fall away
phrasal verbwithfallverbuk/fɔːl/us/fɑːl/fell|fallen
(BREAK)
Ifpartsof somethingfallaway, theybreakoff anddropto theground:
脱落；剥落On thebathroomceiling, somepiecesofplasterhadfallenaway.浴室顶上几块灰泥已经脱落了。
Therearsectionsof therocketfellaway.火箭后部已分离。
Falling and dropping
- ass
- base jumping
- collapse/fall in a heapidiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop
- drop like fliesidiom
- faceplant
- fall down
- fly
- mic drop
- nosedive
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- putsomething/someonedown
- shower
- thump
- trip
(TIME)
literary
If aperiodoftimefallsaway, itseemsas if it has nothappened:
（时间）流逝；不曾存在As shelookedat him, theyearsfellaway, and shesawhim again as ayoungboy.她望着他，多年的时间仿佛不曾存在，她又看见了他小孩时的模样。
Spending time & time passing
- all the time in the worldidiom
- Anno Domini
- elapse
- employ
- fall
- filler
- misspend
- pass
- roll
- roll by
- run out
- serve
- slip
- slip away
- the sands of time are running outidiom
- time's a great healeridiom
- timekeeper
- wear
- wear on
- whilesomethingaway
(LAND)
Iflandfallsaway, itslopesdownsuddenly:
（突然）向下倾斜On the othersideof thehill, thelandfallsawaysharply.另一面山坡地势陡降。
Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting
- acclivity
- angle
- angled
- askew
- bank
- cocked
- obliquely
- pitch
- pitched
- raked
- roll
- shelve
- skew
- slanted
- slope
- steep
- steepen
- tilt
- tip(something/someone)over
- tippy
(REDUCE)
UK
→falloff:
（同fall off）Thequalityof hisworkhasfallenaway a little.他的工作质量下降了一些。
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- haircut
- lessen
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- scalesomethingdown
- shave
- telescope