fall off

短语
大学

从...跌下, 下降, 减少, 衰退, 离开

词形变化

fall offs 复数 fallen off falling off falls off 三单 falls off fell off falling off 现在分词 fell off 过去式 fallen off 过去式 fallen off 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of falloff.

v.
  1. 1.

    To become detached or to drop from.

    不及物 及物

    A button fell off my coat.

  2. 2.

    To diminish in size, value, etc. To get worse (in quality).

    不及物

    Business always falls off in the winter.

    MC ___'s new album is wack - he's fallen off big-time.

  3. 3.

    To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.

    航海 交通

    1854, Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Lawrence v. Minturn, Opinion of the Court She would not mind her helm, but would fall off; she would settle down aft and take in water over her stern, and plunged heavily forward.

  4. 4.

    To fall into sin; stray.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

slack slump drop-off falling-off

上位词 3

deterioration worsening declension
动词

同义词 3

sink slump fall away

上位词 7

drop disappear vanish detach go away come away come off

近义相关 3

drop sink drop down

词源

From fall + off; and also dissimilated from Middle English offallen (“to destroy, defeat, ruin, fail”), from Old English offeallan (“to fall upon, destroy”).

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