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free fall

/ˈfriː fɔːl/

翻译: 物体在重力作用下自由下落的状态,常比喻价格、地位或状况的急剧下降。

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/ˈfriː fɔːl/B2formalscientific
  • zh物体在重力作用下自由下落的状态,常比喻价格、地位或状况的急剧下降。

A state of rapid and uncontrolled decline or descent, often used literally in physics or figuratively to describe a sudden drop in value, status, or condition.

  1. Physical descentB2formal

    The motion of a body falling under the influence of gravity alone, without any other forces acting on it.

    zh自由落体

    • The skydiver experienced a few seconds of free fall before opening the parachute.
    • In a vacuum, all objects are in free fall at the same rate.
    • The astronaut was in free fall during the spacewalk.
  2. Rapid declineB2informal

    A sudden, uncontrolled, and rapid decrease in value, status, or condition.

    zh急剧下降

    • The stock market went into a free fall after the announcement.
    • His career was in free fall after the scandal.
    • The company's profits are in free fall this quarter.