falls
美 [fɔl]
英 [fɔːl] 
- v.下降;跌倒;落下;跌落
- n.落下;跌落;下落;掉落
- adj.〈美〉秋天的;秋天成熟的;(衣服等)秋天用的
- 网络瀑布;坠落;摔倒
词形变化
过去式:fell 过去分词:fallen 第三人称单数:falls 现在分词:falling 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
落下drop down
1. | [i] 落下;下落;掉落;跌落to drop down from a higher level to a lower level |
| September had come and the leaves were starting to fall. 已到九月了,树叶开始凋落。 |
| They were injured by falling rocks. 他们被落石砸伤了。 |
| Several of the books had fallen onto the floor. 这些书有几本掉到了地上。 |
| One of the kids fell into the river. 小孩中有一个掉进了河里。 |
| The handle had fallen off the drawer. 抽屉的拉手掉了。 |
| He fell 20 metres onto the rocks below. 他掉到下面 20 米处的岩石上。 |
| The rain was falling steadily. 雨不停地下着。 |
倒下stop standing
2. | [i] 突然倒下;跌倒;倒塌to suddenly stop standing |
| She slipped on the ice and fell. 她在冰上滑了一跤。 |
| I fell over and cut my knee. 我摔倒了,划破了膝盖。 |
| The house looked as if it was about to fall down. 房子看起来好像就要倒塌似的。 |
毛发;材料of hair/material
3. | [i] + adv./prep. 下垂;低垂to hang down |
| Her hair fell over her shoulders in a mass of curls. 她的鬈发披肩。 |
向下倾斜slope downwards
4. | [i] ~ (away/off) 向下倾斜to slope downwards |
| The land falls away sharply towards the river. 地势向河边陡然倾斜。 |
减少decrease
5. | [i] (数量)减少,下降;(强度)减小to decrease in amount, number or strength |
| Their profits have fallen by 30 per cent. 他们的利润减少了 30%。 |
| Prices continued to fall on the stock market today. 今天股票市场价格继续下跌。 |
| The temperature fell sharply in the night. 夜间温度陡降。 |
| falling birth rates 下降的出生率 |
| Her voice fell to a whisper. 她的声音变小,成了耳语。 |
| Share prices fell 30p. 股价下跌了 30 便士。 |
被打败be defeated
6. | [i] 被打败;沦陷;失守to be defeated or captured |
| The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards. 政变虽然流产,但是不久以后政府便垮台了。 |
| Troy finally fell to the Greeks. 特洛伊城最终被希腊人攻陷。 |
阵亡die in battle
7. | [i] 阵亡;被击毙to die in battle; to be shot |
| a memorial to those who fell in the two world wars 两次世界大战阵亡将士纪念碑 |
变成become
8. | [i] 进入(某状态);开始变成(某事物)to pass into a particular state; to begin to be sth |
| He had fallen asleep on the sofa. 他在沙发上睡着了。 |
| The book fell open at a page of illustrations. 书翻开在有插图的那一页。 |
| The room had fallen silent. 整个房间都变得静悄悄的。 |
| She fell ill soon after and did not recover. 不久后她就病倒了,而且未能痊愈。 |
| I had fallen into conversation with a man on the train. 在火车上我和一个男人攀谈起来。 |
| The house had fallen into disrepair. 这栋房子已年久失修。 |
| She knew she must not fall prey to his charm. 她清楚自己绝不可以被他迷住。 |
发生happen/occur
9. | [i] 突然来到;突然出现to come quickly and suddenly |
| A sudden silence fell. 突然一片鸦雀无声。 |
| Darkness falls quickly in the tropics. 在热带地区夜幕降临迅速。 |
| An expectant hush fell on the guests. 客人们即时安静了下来,期待着将要发生的事。 |
10. | [i] + adv./prep. 发生to happen or take place |
| My birthday falls on a Monday this year. 今年我的生日适逢星期一。 |
11. | [i] + adv./prep. (向某方向)移动;落(在某位置上)to move in a particular direction or come in a particular position |
| My eye fell on(= I suddenly saw) a curious object. 我突然见到了一样奇怪的东西。 |
| Which syllable does the stress fall on? 重音在哪个音节? |
| A shadow fell across her face. 一片阴影掠过她的脸庞。 |
