- (因引力从高处)掉下,落下:
Apples fell from the tree.
苹果从树上落下。
Snow is falling fast.
雪下得正猛。
- 摔倒,跌倒,跪倒:
He fell into the water.
他跌入水中。
The clock fell off the shelf.
钟从架子上摔了下来。
- (在战争中)伤亡,阵亡,战死;被杀死:
Many men fell in battle.
许多人在战斗中战死。
Two rabbits fell to the hunter's gun.
两只野兔死在猎手的枪口之下。
- 坍倒,倒塌,崩溃,毁坏:
The building fell.
那座楼坍塌了。
- 下垂,垂下:
Her golden hair fell in masses over her shoulders.
她满头金发披垂在她双肩。
- (地面等向下)倾斜:
land falling away to the sea
向海洋倾斜的陆地
- (数量、质量、价格、程度、水平等)减少,减低,下降,跌落,降低:
Prices fell.
价格下跌了。
Production fell sharply.
产量锐减。
The temperature fell 4℃.
温度下降了4摄氏度。
- (如政府)垮台,被推翻:
The govenment has fallen.
政府已被推翻。
- (地位、声誉、威信等)降低(或丧失):
The chairman fell in my opinion after he refused to take a vote.
主席拒绝进行投票表决后,他的地位在我心目中降低了。
- 变坏,堕落;走入歧途;旧时尤指(妇女)失贞,怀孕:
She tempted him and he fell.
她引诱了他,他堕落了。
- 被征服,被攻克,陷落:
The city fell to the enemy.
城市陷落到敌人手中。
- (情绪等)低落,失望,(脸色)变阴沉,沮丧:
His face fell.
他脸色变得阴沉。
- (音调)降低,(声音)减弱,减退:
The voice often falls at the end of a statement.
在陈述句的句尾,发音通常降低。
- 发生,举行,(日期)适逢,正当(某日):
The meeting fell on a Friday.
会议在星期五举行。
- (任务、责任等)轮(到),(责任、继承权等)落(到):
The estate falls to the eldest son.
遗产将由长子继承。
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。
- 成为,变成:
to fall ill
得病
- 落(在):
The accent falls on the third syllable.
重音落在第三个音节上。
- (视线等)落在…上,碰巧看见;(目光等)被引向(某物);朝…方向,(目光)向下:
His eye fell on a misspelled word.
他的目光落在一个拼错的词上。
- 无意识地说出,透露:
The news fall from his lips.
他无意地透露了那个消息。
- (动物)出生
- 分成,分类(为)(常与into连用):
to fall into two classes
分成两个班
- [俚语]被捕,逮捕:
He falls twice.
他被捕入狱两次。
- [美国俚语](为异性所)倾倒;(对异性)倾心
- [废语]是…的结果