phrase C2 until you die: 至死,直到死亡 The animals burned to death in the barn.那些牲口在牲口棚里被活活烧死了。 He choked to death on a fish bone.他被一根鱼刺卡死了。 be put to deathThe traitor was put to death (= killed as a punishment).叛徒被处死了。 He was dragged out of his car and beaten to death. He was found stabbed to death in what the police are now saying was a robbery. If a member of the public hadn't acted so quickly, she would almost certainly have bled to death. Tragically, he starved to death in prison. See also