Word · Frequency #14075
dropping
/ˈdrɒpiŋ/
noun
掉落；坠落
The act of falling or dropping.
- 1.
Something dropped; a droplet.
掉落的东西；小滴
- 2.
The act of something that drops or falls.
掉落或坠落的动作
掉落物；小滴；掉落的东西；小滴；掉落或坠落的动作；点滴；滴下
Connections
Collocations
- the dropping of charges
- 撤销指控
- The dropping of charges against the accused was announced this morning.今天上午宣布撤销对被告的指控。
- the dropping of bombs
- 投掷炸弹，投弹
- The dropping of bombs on residential areas is prohibited by international law.向居民区投掷炸弹是国际法所禁止的。
- the dropping of a course
- 退课；退选课程
- The dropping of a course before the deadline will not appear on your transcript.在截止日期前退课不会出现在你的成绩单上。
- dropping bottle
- 滴瓶
- The essential oil was stored in a dark dropping bottle.精油被存放在深色的滴瓶中。
- dropping funnel
- 滴液漏斗
- A dropping funnel was used to control the rate of the reaction.用滴液漏斗来控制反应速率。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 dropping 拆成 drop（落下）+ -ing，想象一滴水正在往下掉：dropping 就是“掉下来的小滴/掉落物”。注意这是记忆联想，不是词源。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：书面叙述、正式报告或法律文书、科普或说明文字 该词作名词时通常用于较书面或正式的表达，多表示“被掉落的东西、小滴”或“掉落、下落的行为”，常见于“the dropping of...”这类结构；日常口语中较少单独使用单数名词，更常用动词“drop”或动名词形式。具体语域需结合搭配判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上 6 个词都与 dropping /ˈdrɒpiŋ/ 押韵：重读元音都是 /ɒ/，结尾都是 /piŋ/，拼写上都含 -pping。注意形近词 hoping /ˈhəʊpiŋ/、roping /ˈrəʊpiŋ/、sloping /ˈsləʊpiŋ/ 和 doping /ˈdəʊpiŋ/ 只有一个 p，读长元音 /əʊ/，与 dropping 不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.