to drop your serve

to drop your serve
1. (let fall; accidentally) 使落下；使掉下
- I dropped the glass and it broke. 我不小心把玻璃杯掉下来摔碎了。
2. (let go of; deliberately) 放下；丢下；投下
- He dropped my hand and smiled. 他放下我的手, 微笑起来。
to drop the ball over the net【网】 吊小球；放小球；放短球
3. (reduce) [+ price] 使下降；使降低
- See if he's prepared to drop the price. 看看他是否准备降价。
- He had dropped the price of his London home by £1.25m. 他将自己伦敦住宅的价格降低了125万镑。
4. (lower) [+ voice] 降低； [+ eyes] 垂下； [+ trousers] 脱下
- They dropped their voices as they entered church. 进入教堂之后他们放低了自己的说话声。
- He dropped his eyes. 他垂下眼睛。
- I had to drop my trousers so they could inspect the wound. 我必须脱掉裤子, 好让他们检查我的伤口。
5. (set down from car) [+ passenger] 使下车； [+ goods] 从车上卸下
- I asked the taxi to drop me at the corner. 我让出租车把我放到转角处。
- The children were dropped at school by their parents. 孩子们被家长送到学校。
6. (unload from boat) [+ passenger] 使下船； [+ cargo] 从船上卸下
- when a cruise ship drops passengers ashore 当乘客下游轮登岸时
- Doubtless she'll drop her cargo on Mauritius. 毫无疑问, 她会在毛里求斯卸货。
7. (leave) 存放；搁下
- Drop the vehicle off at the garage next to the station. 把车放在车站旁的汽车修理厂。
- You are to drop the attaché case at the airport. 你把公文包存放在机场。
8. (abandon) [+ idea] 放弃； [+ project] 终止； [+ legal case] 撤回； [+ sanctions] 停止； [+ school subject] 不再学习； [+ matter, subject] 不再提起
- He was told to drop the idea. 他被要求打消这个念头。
- The prosecution was forced to drop the case. 控方被迫撤诉。
- Many nations still had not dropped sanctions against South Africa. 很多国家还没有终止对南非的制裁。
- I'm going to drop chemistry. 我要放弃学化学了。
- Does that mean you're going to drop the subject? 那是不是意味着你要结束这个话题了？
- The board decided to drop the matter. 董事会决定这件事到此为止。
9. (omit from team) [+ player] 把…除名
- He had been selected, but had later been dropped. 他本来已经被选中, 但是后来又被剔除了。
10. (cease to associate with) [+ friend] 与…断绝往来； [+ lover] 与…分手
- He has been dropped by his girlfriend. 他被他的女朋友抛弃了。
11. <尤美,非正式> (dismiss) [+ employee] 解雇
12. (omit) [+ word, letter, syllable] 省略；遗漏
- A passage in the initial draft of the letter was dropped. 这封信初稿中的一段话被略去了。
- She shortened difficult words by dropping the final syllable. 她略去难单词的最后一个音节, 让单词变短。
13. (utter casually) [+ remark, clue] 无意中说出；随口说出
14. (give birth to) (动物)产, 下(崽)
- if the female is fertilized again at the time she drops her young 若雌性产崽时再次受孕
15. [+ hem] 放长
16. (by parachute) [+ troops, equipment, supplies] 空投
- They had been dropping ammunition by parachute to alliance forces. 他们已用降落伞向盟军部队空投弹药。
17. 【海】 (leave behind) 把…落在后面；驶出…的视野
18. (lose) [+ game, set, contest] 输掉； [+ points] 丢
- He dropped his first service game. 他丢掉了第一个发球局。
- He has still won three matches without dropping a set. 他已赢下三场比赛, 仍然一盘未失。
- Italy dropped three points to Switzerland. 意大利队输给瑞士队3分。
to drop your serve【网】 输掉发球局
19. (lose) [+ money] (尤指赌博中)输
20. (get rid of) [slimmer +] [+ pounds, kilos] 减少；减轻； [+ size] 减小
- She dropped 17 pounds in three weeks. 她3周之内减掉了17磅。
- She is on a diet to lose 3kg to drop a dress size. 为了减掉三公斤穿小一码的衣服, 她正在节食。
21. 【英橄】 (using drop kick) [+ ball] 落踢；双脚飞踢
22. 【体】 (spin) [+ car] 使…打转冲出赛道
23. <非正式> (take) [+ drug, LSD] 吞服；吞食
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