| 词组 | fall |
| 释义 | fall Fall can be used as a verb or a noun. ◊ used as a verb You use fall as a verb to talk about a quick downward movement onto or towards the ground. Drizzle was beginning to fall. ...when the leaves start to fall. The past tense of 'fall' is fell, not 'falled'. The past participle is fallen. The china fell from her hand and shattered. ...table napkins that had fallen to the floor. ◊ WARNING Fall is an intransitive verb. You cannot say that someone 'falls' something. You do not say, for example, 'She screamed and fell the tray'. You say 'She screamed and dropped the tray'. He bumped into a chair and dropped his cigar. Careful! Don't drop it! Similarly, you do not say that someone 'falls' a person. You do not say, for example, 'He bumped into the old lady and fell her'. You say 'He bumped into the old lady and knocked her down' or 'He bumped into the old lady and knocked her over'. I nearly knocked down a person at the bus stop. I got knocked over by a car when I was six. When someone who is standing or walking falls, they drop downwards so that they are kneeling or lying on the ground. He tottered and fell full-length. She lost her balance and would have fallen if she hadn't supported herself. In conversation, you do not usually say that someone 'falls'. You say that they fall down or fall over. He fell down in the mud. He fell over backwards and lay as if struck by lightning. You can also say that a tall object falls down or falls over. The pile of hymn books fell down and scattered all over the floor. A tree fell over in a storm. ◊ used as a noun Fall is also used as a noun. If you have a fall, you lose your balance and drop on to the ground, hurting yourself. He read that his mother had had a bad fall. In American English, the fall is the season between summer and winter. In the fall, there is nowhere I would rather be than Vermont. British speakers call this season autumn. See entry at ↑ |
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