[动]
(物体因失去控制而下落) fall; drop; shed; come off
shed a few tears
掉下几滴眼泪
Leaves fall off the trees in the autumn.
秋天, 树叶纷纷从树上掉下来。
One of his front teeth has dropped out.
他的一颗门牙掉了。
A button has come off my coat.
我的上衣掉了一个扣子。
(落在后面) fall behind
The lame child lagged far behind.
那个跛足的孩子远远掉在后面。
(遗失; 遗漏) lose; be missing
drop a letter from a word
单词中掉了一个字母
I've lost my key.
我把钥匙掉了。
Two pages are missing from the book.
这本书掉了两页。
(减少; 降低) decrease; lessen
During his serious illness he lost over ten jin.
他害了一场大病, 体重掉了十多斤。
(摇动; 摆动) wag
The tail is too big to wag.
尾大不掉。
(回; 转) turn
swing
掉一个方向
turn the car round
把车头掉过来
She turned aside to hide her blushes.
她掉过脸去, 不让人看见她脸红。
(互换) change; exchange
change [exchange] seats; swop [swap] places with sb.
掉座位