| 单词 | fall |
| 释义 | fall (once / 12 pages) 1vn 2n 3vn 4v Looking at the multitude of meanings for the word fall, one thing comes clear: the word is most often associated with a drop or descent of some kind, whether that be a physical fall from a high place or a metaphorical fall from power or grace. In the 16th Century, autumn was known as "the fall of the leaf," which later became just fall, but the actual word is much older than that, traceable to the Old English feallan. Many meanings, including a fall in temperature, to fall in love or to fall asleep, all stem from the Middle Ages. If you're the "fall guy," you're going to get blamed, or "take the fall." If you fall in love and then fall out of favor with your beloved, your next action might fall under the category of "gift giving" or just "kissing up." WORD FAMILYfall: fallen, faller, falling, falls, fell+/faller: fallers/fell: felled, feller, felling, fells/feller: fellers USAGE EXAMPLES“Because the sign is 45 feet high, it’s extremely easy to slip and fall,” he said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) “I didn’t play much in the fall, and I wasn’t ready when I did, and it kind of showed,” Walker said. Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) One of the highlights of the holiday season for me was attending the “It’s a Wonderful Life” Festival in Seneca Falls, New York. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v descend in free fall under the influence of gravity The branch fell from the tree The unfortunate hiker fell into a crevasse Syn|Hyper come down, precipitate fall from clouds go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way The barometer is falling The curtain fell on the diva Her hand went up and then fell again Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper come down, descend, go down arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise move upward ascend, go uptravel up, "We ascended the mountain" prolapse slip or fall out of place, as of body parts abseil, rappel, rope downlower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside dismount, get down, get off, light, unhorsealight from (a horse) avalanche, roll downgather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow dive, plunge, plunkdrop steeply go down, go under, setdisappear beyond the horizon correct, decline, slumpgo down in value precipitatefall vertically, sharply, or headlong sink, subsidedescend into or as if into some soft substance or place crashfall or come down violently flopfall suddenly and abruptly topple, tumblefall down, as if collapsing dropto fall vertically plopdrop with the sound of something falling into water pitchfall or plunge forward alight, climb downcome down go down, go under, settle, sinkgo under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" pounce, swoopmove down on as if in an attack dripfall in drops cascade, cascade downrush down in big quantities, like a cascade power-divemake a power dive nosediveplunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft ducksubmerge or plunge suddenly crash-divedescend steeply and rapidly chute, jump, parachutejump from an airplane and descend with a parachute keel overturn over and fall dump, plungefall abruptly plummet, plumpdrop sharply flump, flump downfall heavily settle, subsidesink down or precipitate foundersink below the surface submerge, submersesink below the surface; go under or as if under water declinego down stoopdescend swiftly, as if on prey go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 3v lose an upright position suddenly The vase fell over and the water spilled onto the table Her hair fell across her forehead Syn|Hyper fall down change posture undergo a change in bodily posture 4v fall from clouds rain, snow and sleet were falling Syn|Hypo come down, precipitate rain, rain down precipitate as rain spatcome down like raindrops snowfall as snow hailprecipitate as small ice particles sleetprecipitate as a mixture of rain and snow drizzle, mizzlerain lightly shower, shower downrain abundantly patter, pitter-patter, spatter, spit, sprinklerain gently pelt, pour, rain buckets, rain cats and dogs, streamrain heavily 5v slope downward The hills around here fall towards the ocean Hyper incline, pitch, slope be at an angle 6v drop oneself to a lower or less erect position She fell back in her chair He fell to his knees Syn|Hyper fall down lose an upright position suddenly change posture undergo a change in bodily posture 7v fall or flow in a certain way Syn flow, hang 8v decrease in size, extent, or range The cabin pressure fell dramatically her weight fell to under a hundred pounds his voice fell to a whisper Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper decrease, diminish, lessen increase become bigger or greater in amount break diminish or discontinue abruptly shrink, shriveldecrease in size, range, or extent taperdiminish gradually drop offfall or diminish fly, vanish, vaporizedecrease rapidly and disappear breakfall sharply ease off, ease up, flag, slacken offbecome less intense weakenbecome weaker boil down, concentrate, decoct, reducebe cooked until very little liquid is left contract, shrinkbecome smaller or draw together shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, witherwither, as with a loss of moisture abate, die away, let up, slack, slack offbecome less in amount or intensity deflatebecome deflated or flaccid, as by losing air dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle downbecome smaller or lose substance remitdiminish or abate de-escalatediminish in size, scope, or intensity depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervaluelose in value shortenbecome short or shorter thin outbecome sparser decline, go down, wanegrow smaller wanedecrease in phase wanebecome smaller decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow uplose velocity; move more slowly decrescendogrow quieter atrophyundergo atrophy attenuatebecome weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude disappear, evaporate, meltbecome less intense and fade away gradually die downbecome progressively weaker collapselose significance, effectiveness, or value fade, meltbecome less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly lessen, subsidewear off or die down blastshrivel or wither or mature imperfectly die back, die downsuffer from a disease that kills shoots dry up, mummifydry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture blur, dim, slurbecome vague or indistinct languish, pine away, wastelose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief dullmake less lively or vigorous palllose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) loose, loosen, relaxbecome loose or looser or less tight slackenbecome looser or slack dipgo down momentarily wear onpass slowly (of time) dropgo down in value slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow upbecome slow or slower slow, slow down, slow upcause to proceed more slowly delay, detain, hold upcause to be slowed down or delayed wiltlose strength flexcontract change magnitude change in size or magnitude 9v pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind fall into a trap She fell ill They fell out of favor fall asleep fall prey to an imposter fall into a strange way of thinking she fell to pieces after she lost her work Syn|Hypo|Hyper drop away, drop off, fall