属于群体belong to group
12. | [i] + adv./prep. 属于(某类、群体、责任范围)to belong to a particular class, group or area of responsibility |
| Out of over 400 staff there are just 7 that fall into this category. 400 多个职员中只有 7 人属于这一类。 |
| This case falls outside my jurisdiction. 这个案件不属于我的管辖范围。 |
| This falls under the heading of scientific research. 这一项属于科研类目。 |
落下act of falling
1. | [c] 落下;下落;跌落;掉落an act of falling |
| I had a bad fall and broke my arm. 我重重地跌了一跤,摔断了手臂。 |
| She was killed in a fall from a horse. 她从马背上掉下来摔死了。 |
雪;岩石of snow/rocks
2. | [c] ~ (of sth) (雪、岩石等的)降落an amount of snow, rocks, etc. that falls or has fallen |
下落;发生way sth falls/happens
3. | [sing] ~ of sth 下落;发生the way in which sth falls or happens |
| the fall of the dice 骰子的掷出 |
| the dark fall of her hair(= the way her hair hangs down) 她那垂泻的黑发 |
水of water
4. | [pl] 瀑布a large amount of water falling down from a height |
| The falls upstream are full of salmon. 上游瀑布一带盛产鲑鱼。 |
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减少decrease
5. | [c] (大小)减小;(数量)减少;(比率、水平)降低a decrease in size, number, rate or level |
| a steep fall in profits 利润的骤降 |
| a big fall in unemployment 失业人数的大大减少 |
失败defeat
6. | [sing] ~ (of sth) (政权的)垮台;(经济的)崩溃;(城市、国家的)沦陷,灭亡a loss of political, economic, etc. power or success; the loss or defeat of a city, country, etc. in war |
| the fall of the Roman Empire 罗马帝国的灭亡 |
| the rise and fall of British industry 英国工业的兴衰 |
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丧失尊敬loss of respect
7. | [sing] (威信的)骤降a situation in which a person, an organization, etc. loses the respect of other people because they have done sth wrong |
| the TV preacher's spectacular fall from grace 电视布道者威信的遽降 |
《圣经》in Bible
8. | [sing] 人类堕落(指亚当和夏娃违背上帝意旨而被迫离开伊甸园)the occasion when Adam and Eve did not obey God and had to leave the Garden of Eden |
习惯用语
break sbs fall
缓和某人的跌势;防止某人跌得很重to stop sb from falling onto sth hard
| Luckily, a bush broke his fall. 幸亏有灌木接着,他摔得不重。 |
take the fall (for sb/sth)
替…承担责任;成为…的替罪羊to accept responsibility or punishment for sth that you did not do, or did not do alone
| He took the fall for his boss and resigned. 他成了老板的替罪羊,辞职了。 |
英汉解释
v. | 1. 落下;散落,(毛发等)脱落;降落;(水银柱等)下降;(物价)下落,跌落;(帘,幕等)放下,垂下;(眼睛,脸色)下沉;(河流)流下,灌注,(地面等)倾斜 6. (精神等)衰退;(洪水等)减退,(风力)减弱;(潮水)退落 9. (事故)发生;(时候)到来,正当,适逢;轮(到) 15. 忽然...起来,...出来,...下来 (to) |
n. | 1. 落下,坠落;(温度等的)下落,降落;(物价的)跌落;落差;降雨(量),降雪(量);(河水)流入,流下,倾泻;瀑布 2. 跌倒,摔倒;陷落;塌倒;瓦解,崩殒;灭亡,战死 8. 下垂物;向下飘荡的服装,领子的翻下部分,(女帽上的)罩纱,(外衣的)宽下摆,大裤脚;(钢琴的)盖子 13. 【机】(滑车上的)拉绳,起重机绳;【航】(放救生艇的)吊绳,辘绳 |
adj. | 1. 〈美〉秋天的,秋季的,秋天播种的;秋天成熟的;(衣服等)秋天用的 |
英英解释
例句
The first intimations have prompted a correction but the past few days' falls could come to look like the beginning of a trend.
他们的第一波暗示已经引发了一轮回调。不过,过去几天的下跌最终可能看上去只是一轮跌势的开始。
When the night curtain falls, the ice lanterns gently glow, with a spectrum of gorgeous colors glistening against the dark sky.
夜幕降临之时,冰灯开始绚烂夺目,华彩照亮了夜空。
I usually judge falls by the time it takes from the start of it to the moment you stop moving.
