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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第457页（3081字）

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(fell，fallen)vi．①落，落下，降下：The rain(snow) falls．下雨(雪)．The leaves fell．树叶落了．The pen fell to the floor．钢笔掉在地板上．②跌倒，倒塌，倒下：The house fell because of the earthquake．房子由于地震而倒塌了．Mind you don’t fall．你当心别跌倒了．He fell in battle．他阵亡了．Six enemy soldiers fell to his rifle．他用枪打死了六个敌兵．His plans fell to the ground．他的计划失败了．fall on one’s feet【喻】幸运，幸免．the fall en阵亡者．③悬垂：Her hair falls over her shoulders．她的头发披在肩上．④下降，减弱，低落，消沉：The temperature fell rapidly．温度急剧下降．Prices are falling．物价下跌．His voice fell to a whisper．他的声音降低成了耳语．The wind fell during the night．夜间风小了．The water in the river is falling．河水落了．His face fell．他面容沮丧．His spirits fell at the sad news．他听到这个不幸消息，情绪低落．⑤陷于，变成(某种状态)：fall ill生起病来．fall asleep睡着．Don’t let the children fall into bad habits．不要让孩子们养成坏习惯．fall in love(with sb．or sth．)爱上了(某人或某物)．⑥落到，来到：Fear fell upon them． 他们恐惧起来．A great stillness has fall en upon everything．万籁寂静．The responsibility fell upon us．责任落在我们肩上．It fell to my lot to open the discussion．我不得不第一个发言．⑦堕落：fall into error犯错误．He was tempted，but did not fall．他受了诱惑，但是没有堕落下去．⑧陷落：The enemy’s fort fell．敌人的要塞陷落了．⑨(目光、声音等)朝向：His eyes fell on me．他注视着我．Strange sounds fell on our ears．我们听到了奇怪的声音．⑩适逢，来临：National Day falls on a Sunday this year．今年国庆节刚好是星期日．⑾分成，成为：The subject falls into four parts．这个题目分为四个部分．⑿(土地)倾斜，成斜坡：The ground falls towards the river．这块地向河边倾斜．⒀(河)流入：The river falls into the sea．这条河流入大海．⒁(言语)露出，说出：Not a word fell from his lips．他什么也没有说．⒂(小动物)下生：The lambs are beginning to fall．小羊羔就要出生．

△fall across碰见．fall away 1)消瘦：fall away in flesh消瘦．2)衰弱：The patient is falling away slowly．病人慢慢衰弱下去．3)疏远，抛弃：His supporters began to fall away．支持他的人开始和他疏远了．4)消失，渐退：When the rain stopped，the flood began to fall away．雨停的时候，洪水开始退去．5)变节，背叛．fall back退，撤退：Our attack was so vigorous that the enemy had to fall back．我们的进攻是那样地猛烈，使得敌人不得不撤退．fall back on依靠：have nothing to fall back on一无所靠．fall behind落后，跟不上：He never fell behind in work．他在工作中从不落后．fall for 1)受骗：We shall not fall for the glib peace talk as ladled out by the imperialists．我们不会受帝国主义所唱的和平经的欺骗．2)被迷住，爱上．fall in 1)向里倒，塌陷：The sides of the pit fell in．井壁塌了．2)集合，列队：The platoon leader ordered the men to fall in．排长命令战士集合．3)(租约、债务)到期．fall in with 1)碰见．2)同意，符合：The measure falls in with popular demands． 这措施符合人民的要求．fall into line 1)意见一致(with)．2)排队．fall off 1)落下．2)减少，下降：The quantity of defective goods has fall en off considerably．次品的数量大大减少了．3)疏远，叛离．4)(文字、习惯等)废止．fall on(or upon)进攻：fall on the enemy进攻敌人．fall out 1)争吵．2)偶然发生：It fell out that no guard was on duty that night．那晚刚巧没有守卫人值班．3)离队，掉队．4)结果：Things fell out well．结果很好．fall over oneself 1)(因笨拙或匆忙而)跌倒．2)【喻】急想，渴望．fall through失败：The intrigues of the imperialists have all fall en through．帝国主义者的一切阴谋都失败了．fall to开始…起来：fall to fighting开始打起来．As soon as the work was distributed，each comrade fell to．工作刚一分配完，同志们就开始工作．fall under归入…部(类)．

－n．①降落，跌：a fall intemperature温度下降．a fall from a ladder从梯子上掉下来．a fall in prices物价下跌．②降雨(雪)量：a twoinch fall of rain两时雨．③落差．④(pl．)瀑布．⑤【美】秋天．⑥堕落．⑦陷落，失守：the fall of a city城市失守．⑧衰亡：rise and fall 兴衰．⑨(兽的)产子，一胎．⑩(地的)倾斜．