词组 | fall off |
释义 | fall off 1. fall off if something falls off, it becomes separated from something that it is joined to, especially because it is old or damaged: ▪ I picked up the suitcase and the handle fell off. ▪ One of the engines fell off the plane on a flight from Miami to Minneapolis. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drop off 2. fall off if the amount, rate, or standard of something falls off, it decreases or becomes lower: ▪ Jaguar's US car sales have fallen off since 1986. ▪ The standard of acting seemed to fall off in the second half of the play. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑drop, ↑drop off, ↑fall away fall-off n C usually singular when the amount, rate, or standard of something decreases or becomes lower + in ▪ Some clubs have had to close due to a fall-off in attendance. ▪ a falling-off in demand |
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