我经常把跳台以从开始的那刻到停止运动的那秒的总时长来计。
Even if the size of the IPO surpasses that of ICBC, it still falls short of the bank's goal to raise as much as $30 billion.
即使农行IPO规模超过工商银行,仍没有达到该行筹集至多300亿美元的目标。
its easy to understand why the water on the right falls down.
要理解右边的水会下落很容易。
Love has it all gently falls to the lonely melting heart, and giving it a fresh new start.
爱拥有一切轻轻地落在孤独的心融化,并赋予它新的新的开端。
Most of India's crucial rain is brought by the summer monsoon, which falls, with luck, in just a few weeks between June and September.
基本上印度最主要的降雨都是由夏季季风带来的。即使在好的年节,这些雨水也只集中在六月和九月之间的一小段时间里。
Then, what the hey, his wife comes in and talks him into giving up the oil spill's secret vulnerability before he falls to his death.
这时,嘿,神了,他的妻子进来了,劝他在摔死之前把漏油不为人知的弱点说出来。
Chief Justice John Roberts said the law "falls well within the confines of the authority Congress chose to leave to the states" .
终审法院首席法官约翰罗伯茨说,法律“在国会的权力范围内选择离开到美国”。
They found that, on average, people wake up in a good mood, which falls away over the course of the day.
他们发现,通常情况下,人们起床时都有好心情,但随着一天的行进,好心情逐渐殆尽。
The family, as it considerably falls under modern conditions, has estimation in which it was held by an earlier generation.
在现代条件下,家庭的地位已经一落千丈,而不象在早些世代那样受尊重了。
So the question of what ID is held by the subject of one's fancy has to be asked before one falls in love with her or him.
因此持有什么身份是一个人在爱上另一个人之前的一个必定要问的问题。
"I had been a Niagara Falls of new ideas. But I became an eyedropper. "
“我曾有过如尼亚加拉瀑布流水一样多的新点子。但是现在我成了一个滴管了。”
At first glance, it seems like the sort of story that falls in with the rest of the modern genre.
初看来,这部书似乎与当代流派的其他作品类似。
When you look at a book, it sends some of the light which falls on it to your eyes, and you see the book.
当你看一本书,它反射的一些光落在你的眼睛,你能看见书。
However, without a vertical drop of any significant drama, Inga Falls may not count as a waterfall under other classifications.
然而,它却没有一处有值得注意的巨大垂直落差,若根据其他分类方法,因加瀑布还可能算不上是一条瀑布。
Do not know when, a drop of water falls into the back of the hand.
不知道何时,一滴水落到了手背上。
Aunt Dotty, Penelope, and Anastasia run up to see what's going on, and Aunt Dotty falls into a similar state.
阿姨多蒂,佩内洛普,阿纳斯塔西娅,跑上楼去看是怎么事,阿姨多蒂也落进了类似的状态。
The size of the loss would depend on how much the price falls, something difficult to know ahead of time.
亏损程度将取决于价格的跌幅。不过,在这之前是非常难预测的。
This is Mimi from one of our studies -- in her 90s, had to move out of her home because her family was worried about falls.
这是咪咪-我们研究对象之一-她90岁的时候,离开了家因为她的家人担心她会摔倒。
The family, as it considerably falls under modern conditions, has estimation in which it was held by an earlier generation.
在现代条件下,家庭的地位已经一落千丈,而不象在早些世代那样受尊重了。
In his striving for wealth, power, or sexual satisfaction, he reverts to his true animal nature, and the facade of civilization falls away.
在为财富、权力和性的满足奋斗时,人恢复了他真正的动物本性,文明的外观烟消云散。
After this hustle, coming home and telling my governess the story, she falls a laughing at me.
这场纷乱过去了,我回到家把这段故事告诉我的保姆,她向我大笑。
It falls to me to thank our chairman for his speech.
由我负责感谢我们的主席给我们作了这次报告。
If the answer to your difficulty falls within my experience, I'll give you all the help I can.
如果你的困难是我的经验所能解决的,我会鼎力相助的。
The Saturn family of launch vehicles falls into three types or groups.
“土星族”发射飞行器可以分成为三类或三组。
The subject falls under three heads.
这问题分在三个项目下。
Night falls. ; Darkness falls.
夜色降临。
The text falls into three paragraphs.
这篇课文共分3段。
This matter falls outside my field of interest.
