- (物体因失去控制而下落) fall; drop; shed; come off:
shed a few tears;
掉下几滴眼泪
Leaves fall off the trees in the autumn.
秋天,树叶纷纷从树上掉下来。
- (落在后面) fall behind:
The lame child lagged far behind.
那个跛足的孩子远远掉在后面。
- (遗失; 遗漏) lose; be missing:
drop a letter from a word;
单词中掉了一个字母
I've lost my key.
我把钥匙掉了。
- (减少; 降低) decrease; lessen:
During his serious illness he lost over ten jin.
他害了一场大病,体重掉了十多斤。
- (摇动; 摆动) wag:
The tail is too big to wag.
尾大不掉。
- (回; 转) turn:
swing;
掉一个方向
turn the car round;
把车头掉过来
- (互换) change; exchange:
change [exchange] seats; swop [swap] places with sb.
掉座位
- (用在某些动词后,表示动作的完成):
wipe off;
擦掉
correct bad habits;
改掉坏习气