fallⅠ/fɔ:l/ I. n. ［c］1.落下；下降： A fall of rock blocked the mouth of the cave. 石头落下堵住了洞口。 There was a sudden fall in temperature. 气温突然下降。 2.跌倒： The fall from his horse hurt him.他从马背上跌下来受了伤。Pride goes before a fall. 骄傲必败。 3.秋季(AmE.): in the fall 在秋季 ‖II.vi.(fell, fallen) 1. 落下，下降：The curtain fell and people went out of the hall.大幕落下，人们走出大厅。 2.跌倒：Mind you don’t fall.当心别跌倒。 The clock fell off the shelf.钟从架子上掉了下来。3. 用于短语动词fall apart散架；停了：Our furniture is falling apart.我们家具要散了。The deal fell apart because of a lack of money.因为缺少资金生意停了。fall away脱离；变少/小：The house was very damp and much of the plaster had fallen away from the walls. 房子很潮湿，很多灰泥从墙上掉了。Support for the Prime Minister has fallen away over the past few years.在过去的几年里首相的支持者减少了。fall back on 求助于，转而依靠：In an emergency we can always fall back on our savings. 遇到紧急情况，我们总是可以依靠储蓄。 fall behind 掉队，落后： He soon fell behind in the race. 他很快在比赛中掉了队。Africa falls far behind Europe in industry. 非洲工业远远落后于欧洲。fall for迷上；受骗：She fell for a tall, handsome Frenchman when she was on holiday in Paris.在巴黎度假时她迷上了一个法国帅哥。She often falls for the extravagant claims of slimming products.她相信夸海口的减肥产品经常上当。fall in love with …与…热恋（见love条）fall in with 同意，依从：fall in with one’s opinion 同意某人的观点；fall in with such suggestions 同意此类建议 fall off 减少，变小：The demand for new cars fell off in the first half of the year.那年上半年新汽车的需求量减少了。fall (up)on发生在（日起）；（重音，责任等）落在：Christmas falls on a Friday this year. 今年圣诞节是星期五。The job of collecting the new tax will fall on local councils.地方政府负责收税工作。fall out 脱落；吵架，失和：Your hair is beginning to fall out. 你的头发快开始掉了。Most married people fall out over money. 大多数结过婚的人为钱争吵。fall/become/be a prey to 受伤害，受欺骗：Small children are easy to fall prey to all sorts of fears.孩子容易遭遇各种害怕的伤害。fall short of 未达到要求：August car sales fell short of the industry’s expectations.八月份的汽车销售没有满足厂家的期望。fall through 失败，落空：The plan fell through when it proved too costly.当事实证明该计划花费太多时，它就落空了。fall to…的责任；开始：The worst job fell to me.最糟糕的工作要我做。There was a lot of work to do, so they fell to immediately.有许多工作要完成，因此他们马上开始了。‖III. link v.（表示进入某种状态）成为：fall ill病倒；fall asleep入睡
fallⅡ /fɔ:l/ n. 1. 秋天（北美使用，= autumn）：in the fall of 1987 1987年秋天；fall clothes秋令服装；fall fashions秋季畅销货；fall wheat冬小麦 2. 瀑布（常用pl. cf. waterfall）：Will you care to go on a tour up to Niagara Fall? 你想作一次尼亚加拉瀑布旅行吗？Get the fall in the background, will you?" 把瀑布拍进背景中去好吗？
