| 词组 | fall away |
| 释义 | fall away 1. fall away if something falls away from the surface that it is joined to, it breaks off and becomes separated from it: ▪ As soon as I picked up the flower, its petals fell away and fluttered to the ground. + from ▪ Several large rocks had fallen away from the cliff into the sea. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑fall off 2. fall away if land, a road etc falls away, it slopes down, especially suddenly: ▪ Sarah ran forward and then stopped as the ground fell away before her. ▪ To our left, the road seemed to fall away into a valley. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drop away 3. fall away not progressive if a feeling or something that has a bad effect on you falls away, you stop feeling it or being affected by it: ▪ At last Petey saw her coming, and his anger immediately fell away. ▪ As soon as I found out the truth, all my worries fell away. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑go away, disappear 4. fall away especially BrE if the amount or rate of something falls away, it decreases: ▪ Our profits have fallen away sharply during the last two years. ▪ Support for the strike has started to fall away. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑fall off, ↑fall back, ↑drop 5. fall away BrE if a sound or the wind falls away, it gradually becomes quieter or less strong and then disappears: ▪ The singer's voice grew louder, and then slowly fell away. ▪ The fierce wind which started in the evening, fell away during the night. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑die away |
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