fall

fall: [fɔːl] 1. (pt - fell); (pp - fallen); vi
1) [+ person, object] 掉 [diào]

Bombs fell in the town. — 炸弹掉进城里。

Her father fell into the sea. — 她父亲掉到海里了。

2) (fall over) [+ person, building] 倒下 [dǎoxià]

She gripped his shoulders to stop herself from falling. — 她抓住他的肩膀以防自己倒下。

3) [+ snow, rain] 下 [xià]

An inch of rain fell within 15 minutes. — 15分钟内下了1英寸的雨。

4) [+ price, temperature, currency] 下降 [xiàjiàng]

Oil prices fell by 0.2 per cent. — 油价下降了0.2%。

5) [+ government, leader, country] 下台 [xiàtái]

The prime minister fell from power. — 首相下台了。

6) [+ night, darkness] 降临 [jiànglín]

as darkness fell — 当黑暗降临时

7) [+ light, shadow] 投射 [tóushè]

A shadow fell over her book. — 一道阴影投射到她的书上。

8) [+ silence, sadness, tiredness] 降临 [jiànglín]

Silence fell on the passengers as the police checked identity cards. — 警察检查身份证的时候，沉默降临到每个乘客身上。
2. n
1) c [of person] 摔倒 [shuāidǎo]

He had a nasty fall. — 他摔得不轻。

2) c (in price, temperature) 下降 [xiàjiàng]

There has been a sharp fall in the value of the pound. — 英镑值急剧下降。

3) s [of government, leader] 垮台 [kuǎtái]

a debate which led to the Government's fall — 一场导致政府垮台的辩论

4) c [of rain, snow] 场 [chǎng]

a heavy fall of snow — 一场大雪

5) c / u (US) (autumn) 秋天 [qiūtiān]

in the fall of 1991 — 1991年秋天英 = autumn
3. falls; n pl
(waterfall) 瀑布 [pùbù]

Niagara Falls — 尼亚加拉大瀑布

* Christmas falls on a Sunday — 圣诞节适逢星期天

* to fall in love (with sb/sth) — 爱上(某人/某事)

* to fall flat — [+ joke] 毫无效果

* to fall short of the required amount — 达不到要求的数量

* to fall ill/pregnant — 生病/怀孕

* which group do you fall into? — 你属于哪一组？

Phrasal Verbs:

- fall apart

- fall back

- fall back on

- fall behind

- fall down

- fall for

- fall in

- fall in with

- fall off

- fall out

- fall over

- fall through

- fall to

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Synonyms:

Drop, descend, sink, drop down, Descent, dropping / Pass, come, be transferred, Discharge (of a river), emptying, disemboguement / Be dropped, be uttered carelessly, drop, Autumn, fall of the leaf / Declivity, slope, inclination / Be prostrated, fall down, Tumble, falling / Sink, be lowered, be depressed, Cataract, cascade, waterfall / Decrease, decline, be diminished, become less, die away, Extent of descent, amount of fall / Sin, err, transgress, lapse, trip, trespass, commit a fault, do amiss, go astray, Destruction, death, ruin, overthrow, downfall / Die, perish, come to destruction, Degradation, loss of eminence / Empty, disembogue, flow, be discharged, Apostasy, loss of innocence, lapse, declension, slip, going astray, failure / Happen, befall, come, Diminution, decrease, decline / Become (sick, asleep, in love, etc.), get, Sinking (of the voice), cadence, close

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Fall — (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa llein… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fall — [fôl] vi. fell, fallen, falling [ME fallen < OE feallan, to fall, akin to Ger fallen < IE base * phol , to fall > Lith púolu, to fall] I to come down by the force of gravity; drop; descend 1. to come down because detached, pushed,… … English World dictionary
Fall — bezeichnet: Absturz (Unfall), ein Sturz aus gewisser Höhe Freier Fall, die durch Gravitation bewirkte Bewegung eines Körpers Fall (Tau), in der Seemannssprache eine Leine zum Hochziehen und Herablassen von Segeln, Ruderblättern oder Schwertern… … Deutsch Wikipedia
fall — ► VERB (past fell; past part. fallen) 1) move rapidly and without control from a higher to a lower level. 2) collapse to the ground. 3) (fall off) become detached and drop to the ground. 4) hang down. 5) (of someone s f … English terms dictionary
Fall — Fall, n. 1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fall [1] — Fall, 1) die Bewegung, in welcher alle Körper von geringerer Masse, in Folge der Anziehungskraft der Massen gegen den Mittelpunkt größerer Körper, mit einer der größeren Masse letzterer proportionirten Schnelligkeit getrieben werden, in so fern… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Fall — Fall, v. t. 1. To let fall; to drop. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] For every tear he falls, a Trojan bleeds. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To sink; to depress; as, to fall the voice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. To diminish; to lessen or lower. [Obs.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fall — Fall, I Will Follow Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Fall, I Will Follow Álbum de Lacrimas Profundere Publicación 2002 Género(s) Gothic Rock … Wikipedia Español
fall — fall, drop, sink, slump, subside are comparable when they mean to go or to let go downward freely. They are seldom close synonyms, however, because of various specific and essential implications that tend to separate and distinguish them. Fall,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fall — fall·er; prat·fall; re·fall; crest·fall·en·ly; crest·fall·en·ness; pratt·fall; … English syllables
fall — [n1] descent; lowering abatement, belly flop*, cut, decline, declivity, decrease, diminution, dip, dive, downgrade, downward slope, drop, dwindling, ebb, falling off, header*, incline, lapse, lessening, nose dive*, plummet, plunge, pratfall*,… … New thesaurus

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