fall[fɔːl]
v.
落下;下落;掉落;跌落;突然倒下;跌倒;倒塌;下垂;低垂
n.
落下;下落;跌落;掉落;(雪、岩石等的)降落;发生
第三人称单数： falls 现在分词： falling 过去式： fell 过去分词： fallen
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Several of the books had fallen onto the floor.
这些书有几本掉到了地上。
One of the kids fell into the river.
小孩中有一个掉进了河里。
The handle had fallen off the drawer.
抽屉的拉手掉了。
The rain was falling steadily.
雨不停地下着。
I fell over and cut my knee.
我摔倒了，划破了膝盖。
The house looked as if it was about to fall down.
房子看起来好像就要倒塌似的。
Their profits have fallen by 30 per cent.
他们的利润减少了30%。
Prices continued to fall on the stock market today.
今天股票市场价格继续下跌。
The temperature fell sharply in the night.
夜间温度陡降。
Share prices fell 30p.
股价降低了30便士。
The room had fallen silent.
整个房间都变得静悄悄的。
She fell ill soon after and did not recover.
不久后她就病倒了，而且未能痊愈。
I had fallen into conversation with a man on the train.
在火车上我和一个男人攀谈起来。
The house had fallen into disrepair.
这栋房子已年久失修。
She knew she must not fall prey to his charm.
她清楚她绝不可以被他迷住。
My birthday falls on a Monday this year.
今年我的生日适逢星期一。
We all fell about laughing.
我们都笑得前仰后合。（fall about 捧腹大笑；笑得前仰后合 ）
My car is falling apart.
我的汽车要散架了。（fall apart破碎；破裂 ）
Their marriage finally fell apart.
他们的婚姻终于破裂了。（fall apart破裂；崩溃 ）
I was falling apart. I wasn't getting any sleep.
我要崩溃了，我一直都没合眼。
Europe's monetary system is falling apart
欧洲货币体系正在走向瓦解。
fall behind (sb/sth)
落后；落在…后面
She soon fell behind the leaders.
她很快就落在领先者的后面。
fall behind with sth
拖欠（付款）；没有及时做
They had fallen behind with their mortgage repayments.
他们拖欠了按揭还款。
He's fallen behind with his school work again.
他又没有按时做学校作业。
fall to sb
（职责、责任）落在…身上；应由…做
With his partner away, all the work now fell to him.
他的搭档走了以后，工作现在全落在他的身上。
It fell to me to inform her of her son's death.
把她儿子死讯通知她的差事落在了我的头上。
fall to sth
(literary) 开始做；干起来
She fell to brooding about what had happened to her.
她开始愤愤地思忖着自己的遭遇。
fall for sb/sth 为……折腰/沉醉；爱上……
They fell for each other instantly.
他俩一见钟情。
I’ve fallen for you.
我已经为沉沦。（我已经爱上你。）
He was fantastically handsome — I just fell for him right away.
他帅极了——我一下子就爱上了他。
fall for sth信以为真
I'm surprised you fell for that trick.
我感到惊奇，你竟中了那个诡计。
fall in love with陷入爱河
It is almost impossible to visit Florida without falling in love with the state
去佛罗里达观光而不爱上这个州几乎不可能。
fall over yourself to do sth
特别卖力；迫不及待；煞费苦心；不遗余力
He was falling over himself to be nice to me.
他尽力对我友好。
n. 秋天 autumn
in the fall of 2018
在 2018年的秋天
last fall
去年秋天
fall weather
秋季天气
a steep fall in profits
利润的骤降
a big fall in unemployment
失业人数的大大减少
Output will fall by 6%
产量将减少6%。
fall through
They wanted to turn the estate into a private golf course and offered £ 20 million, but the deal fell through. （安排、计划、交易等）落空，没有落实
他们出价两千万英镑，想把这块地变成高尔夫球场，但交易泡汤了。
