descend, drop, fall, sink
这些动词都表示“落下,下降”之意。
descend : 通常指沿斜线或斜坡下降。
They descended the slope towards the hamlet.(他们顺坡下山, 向那个村子走去。)
drop : 指物体从一定高度落下。
The sky diver dropped toward the earth.(延缓张伞跳伞者降落到地上。)
fall与drop同义,指突然或猛烈地降落,但fall也可指任何下落,同高度或形式无关。
The leaves begin to fall when autumn comes.(秋天来临时, 树叶开始落下。)
sink : 指在空气或水中垂直下降、下沉。
The ship struck against the rocks and sank.(那艘船触礁沉没了。)
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