英语释义

1. to descend freely by the force of gravity
An apple fell from the tree.

2. to hang freely
her hair falls over her shoulders

3. to drop oneself to a lower position
fell to his knees

4. to come or go as if by falling
darkness falls early in the winter

5. to become born —usually used of lambs

6. to become lower in degree or level
the temperature fell 10°

7. to drop in pitch or volume
their voices fell to a whisper

8. issue sense 1a
wisdom that fell from his lips

9. to become lowered
her eyes fell

10. to leave an erect position suddenly and involuntarily
slipped and fell on the ice

11. to enter as if unawares stumble, stray
fell into error We fell into a trap.

12. to drop down wounded or dead especially to die in battle
Many men fell on the battlefield.

13. to suffer military capture
after a long siege the city fell

14. to lose office
the party fell from power

15. to suffer ruin, defeat, or failure
the deal fell through

16. to commit an immoral act
but man willfully misused his God-given freedom and fell into sin
— John Hick especially to lose one's chastity

17. to move or extend in a downward direction
the land falls away to the east

18. subside, abate
the wind is falling

19. to decline in quality, activity, or quantity
production fell off

20. to lose weight —used with off or away
The cattle have fallen off badly in the drought.

21. to assume a look of shame, disappointment, or dejection
his face fell

22. to decline in financial value or price
stocks fell sharply

23. to occur at a certain time
her birthday falls on a Monday this year

24. to come by chance
a job that fell into his hands

25. to come or pass by lot, assignment, or inheritance devolve
it fell to him to break the news

26. to have a certain or proper position, place, or station
the accent falls on the second syllable

27. to come within the limits, scope, or jurisdiction of something
this word falls into the class of verbs

28. to pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind or a new state or condition
fall asleep fall in love

29. to set about heartily or actively
fell to work

30. strike, impinge
music falling on the ear

31. fell sense 1

32. to display great or excessive eagerness
Fans were falling all over themselves trying to get the basketball star's autograph.

33. disintegrate
The pie was falling apart as I served it.

34. to succumb to mental or emotional stress break down
She began to fall apart when her son was imprisoned.

35. to lag behind
The slower hikers fell behind the group.

36. to be in arrears
He fell behind in his car payments.

37. to fail because of inability to choose between or reconcile two alternative or conflicting courses of action

38. to produce no response or result
the joke fell flat

39. to fall in love with
He fell for her the moment he saw her.

40. to become a victim of
fell for the trick

41. to lose acceptance or good reputation
The governor fell from grace when he was accused of tax fraud.

42. to curve inward —used of the timbers or upper parts of a ship's side

43. to comply with a certain course of action
The company fell into line with the new regulations.

44. to meet with
fell on hard times

45. to fail utterly
the movie fell on its face at the box office

46. to sacrifice one's pride or position
The coach fell on his sword apologizing for the team's poor season.

47. to be deficient
The expedition's supplies began to fall short.

48. to fail to attain something (such as a goal or target)
The results fell short of expectations.

49. the act of falling by the force of gravity

50. a falling out, off, or away dropping
the fall of leaves a fall of snow

51. the season when leaves fall from trees autumn

52. a thing or quantity that falls or has fallen
a fall of rock at the base of the cliff especially one or more meteorites or their fragments that have fallen together

53. birth

54. the quantity born —usually used of lambs

55. a costume decoration of lace or thin fabric arranged to hang loosely and gracefully

56. a very wide turned-down collar worn in the 17th century

57. the part of a turnover collar from the crease to the outer edge

58. a wide front flap on trousers (such as those worn by sailors)

59. the freely hanging lower edge of the skirt of a coat

60. one of the three outer and often drooping segments of the flower of an iris — compare standard sense 8b

61. long hair overhanging the face of dogs of some breeds

62. a usually long straight portion of hair that is attached to a person's own hair

63. a hoisting-tackle rope or chain especially the part of it to which the power is applied

64. loss of greatness collapse
the fall of the Roman Empire

65. the surrender or capture of a besieged place
the fall of Troy

66. lapse or departure from innocence or goodness

67. loss of a woman's chastity

68. the blame for a failure or misdeed
took the fall for the robbery

69. the downward slope (as of a hill) declivity

70. a precipitous descent of water waterfall —usually used in plural but singular or plural in construction

71. a musical cadence

72. a falling-pitch intonation in speech

73. a decrease in size, quantity, degree, or value

74. the distance which something falls

75. inclination, pitch

76. the act of felling something

77. the quantity of trees cut down

78. an act of forcing a wrestler's shoulders to the mat for a specified time (such as one second)

79. a bout of wrestling

80. destiny, lot

81. of, relating to, or suitable for autumn
a new fall coat

82. to come or go down quickly from a high place or position

83. to come or go down suddenly from a standing position

84. to let yourself come or go down to a lower position

85. the act of coming or going down from a high position or from a standing position

86. the act of becoming lower

87. the season between summer and winter the season when leaves fall from trees

88. to come or go down freely by the force of gravity
An apple fell from the tree.

89. to come as if by falling
Night fell before we got home.

