fall

[fɔ:l]

v.落下, 倒下, 来临
n.秋天, 落下, 瀑布

例句与用法:

Christmas Day falls on a Monday.

今年的圣诞节是星期一。

Many trees fell in the storm.

在那场暴风雨中有许多树都倒了。

Six tigers fell to his rifle.

他用步枪射倒了六只老虎。

A fall of rocks blocked the road.

掉落的岩石把路封住了。

He fell into the lake.

他掉进了湖里。

词形变化:

动词过去式: fell | 动词过去分词: fallen | 动词现在分词: falling | 动词第三人称单数: falls |

详细释义:

n.

1. 落下; 跌倒[C][(+from)]

The fall from his horse broke his arm.

他从马上跌落摔坏了胳膊。

2. 降落; 降落量[C]

During the afternoon, there was a sudden heavy fall of snow.

下午突然下起了大雪。

3. 下降; 减少[C][(+in)]

We are expecting a fall in stock prices.

我们预料股市价格将要下跌。

4. 落差[S][(+of)]

The fall of the river here is three feet.

这里河水落差为三英尺。

5. (政府)垮台; (城市、要塞)陷落[the S]

The people did not cease to resist even after the fall of the capital.

即使在首都失陷以后人民也没有停止抵抗。

6. 堕落[S]

The play was about the fall of an honest man.

这出戏是关于一个诚实的人堕落的故事。

7. 【美】秋天[the S]

I may be going back in the fall.

我可能在秋天回去。

8. 瀑布[P]

vi.

1. 落下; 降落

Leaves fall from the trees.

叶子从树上落下。

2. 跌落; 跌倒[(+over/down)]

She slipped and fell over.

他滑了一下跌倒了。

3. 下降; 减退; 减弱

Production costs fell by 30%.

生产成本下降了百分之三十。

4. 【书】战死, 阵亡[L]

Many men fell in battle.

许多人在战斗中阵亡。

5. 变成; 成为[L]

They first met at university and later fell in love.

他们在大学里初次相遇, 后来相爱。

After a while I fell asleep.

一会儿以后我睡着了。

6. (政府、政权等)垮台

The Government has fallen again.

政府又垮台了。

7. (城市、阵地等)陷落

The city fell to the enemy.

该城失陷了。

8. (脸色)变阴沉

His face suddenly fell.

他的脸色突然一沉。

9. (黑夜)降临; (目光、重音)落在

The accent falls on the first syllable.

重音落在第一个音节上。

Darkness was falling fast.

天很快黑了下来。

10. 下垂[Q][L]

Her hair falls to her shoulders.

她长发披肩。

11. (地面)倾斜; (河、水)流入[Q]

The land falls gently to the sea.

地面缓缓地向海边倾斜。

12. 被说出[(+from)][L]

Not a word fell from his lips.

他一声不吭。

13. 属(于)[(+into)]

They fall into different categories.

他们属于不同的类别。

14. 【旧】堕落


短语词组:

fall about

1. 笑得无法自制

We fell about when we heard his funny voice.

听到他那可笑的声音, 我们捧腹大笑, 无法自制。

fall away

1. 疏远

His supporters began to fall away from him.

他的支持者开始疏远他了。

2. 消失

Her smile fell away.

她的笑容消失了。

fall behind

1. 落在……后面

Don't fall behind with your rent.

不要拖欠房租。

fall down

1. 失败

The plan fell down.

这个计划失败了。

fall for

1. 迷恋

He really fell for the new girl in school.

他深深地被学校新来的女生吸引住了。

She fell for him at first sight.

她对他一见钟情。

2. 上……的当

Many people fell for his tricks.

许多人上了他的当。

fall in

1. 坍塌

The roof fell in.

屋顶坍塌了。

2. 排队

The captain ordered the men to fall in.

队长命令士兵们排队集合。

fall in with

1. 偶然遇到

We fell in with two or three actors there.

我们在那儿碰见了两三个演员。

2. 赞同

He fell in with my suggestion at once.

他当即同意了我的建议。

fall off

1. (数量)减少

Enrollment has fallen off this year.

今年入学人数减少了。

2. (势力、地位等)降低

3. 脱离

fall on/upon

1. 攻击

The hungry children fell on the food.

饿极了的孩子们扑向食物, 抢吃起来。

fall out

1. 发生

It fell out that we were in the town on that very day.

那天我们恰好在镇上。

2. 吵架

He has fallen out with Jack.

他跟杰克吵翻了。

fall over oneself

1. 煞费苦心; 不遗余力

They fell over themselves to make us feel comfortable.

他们尽量设法让我们感到舒适。

fall short

1. 不符合标准(或要求)

Your work falls short of my expectations.

你的工作没有达到我的期望。

fall through

1. 失败, 不能实现

The plan fell through.

该计划已经告吹。

fall to

1. 开始工作(或吃东西)

They fell to with a good appetite.

他们开始津津有味地大吃起来。

2. 开始

He fell to thinking.

他开始思考。

3. 是……的责任

It fell to me to thank the speaker.

向演讲者致谢的任务落在我身上。

the Fall (of Man)

1. 人类的堕落

The poem depicts the Fall of Man.

该诗描述的是人类的堕落。