She wants to take a vacation before fall classes start.

fall noun (ACCIDENT)

[ C usually sing ] the act of moving onto or toward the ground or to a lower position, often unintentionally or accidentally:

She injured herself in a fall.

fall noun (DEFEAT)

[ C usually sing ] a defeat or loss of power:

the fall of the Roman Empire

fall noun (DROP)

[ C usually sing ] to become lower in size, amount, or strength:

a fall in temperature
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