the dropping of charges
collocation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。
掉落；坠落
droppings — plural of dropping
掉落物；小滴；掉落的东西；小滴；掉落或坠落的动作；点滴；滴下
The act of falling or dropping.
掉落的东西；小滴
Something dropped; a droplet.
掉落或坠落的动作
The act of something that drops or falls.
The sudden dropping of the temperature surprised everyone at the picnic.
气温的突然下降让野餐上的每个人都很惊讶。
用法提示：dropping 在此作名词，表示‘下降、坠落’这一动作。
A small dropping of water rolled down the windowpane.
一小滴水珠从窗玻璃上滚落下来。
用法提示：dropping 作可数名词，指‘小滴、滴落物’。
We found bird droppings on the car roof this morning.
今天早上我们在车顶上发现了鸟粪。
用法提示：droppings 常用复数，指鸟类等动物的排泄物、掉落物。
通用词，泛指向下移动；dropping 强调‘掉落’这一动作，fall 还可引申指价格、数量或程度的下降。
常指缓慢或受控制的下降过程（如飞机下降），语义比 dropping 更正式、宽泛。
作名词指高度或数量的下降，与 falling 相近；注意 drop 也常表示‘水滴’，而 dropping 在此无此义。
强调突然、大幅度的下落或下降，程度比 dropping 更剧烈。
多指失去平衡后翻滚着摔下，比 dropping 更具体，带有动态画面。
取 dropping 作名词“掉落/下落”义；rising 指向上移动的动作，为直接反义，不用于 droppings（动物粪便）义。
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。
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。
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。
滴瓶
The essential oil was stored in a dark dropping bottle.
精油被存放在深色的滴瓶中。
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。
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drop（落下，词根） + -ing（名词后缀，表示动作或结果）。同根词：drop, drops, dropped；同后缀词：running, swimming, writing。
纷纷倒下；大批地生病或死亡
When the flu hit the office, staff were dropping like flies.
流感袭击办公室时，员工们纷纷病倒了。
终于明白过来；恍然大悟
I could see the penny was dropping as she read the letter.
我能看出她读那封信时恍然大悟了。
犯错误；失职；错过机会
He has a habit of dropping the ball when it comes to important deadlines.
他在重要截止日期上总是容易出岔子。
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