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"