drop off

verb

1. change from a waking to a sleeping state

e.g. he always falls asleep during lectures

Synonym: fall asleepdope offflake outdrift offnod offdoze offdrowse off

2. fall or diminish

e.g. The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test

3. get worse

e.g. My grades are slipping

Synonym: slipdrop awayfall away

4. retreat

Synonym: fall backlosefall behindrecede

5. leave or unload

e.g. unload the cargo
drop off the passengers at the hotel

Synonym: dropset downput downunloaddischarge

1. -> see drop 9

2. 打瞌睡;睡着
If you drop off to sleep, you go to sleep.

e.g. I must have dropped off to sleep...
我肯定是睡着了。
e.g. Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind.
就在我打瞌睡的时候,一个奇怪的念头闪过我的脑海。

3. 减退;减少
If the level of something drops off, it becomes less.

drop off

e.g. Sales to the British forces are expected to drop off...
预计对英国军队的销售量会减少。
e.g. The daily toll of casualties has dropped off sharply.
每日伤亡人数已经大大减少。

1. 让(...)下车：do the laundry 洗衣服 | drop off 让...下车 | drop out of 退学,失学

2. drop off的近义词

2. 睡着;(让...)下车：drop by 顺便走访,非正式访问 | drop off 睡着;(让...)下车 | drop on 训斥,惩罚

3. 减少：drop by顺便来访 | drop off减少 | drop out 退出