首页英语词典fallfall英英释意

fall

英[fɔːl] 美[fɔl]
  • vi. 落下;变成;来临;减弱
  • n. 下降;秋天;瀑布
  • vt. 砍倒;击倒
  • adj. 秋天的
  • n. (Fall)人名;(法、芬、瑞典)法尔;(英、匈)福尔;(阿拉伯)法勒

英英释意


1. the season when the leaves fall from the trees;
"in the fall of 1973"
2. a sudden drop from an upright position;
"he had a nasty spill on the ice"
3. a downward slope or bend
4. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity;
"a fall from virtue"
5. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance;
"the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
6. a movement downward;
"the rise and fall of the tides"
7. the act of surrendering (under agreed conditions);
"they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"
8. the time of day immediately following sunset;
"he loved the twilight"
"they finished before the fall of night"
9. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat
10. a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity;
"it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"
11. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity;
"a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"
"there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"
"a dip in prices"
"when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"