fall off

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of falloff. alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. To become detached or to drop from. intransitive,transitive
    — A button fell off my coat.
  2. To diminish in size, value, etc. To get worse (in quality). intransitive
    — Business always falls off in the winter.
  3. To change the direction of a sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.
    — 'Why d'ye see, Captain Vangs,' says bold Jack, 'I'm as good a helmsman as ever put hand to spoke; but none of us can steer the old lady now. We can't keep her full and bye, sir; watch her ever so close, she will fall off and then, sir, when I put the helm down so gently, and try like to coax her to the work, she won't take it kindly, but will fall round off again; and it's all because she knows the land is under the lee, sir, and she won't go any more to windward.'
  4. To fall into sin; stray. intransitive
    — I am bound to say that no one has fallen off so frequently as myself. I have renounced the devil and all his works; but it is by word of mouth only—by word of mouth only.

词形变化

falls off present,singular,third-person falling off participle,present fell off past fallen off participle,past fall offs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
falling off falling-off fall-off falloff fall off the back of a lorry fall off the turnip truck fall off the wagon the wheels fell off

词源

词源 1
From fall + off; and also dissimilated from Middle English offallen (“to destroy, defeat, ruin, fail”), from Old English offeallan (“to fall upon, destroy”).
词源 2
From fall + off; and also dissimilated from Middle English offallen (“to destroy, defeat, ruin, fail”), from Old English offeallan (“to fall upon, destroy”).
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