单词 | drop away |
释义 | drop away (once / 8008 pages) v WORD FAMILY drop away: dropped away, dropping away, drops away USAGE EXAMPLESAs you stand before them trying to orient yourself, you can feel the ground dropping away beneath your feet. New York Times(Nov 24, 2016) When he did, some of his surface smugness dropped away, and Mariam caught a glint of humility as yet uncorrupted. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) Then the lights change and swathes of plastic sheeting drop away, and there she is in black wings and that terrific jumpsuit, reciting Milton. New York Times(Sep 23, 2016) v get worse Syn|Hypo|Hyper drop off, fall away, slip backslide, lapse drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards decline, worsen grow worse |
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