drop off

參見：dropoff 和 drop-off

英語

drop off (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 drops off，現在分詞 dropping off，一般過去時及過去分詞 dropped off)

(俗語，不及物) 睡著
After two glasses of whiskey, Tom soon dropped off in front of the television.
喝完兩杯威士忌之後，Tom 很快就在電視機前睡著了。
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
  And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.
(俗語，及物，特別用於美國) 寄，送，帶；允許乘客離開
Can you drop the kids off at school?
你能把孩子們送到學校嗎？

I'll drop off your books when I see you tonight.
今晚我見你的時候會把你的書帶過來。
- 2020年12月2日, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, 出自 Rail，第 67 頁:
  After dropping off travellers at Foregate Street, my train terminates at Shrub Hill - a station which boasts one of the best selection [sic] of semaphore signals left in the country.
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掉落，落下
The leaves were slowly dropping off the tree.
樹葉慢慢從樹上飄落。
變少，減少
Sales have dropped off in recent months.
這幾個月銷量下滑了。