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MUiSA: Drop by sometime. Tr7JLA77.0 0 1 thought I’d drop in on you while I was passing. Kc If JiE{$ ilBft K(ITA # #f/Fo 0 Sorry we’re late—we dropped into

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.drop 'off [BrE, informal) 1 to fall into a light sleep |J Bt Jl; 7® HT1 fall asleep :

1                  dropped off and missed the end of the film. flcTT77BIti

JL, ftitTiJt6ft£qMo 2 to become fewer or less M 7 ; 7 : Traffic in the town has dropped off since the

bypass opened. j£:&^ilil7l5, MMAa6ft7ffitfcM7 To .drop 'out (of sth) 1 to no longer take part in or be part of sth        ; il 7; He has dropped

out of active politics, i& B 7 IK ®        ® 7 ;> 0 a word

that has dropped out of the language tlifHI'K3 BiA7 ift —yH§l 2 to leave school, college, etc. without finishing your studies ii ^ ; ^*7 : She started a degree but dropped out after only a year.

fcii^ 7 o —related noun dropout(I) 3 to reject the ideas and ways of behaving that are accepted by the rest of society jfi ££ # 4±    —related noun

dropout(2) mnoun

►                OF LIQUID i$iA 1 [C] a very small amount of liquid that forms a round shape M; tKTF : drops of rain SI o a drop of blood — ij§ jfil — see also raindrop, teardrop

2                 [C, usually sing.] a small quantity of a liquid 7it; ffll

M ; - - fi M : Could I have a drop more milk in my coffee, please? 01 haven’t

touched a drop (= drunk any alcohol) all evening. H7

►                FALL f|S$' 3 [C, usually sing.] ~ (in sth) a fall or reduction in the amount, level or number of sth 71#; 7 S&; M '7: a drop in prices/temperature, etc.

71# 0 a dramatic/sharp drop in profits fijj^ AfelS: /.% $J7# o a five per cent drop

►                DISTANCE 4 [sing.] a distance down from a high point to a lower point 7 (ft J83 ^There was a sheer drop of fifty metres to the rocks below, Jig 7 ffi (ft T4 777+76ftliO a twenty-foot drop

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►                MEDICINE M 5 drops [pi.] a liquid medicine that you put one drop at a time into your eyes, ears or nose MJi'J: eye drops BH&jzIC

►                DELIVERING i|ci£ 6 [C] the act of delivering sb/sth in a vehicle or by plane; the act of dropping sth isi^r; JS S : Aid agencies are organizing food drops to civilians in the war zone.

$i0 0 a parachute drop

►                SWEET/CANDY Jf ^ 7 [C] a small round sweet/candy of

the type mentioned #t A : fruit drops o

cough drops (= sweets/candy to help a cough) I IT7I71 at the .drop of a 'hat immediately; without hesitating 7 BP; ^*7 ifi M.: The company can’t expect me to move my home and family at the drop of a hat. A ^37RTt^lHM|icALBP#^o a drop in the 'ocean {BrE) [NAmE a .drop in the 'bucket) an amount of sth that is too small or unimportant to make any real difference to a situation H;

'drop cloth noun (NAmE) = dust sheet 'drop curtain noun (in a theatre gi] |^) a curtain or a painted cloth which can be let down so that it hangs across the stage ( If £ 6ft ) AH^,

.drop-1 dead adv. {informal) used before an adjective to emphasize that sb/sth is attractive in a very noticeable way (     ®»W3JA&i ) I^A^iSJA

A,     a drop-dead gorgeous Hollywood star

.drop-down 'menu noun {computing if) a menu that appears on a computer screen when you choose it, and that stays there until you choose one of the functions

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drop goal noun (in rugby       a goal scored by

dropping the ball onto the ground and kicking it over the crossbar as it bounces

.drop 'handlebars noun [pi.] low curved handles on a bicycle ^77 IE

'drop-in adj. [only before noun] able to be visited without arranging a fixed time first BJ U. Wiaift(ft;   (ft:

a drop-in centre

'drop kick noun (in rugby # J$) a kick made by

dropping the ball onto the ground and kicking it as it bounces ► 'drop-kick verb [VN] drop-let /'droplat; NAmE 'draip-/ noun a small drop of a liquid 7M

drop-out /'drupaut; NAmE 'dra:p-/ noun 1 a person who leaves school or college before they have finished their studies §g7#;  college dropouts A^IAikife 0

a university with a high dropout rate i§^ $M (ft A7 2 a person who rejects the ideas and ways of behaving that are accepted by the rest of society  |± £

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drop per /'dropa(r); NAmE 'draip-/ noun a short glass tube with a hollow rubber end used for measuring medicine or other liquids in drops MW — picture o

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drop-pings /'dropigz; NAmE 'draip-/ noun the solid waste matter of birds and animals (usually small animals) ( 4, 75ft %(fft ) M

'drop scone (BrE also .Scotch 'pancake) noun a flat cake which is cooked on a pan or other flat surface

T-rnm-, 7-mm

drop shot noun = dink

dropsy /'drapsi; NAmE 'draipsi/ noun [U] (old-fashioned)

= OEDEMA

.drop 'waist noun a type of waist on a dress that is positioned lower than usual, at the hips (    )

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'drop zone noun the area in which sb/sth should land after being dropped from an aircraft dros oph ila /dm'snfila; NAmE dra'saifila/ {pi. dros-oph- ila) noun a small fly that feeds on fruit and is often used in scientific research  )

dross/drns; NAmE drois; drais/ noun [U] 1 (especially BrE) something of very low quality; the least valuable part of sth K? It bp ; If 16: mass-produced dross J$,  7 7 6ft

£Moo 2 (technical Ain) a waste substance, especially that separated from a metal when it is melted jA 14;

(m*sft) nm.

drought /draut/ noun [U, C] a long period of time when there is little or no rain A#; 7 A: two years of severe drought    0 one of the worst droughts on

record

drove /drauv; NAmE drouv/ noun [usually pi.] a large number of people or animals, often moving or doing sth as a group ( |£^tj(ft ) A#,   droves of tourists

IF 6ft ^ 0 People were leaving the countryside in droves to look for work in the cities. — #fc—ltt6ftA^JF — see also drive v.

drover /’dr0uva(r); NAmE 'drouv-/ noun a person who moves groups of cows or sheep from one place to another, especially to market       £Elt?$¥i:

drown /draun/ verb 1 to die because you have been underwater too long and you cannot breathe; to kill sb in this way (        ) 'Zt; FE , M 71 :       [V] Two children

drowned after falling into the river.

7E 7 o 0 He had attempted to rescue the drowning man. f&tf-i^ll]AlfcJJPyNl§7jc6ftl7 Ao O [VN] She tried to drown herself. jttfei^@S7jC g 0 He was drowned at sea.

TE M M o O They had drowned the unwanted kittens. ftfc ill IE IS: A ^ 6ft 7 ® it 5E 7 o 2 [VN] ~ sth (in sth) to make sth very wet; to completely cover sth in water or another liquid iS if;     Wlk ED31 drench: The

fruit was drowned in cream.      3 [VN]

~ sb/sth (out) (of a sound r W) to be louder than other sounds so that you cannot hear them J± il; H ; it'S;: She turned up the radio to drown out the noise from next door. MJFA7^W4Jl6ftW*WjEMPSM^I>0T6ft Wp |if ^ o ► drown-ing noun [U, C]: death by drowning M tK # tz 0 Alcohol plays a part in an estimated 30% ofdrownings. A£ft7 30% 6ft8§*JiiBH6ftfFffiFA^c W drown your fears/'loneliness/'sorrows, etc.