away, slip get worse break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split upbecome separated into pieces or fragments crumble, fall apartbreak or fall apart into fragments drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recederetreat dawdle, fall back, fall behind, laghang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. fall flat, fall through, flop, founderfail utterly; collapse fall forbe deceived, duped, or entrapped by drop fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death fall in lovebegin to experience feelings of love towards change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 10v come under, be classified or included fall into a category Syn|Hyper come be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 11v suffer defeat, failure, or ruin We must stand or fall fall by the wayside Hyper fail, go wrong, miscarry be unsuccessful 12v die, as in battle or in a hunt Many soldiers fell at Verdun Several deer have fallen to the same gun The shooting victim fell dead Hyper buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life 13v be captured The cities fell to the enemy Hyper yield cease opposition; stop fighting 14v lose office or power The government fell overnight The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen Hyper leave office, quit, resign, step down give up or retire from a position 15v move in a specified direction The line of men fall forward Hyper go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 16v touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly Light fell on her face Syn|Hyper shine, strike come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place come to pass 17v occur at a specified time or place Christmas falls on a Monday this year The accent falls on the first syllable Hyper come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place come to pass 18v be due payments fall on the 1st of the month Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 19v to be given by assignment or distribution The most difficult task fell on the youngest member of the team The onus fell on us The pressure to succeed fell on the youngest student Syn light fall to somebody by assignment or lot 20v fall to somebody by assignment or lot The task fell to me It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims Syn|Hyper light accrue come into the possession of devolve, pass, return be inherited by 21v be inherited by The estate fell to my sister Syn|Hypo|Hyper devolve, pass, return accrue come into the possession of light fall to somebody by assignment or lot change hands, change owners be transferred to another owner 22v to be given by right or inheritance The estate fell to the oldest daughter 23v come into the possession of Syn|Hyper accrue devolve, pass, return be inherited by lightfall to somebody by assignment or lot change hands, change owners be transferred to another owner 24v assume a disappointed or sad expression Her face fell when she heard that she would be laid off his crest fell Hyper change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 25v be cast down his eyes fell Hyper change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 26v go as if by falling Grief fell from our hearts Syn|Hyper descend, settle come as if by falling disappear, go away, vanish get lost, as without warning or explanation 27v come as if by falling Night fell Silence fell Syn|Hyper descend, settle come come to pass; arrive, as in due course 28v come out; issue silly phrases fell from her mouth Hyper come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth, issue come out of 29v begin vigorously The prisoners fell to work right away Hyper begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out take the first step or steps in carrying out an action 30n a movement downward the rise and fall of the tides Ant|Hyper ascension, ascent, rise, rising a movement upward change of location, travel a movement through space that changes the location of something 31n a downward slope or bend Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade an upward slope or grade (as in a road) downhill the downward slope of a hill steepa steep place (as on a hill) incline, side, slope an elevated geological formation 32n a sudden drop from an upright position Syn|Hypo|Hyper spill, tumble pratfall a fall onto your buttocks wipeouta spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard) slip, trip an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall 33n a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity Syn|Hypo|Hyper drop free fall the ideal falling motion of something subject only to a gravitational field plungea steep and rapid fall precipitationthe act of casting down or falling headlong from a height gravitation movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction descenta movement downward 34n a sudden decline in strength or number or importance the fall of the House of Hapsburg Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper downfall rise a growth in strength or number or importance anticlimax a disappointing decline after a previous rise weakening becoming weaker 35n a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall Syn|Hypo|Hyper dip, drop, free fall correction a drop in stock market activity or stock prices following a period of increases voltage dropa decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing decrease, decrement the amount by which something decreases 36n the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) Syn|Hyper capitulation, surrender loss the act of losing someone or something 37n the time of day immediately following sunset they finished before the fall of night Syn|Hypo|Hyper crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall, twilight night a shortening of nightfall hour, time of day clock time 38n when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper pin takedown (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position triumph, victory a successful ending of a struggle or contest n the season when the leaves fall from the trees 3in the fall of 1973 Syn|Hyper autumn season, time of year one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions 1v yield to temptation or sin Adam and Eve fell Hyper sin, transgress, trespass commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law 2v lose one's chastity a fallen woman 3n a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity 4a fall from virtue Hyper sin, sinning an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will v be born, used chiefly of lambs The lambs fell in the afternoon Hyper be born come into existence through birth Fall (once / 1281 pages) n WORD FAMILY Fall USAGE EXAMPLES“The Leaves Fall,” a forthcoming solo album, reveals another side of Mr. Carter, as a singer-songwriter enamored of chiming British psych-folk. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Fall River State Park: The gathering place will be the trailhead for the Ancient Trees Trail at 2 p.m. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) But Jesus, the final series of The Fall was awful. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) n the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve women have been blamed ever since the Fall Exp event something that happens at a given place and time |
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