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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   fall

   • IPA[fôl]

   美式

   • v.
     move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control, from a higher to a lower level；hang down
   • n.
     an act of falling or collapsing; a sudden uncontrollable descent；a controlled act of falling, especially as a stunt or in martial arts

   • verb: fall, 3rd person present: falls, gerund or present participle: falling, past tense: fell, past participle: fallen

   • noun: fall, plural noun: falls

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. move downward, typically rapidly and freely without control, from a higher to a lower level five inches of snow fell through the night bombs could be seen falling from the planes 同義詞 drop, drop down, plummet, descend, come down, ... 更多go down, plunge, sink, dive, nosedive, tumble, pitch, cascade, technicalgravitate反義詞 rise
   • ▪ hang down hair that was allowed to fall to the shoulders
   • ▪ (of land) slope downward; drop away the field fell gently downhill
   • ▪ (of someone's eyes or glance) be directed downward Albert's eyes fell, and he blushed
   • ▪ (of someone's face) show dismay or disappointment by appearing to sag or droop her face fell as she thought about her life with George
   • 2. (of a person) lose one's balance and collapse he stumbled, tripped, and fell 同義詞 topple over, tumble over, keel over, fall down, fall over, ... 更多go head over heels, go end over end, fall headlong, go headlong, collapse, fall in a heap, take a spill, pitch forward, trip, trip over, stumble, stagger, slip, slide, cowp, informalcome a cropper, go for six, datedmeasure one's length反義詞 get up
   • ▪ throw oneself down, typically in order to worship or implore someone they fell on their knees, rendering thanks to God
   • ▪ (of a tree, building, or other structure) collapse to the ground.
   • 3. decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality imports fell by 12 percent we're worried that standards are falling 同義詞 decrease, decline, diminish, fall off, drop off, ... 更多go down, grow less, lessen, dwindle, plummet, plunge, slump, sink, fall off a cliff, depreciate, decrease in value, lose value, decline in price, cheapen, devalue, informalhit the floor, go through the floor, nosedive, take a nosedive, take a header, go into a tailspin, crash反義詞 rise, increase
   • ▪ (of a measuring instrument) show a lower reading the barometer had fallen a further ten points
   • 4. be captured or defeated the besieged city fell after three months their mountain strongholds fell to enemy attack 同義詞 surrender, yield, submit, give in, give up, ... 更多give way, capitulate, succumb, be overthrown by, be taken by, be defeated by, be conquered by, be overcome by, be overwhelmed by, lose one's position to, pass into the hands of, fall victim to反義詞 resist
   • ▪ die in battle an English leader who had fallen at the hands of the Danes 同義詞 die, be killed, be slain, be a casualty, be a fatality, ... 更多be lost, lose one's life, perish, drop dead, meet one's end, meet one's death, informalbite the dust, croak, buy it, snuff it, peg out, bite the big one, archaicdecease
   • ▪ (of a government or leader) lose office or be overthrown six months later the government fell as a result of mass strikes 同義詞 surrender, yield, submit, give in, give up, ... 更多give way, capitulate, succumb, be overthrown by, be taken by, be defeated by, be conquered by, be overcome by, be overwhelmed by, lose one's position to, pass into the hands of, fall victim to反義詞 resist
   • ▪ archaic commit sin; yield to temptation it is their husbands' fault if wives do fall
   • 5. pass into a specified state, situation, or position she fell pregnant 同義詞 become, come/get to be, grow, get, turn
   • ▪ occur or take place when night fell we managed to crawl back to our lines Mother's birthday fell on Flag Day 同義詞 occur, take place, happen, come about, come to pass, ... 更多come, arrive, appear, occur, arise, materialize
   • ▪ be classified or ordered in the way specified canals fall within the Minister's brief all that falls under the general heading of corruption

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an act of falling or collapsing; a sudden uncontrollable descent his mother had a fall, hurting her leg as she alighted from a train 同義詞 tumble, trip, spill, topple, stumble, ... 更多slip, collapse, informalnosedive, header, cropper
   • ▪ a controlled act of falling, especially as a stunt or in martial arts rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt
   • ▪ a move which pins the opponent's shoulders on the ground for a count of three.
   • ▪ a state of hanging or drooping downward the fall of her hair
   • ▪ a downward difference in height between parts of a surface at the corner of the massif this fall is interrupted by other heights of considerable stature 同義詞 descent, declivity, slope, downward slope, downward slant, ... 更多incline, downgrade反義詞 ascent
   • ▪ a sudden onset or arrival as if by dropping the fall of darkness
   • 2. a thing which falls or has fallen in October came the first thin fall of snow a rock fall
   • ▪ a waterfall or cascade we camped upriver from the falls Niagara Falls 同義詞 waterfall, cascade, cataract, chute, torrent, ... 更多rapids, white water, force, archaiclinn
   • ▪ literary a downward turn in a melody that strain again, it had a dying fall
   • ▪ the parts or petals of a flower that bend downward, especially the outer perianth segments of an iris.
   • 3. a decrease in size, number, rate, or level; a decline a big fall in unemployment 同義詞 decline, falloff, drop, dropping off, decrease, ... 更多cut, lessening, lowering, dip, diminishing, dwindling, reduction, plummet, plunge, slump, deterioration, downswing, informalnosedive, crash, letup反義詞 increase
   • 4. a defeat or downfall the fall of the Roman Empire 同義詞 downfall, ruin, ruination, collapse, failure, ... 更多decline, deterioration, degeneration, destruction, overthrow, demise, surrender, surrendering, capitulation, yielding, giving in, submission, acquiescence, succumbing, resignation, laying down of arms, defeat反義詞 rise
   • ▪ a person's moral descent, typically through succumbing to temptation.
   • ▪ the lapse of humankind into a state of sin, ascribed in traditional Jewish and Christian theology to the disobedience of Adam and Eve as described in Genesis. 同義詞 sin, sinning, wrongdoing, transgression, error, ... 更多yielding to temptation, offense, lapse, fall from grace, backsliding, original sin
   • 5. North American autumn that fall Roosevelt was elected to his first term

   片語

   • be riding for a fall
   • fall foul of
   • fall in line
   • fall into place
   • fall off a cliff
   • fall short
   • fall to pieces
   • take the fall
   • fall away
   • fall about
   • fall apart
   • fall back
   • fall back on
   • fall behind
   • fall down
   • fall for
   • fall in
   • fall into
   • fall in with
   • fall off
   • fall on
   • fall out
   • fall over
   • fall through
   • fall to