这个问题不在我感兴趣的范围之内。
A man falls overboard!
有人落水啦!
The novel falls into six parts.
小说分为六部分。
Light from the source falls on a diffuser D, Figure 6. 8.
光线自光源发出后投射到一个漫射器D上,如图6.8所示。
It falls to our lot to do this.
该我们来做这件事了。
On the far right, a woman screams as she falls through the floor of a burning building.
在最右端,一位妇女从一栋着火的大楼掉下,惊声尖叫。
This week's falls in equities and commodities have stopped just as they threatened to turn into a significant tumble.
本周股市与大宗商品市场的下挫在即将转化为一场暴跌之前停住了脚步。
In the corner stands the coal box, just as I left it. The fire is out. A silence so intense that it sounds like Niagara Falls in my ears.
装煤的箱子像我离开时一样仍摆在角落里,炉火熄了,这极度的寂静倒叫我觉得像是听到了尼亚加拉大瀑布的水声似的。
He said he did not see the recent falls as the start of a "major correction" .
他表示,他并不认为近期的下跌是“大幅回调”的开始。
A woman three months pregnant falls into a deep coma. Six months later, she awakes and asks the nearest doctor about the fate of her baby.
一位怀孕三个月的妇女陷入深度昏迷,六个月后她醒来,问她身旁的医生她孩子的情况。
Nor were all of the falls in consciousness and vibration that created an intertwining of two creations a part of the original blueprint.
同样,一切意识与振动的降低所导致的两个创造物的互相缠绕,也不是原始蓝图的一部分。
As a so- called " wasting asset " , it has tax advantages , and there is always the consolation of drinking the asset if the price falls .
作为一种所谓的“消耗性资产”,它拥有税收优势,而且,如果价格下跌,总可以喝掉这种资产作为慰藉。
An old lute player falls ill in the wilds, and is saved by a fisher boy who accommodates him in his thatch cottage.
老琴师在归途中病倒在荒山野渡旁,渔家少年将老人安顿在自己的茅舍歇息。
It falls short of his earlier ambitions, to be sure, and will not be easy to make work.
这和他之前的雄心壮志有点不符,不可否认的是,要做到这一点不容易。
At the birch wood she sat down to her spinning, singing all the while, for with a song on the lips work falls from the hands more easily.
她在白桦林里坐下来纺纱唱歌,因为嘴里唱着歌,手里的活变得轻松多了。
"It's like a conveyor belt - a young one comes in and an old one falls off the end, " he said.
“这就像传送带,一个年轻人进来,老家伙滚蛋。”他说。
The stewardess hears it, and runs up the aisle to tell him the intercom is still on. She trips and falls in her haste.
女乘务员听到这个,急忙穿过走廊去告诉他内部通信系统仍然开着,但是她走得太急,摔倒在地。
If you do a play or a film, at least you know whether your character lives or dies, or who he falls in love with. But with Downton.
如果你演一部戏剧或者电影,至少你会知道你的角色是生还是死,或者他是爱上了谁。但《唐顿庄园》不是这样……
Love falls in love with love, comes like an echo sounding back, searches its mirrored shadow within a look.
爱与爱彼此相恋,犹如回声在激荡,寻找镜中的影像,在短暂的一瞥中。
Now, let me stress that I am not trying to argue that price falls are a good thing; a severe deflationary spiral is clearly dangerous.
在此,我要强调一句。我并不是在主张物价下降是好事;严重的通缩螺旋无疑很危险。
I feel wet. But I also feel a sense of pride and strength, just by looking at this fisherman and the way the light falls around him.
看照片的时候我感觉到又冷又湿,但看到渔夫和环绕着他的光时,我感到一丝骄傲和充满力量的感觉。
The radio waves (and lots of other radiation) are the result of matter being drawn into the black hole and releasing energy as it falls.
物质被吸入黑洞的过程,以及其下落时释放能量的过程,都会产生无线电波(还有大量其他射线)。
In front of the company, he was knocked Yue Lai candidates come to the ground, it falls on his head.
在公司大门前,他被前来应聘的黎悦撞翻在地,还砸到了他的脑袋。
Amazingly, just about everyone he works with falls out with him.
让人吃惊的是跟他工作过的所有人都跟他闹翻了。
The dollar's place as a reserve currency always seems to be questioned when it falls.
每当美元下跌时,其作为储备货币的地位总会受到质疑。