90. to become lower (as in degree or value)
The temperature fell ten degrees.

91. to topple from an upright position
The tree fell.

92. to collapse wounded or dead
Too many soldiers have fallen in battle.

93. to become captured
The city fell to the enemy.

94. to occur at a certain time
This year my birthday falls on a Monday.

95. to pass from one condition of body or mind to another
fall asleep fall ill

96. retreat entry 2 sense 1
“… the Witch and her crew will … fall back to her house and prepare for a siege.”
— C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

97. to fail to be as good or successful as expected
The sequel to my favorite movie fell short.

98. the act or an instance of going or coming down by the force of gravity
a fall from a horse

99. autumn

100. a thing or quantity that falls
a heavy fall of snow

101. a loss of greatness downfall
the fall of an empire

102. waterfall —usually used in pl.
Niagara Falls

103. a decrease in size, amount, or value
a fall in prices

104. the distance something falls
a fall of three feet

片语

direct to指向；把注意力、精力贯注在…上；说给或写给；送往

fall down on rainfall雨淋降落

fall back on experiments求助于实验

Fall colors on campus校园的秋色

fall bak on依靠

Fall off On打开衰减

fall back on upon求助于

fall back on退到；求助于；回头再说

fall fall back on求助于

fall down on stage跌倒在舞台上

point to指向；表明

英汉例句

• where do you fall on the autism spectrum?

  在孤独癥谱系中，你处于哪个位置？

• then shall they begin to say to the mountains, fall on us; and to the hills, cover us.

  那时，人要向大山说，倒在我们身上。向小山说，遮盖我们。

• more rain and snow fall on greenland in the winter.

  现在格陵兰冬天的降雨和降雪都增加了。

• you know the mud huts are leaning and the rock houses have big holes and walls are falling and cracks so large that it could fall on them while they sleep with just a little jarring.

  你知道么，那些小泥房都已经开始倾斜，石房也由于地震出现了大洞，而且围墻也在坍塌。 那些墻的裂口这么大，要是万一有点小震动，人们在睡梦之中可能就会被坍塌的墻夺取性命。

• where do americans fall on the list?

  美国在这份榜单中排在什么位置呢？

• most of the burden of a peripheral default would fall on banks in the defaulting countries themselves.

  违约的周边国家的大部分负担会自然而然地落在他们的银行身上。

• since relatively few companies were listed, the impact of the fall on overall investment and production was not great.

  由于上市公司数量相对较少，因此股市下跌对投资和生产活动的影响并不大。

• i held the belief that we would fall on our feet.

  我相信我们会转危为安的。

• cockroaches fall on people, food and beds from the ceiling but nobody pays attention to them anymore.

  蟑螂从天花板上掉到人身上，食物上，床上，但是没人在意这个。

• but she never let a drop of water fall on his fire.

  但她从不让一滴怀疑的水掉到他的火焰中。

• the wings of the eagle trademark is about to fall on the letters on the buick.

  而整个商标是一只展翅的雄鹰即将落在别克的英文字母上。

• that, in turn, affects how the crests and troughs of the incident and reflected rays fall on each other.

  反过来又影响了彼此的反射光和入射光的波峰和波谷下降。

• the u.s. ruled out shooting down the projectile several weeks ago and japanese officials said they would only shoot if the rocket or debris from it started to fall on its territory.

  美国在数周之前就排除了拦截击落朝鲜火箭的可能性，日本官员也表示，除非朝鲜发射的火箭或残骸坠落到日本领土，否则日本不会开火拦截。

• conversely, the rain that falls from an old storm has more light oxygen in it—and that is the sort of rain that tends to fall on land.

  相反，那些已形成一段时间的风暴所降落的雨水则含更多较轻的氧分子，而这些雨水一般降落在陆地。

• eventually, either for business or personal activities, you will serve as a host of some event where it will fall on you to introduce the speakers.

  在商业活动中，抑或在私人组织的聚会中，你有可能在活动的担任主持人，在一段开场白结束后，你将承担引见每一位发言人的任务。

• the bulk of the work will fall on you and me.

  大量的工作将落在你和我的头上。

• 「there was contact, but not enough to make a 13st bloke fall on the floor,」 he said.

  「的确存在身体接触，但并不足以使那个13号家伙倒在地上」，他说。

• our protestations about travelling with hand baggage only and the severe weight restrictions of some airlines fall on deaf ears.

  那些关于旅行时只允许携带手提行李的主张和航空公司严厉的重量限制全被置若罔闻。

• the dow jones industrial average had been heading for another sickening fall on thursday until news of the plans sparked a turnaround and sent it up by 4% on the day.

  道琼斯平均工业指数在周二一直下跌，直到有这个拯救计划的消息后就掉头上涨4％。

• australian farmers can't follow the rainfall patterns that have shifted south to fall on the sea.

  澳大利亚的雨水正移向南边落到大海里，变化了的降水模式使农民遭受损失。

• why should not more of the losses fall on creditors, other than the insured depositors?

  为什么存款保险人之外的债权人等就不该承担更多的损失？

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