"drop" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

drop verbo

drop + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 175
drop bombs • drop anchor • drop hints • drop plans • drop several percent • drop one's hand • drop several points • drop one's weapon • ...
verbo + drop
Kolokacji: 33
cause to drop • begin dropping • keep dropping • start dropping • decide to drop • forced to drop • continue to drop • expected to drop • ...
drop + preposición
Kolokacji: 73
drop off • drop out • drop into • drop down • drop below • drop onto • drop back • ...
drop + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 137
drop sharply • drop dead • drop open • eventually dropped • suddenly drop • drop significantly • drop low • drop dramatically • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 34
(1) sharply, precipitously
Kolokacji: 2
(3) open, actually, free
Kolokacji: 3
(6) low, quietly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(14) straight, steeply, vertically
Kolokacji: 3
(17) flat, automatically, prone
Kolokacji: 3
(18) occasionally, frequently
Kolokacji: 2
(20) forward, backward
Kolokacji: 2
(24) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
(25) literally, absolutely
Kolokacji: 2
(27) gracefully, awkwardly
Kolokacji: 2
(28) noiselessly, soundlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(29) effectively, uselessly
Kolokacji: 2
1. effectively drop = skutecznie upuść effectively drop
2. drop uselessly = upuść bezużytecznie drop uselessly
  • His flashlight dropped uselessly to the ground.
  • His arm dropped uselessly.
  • His hands dropped uselessly to his side.
  • The man screamed, his arm dropping uselessly to his side, the gun tumbling to the dirt.
  • In brewing, Dr. Oliver said, disaster can strike, with all the yeast in a vat suddenly calling it quits and dropping uselessly to the bottom of the fermenter.
  • His hands dropped uselessly to his sides.
  • This was no mere thermo-nuclear weapon such as the Thunder God dropped uselessly on moravec forcefields early in the war.
  • The noble halted, staring at the person who had shot him; and then, turning slightly on his toes, he dropped onto his back, the sword dropping uselessly out of his hand.
  • Gisella's hand dropped uselessly.
  • Her knife dropped uselessly from dangling fingers as Balthamel lifted her by his grip, brought her up to where the leather mask stared into her still-quivering face.
(30) generally, randomly
Kolokacji: 2
(31) helplessly, weakly
Kolokacji: 2
(32) inexplicably, mysteriously
Kolokacji: 2
(33) alarmingly, ominously
Kolokacji: 2

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