| 词汇 | dead |
| 释义 | dead adjective uk /ded/ us /ded/ deadadjective (NOT LIVING)A2 not now living: 死的，死亡的，去世的 She's been dead for 20 years now.到现在她已经去世20年了。 dead on arrival The motorcyclist was dead on arrival at the hospital.那位摩托车手被送到医院时已经死亡。 be shot deadHe was shot dead (= killed by shooting) outside his home.他在家门外被人开枪打死了。 C2mainly UK If a part of your body is dead, you cannot feel it: （身体局部）失去知觉的，麻木的 I've been sitting with my legs crossed for so long, my right leg has gone dead.我盘腿坐了很久，结果右腿都麻木了。 The president has sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of the dead soldiers.总统已经向阵亡士兵的家属发去了唁电。 In the autumn I rake up the dead leaves.秋天，我用耙子将落叶耙集成堆。 Forensic examination revealed a large quantity of poison in the dead man's stomach.法医检验显示死者胃中有大量毒药。 An ambulance crew was called to his home, but he was dead by the time they arrived.救护人员接到了求救电话，但是赶到他家时他已经咽气了。 The horse lay motionless on the ground, as if dead.这匹马一动不动躺在地上，像死了似的。 Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost give up the ghostidiom have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish posthumously raise raise someone from the deadidiom roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff itidiom toll You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unable to feel anything deadadjective (NOT IN USE)UK If glasses and bottles that were previously full are dead, they are now empty.（杯子、瓶子等）空了的 In some sports, if a ball is dead, it is outside the area of play: （某些运动中球）出界的 Officials ruled the ball dead. See also dead ball Empty bare barrenly barrenness blank clear view cleared emptily emptiness empty flat forlorn hollow lifeless low-traffic unfurnished uninhabited unobstructed unoccupied untenanted yawningly You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: General terms used in ball sports deadadjective (BORING)C2 If a place is dead, it is too quiet and nothing interesting happens there: （地方）沉寂的，死气沉沉的 The city centre is quite lively during the day, but it's totally dead at night.市中心白天相当热闹，晚上却死气沉沉。 Tedious and uninspiring (as) dull as ditchwateridiom anonymous banal banally basic marginal marmoreal meh menial menially staid staidly stale staleness stodgily viewless watch paint dryidiom watch the clockidiom wearisome wearisomely deadadjective (EQUIPMENT)B2 If a piece of equipment is dead, it is not working: 坏了的，失灵的 a dead battery没电的电池 go dead The phone suddenly went dead.电话突然不能用了。 broken brokenThe microwave's broken. deadThe phone's dead; there must be a problem with the line. defunctThe TV's defunct! bustUKYou won't be able to watch the game, the TV's bust. bustedUSOh no, my laptop's busted. out of orderThe coffee machine was out of order. Machines - not functioning act up balky blooey break down broken brokenness brownout defunct downtime fail failure flat outage power (something) down seize seize up short circuit shudder shut whack deadadjective (TIRED)informal very tired: 非常累的 I'm absolutely dead by the end of the day. If you try to do it all yourself you'll be completely dead. She says she can't come out because she's too dead. I can't dance any more, I'm dead. Tired and making tired all in anti-fatigue at your worstidiom be dead on your feetidiom be fit/ready to dropidiom finish something off fit to dropidiom fragile gassed haggard knackered shell-shocked sleep deprivation sleep-deprived sleepily sleepiness sleepy strung out yawningly zonked Idiomsbe (as) dead as a/the dodo be as dead as a doornail be dead meat be dead in the water be dead on your feet dead to rights be dead to the world dead man walking dead men tell no tales over my dead body dead adjective[ before noun ], adverb uk /ded/ us /ded/ C1 complete(ly): 完全的，全然的 dead silence The conductor waited for dead silence before commencing the performance.乐队指挥等观众们完全静下来后才开始演出。 dead aheadThe post office is dead (= straight) ahead.邮局就在前面。 Aim for the dead (= exact) centre of the target.瞄准靶子的正中心。 dead on timeI always try to arrive dead (= exactly) on time.我总是尽量按时到达。 UKinformal very: 很，非常 dead easyThe exam was dead easy.这次考试太容易了。 I'm dead hungry.我饿极了。 "How was the film?" "It was dead good."“那部电影怎么样？”“棒极了！” dead set against (doing) something(UK alsodead against (doing) something) to be completely opposed to something: 坚决反对… He's dead set against living in the city.他坚决反对住在城里。 dead set on (doing) something to be very determined to do or have something: 坚决要做…，一心要做… Martha's dead set on having a new bike.玛莎一心想要一辆新自行车。 Complete and whole (all) in one pieceidiom aggregate all or nothingidiom all toldidiom all-in-one all-inclusive fibre full strength full-fledged full-length fully fully fledged implicit systemic thorough thoroughgoingly thoroughly through and throughidiom to the lastidiom totality You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Linguistics: very & extreme dead noun uk /ded/ us /ded/ the dead[ plural ] dead people: 死去的人们，死者 Three children were among the dead.死者中有3名儿童。 A ceasefire has been called to allow the survivors to bury their dead.人们呼吁停火以便幸存者能够掩埋他们死去的亲人。 He believes that God will judge the living and the dead. The dead are always with us in our memories. Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost give up the ghostidiom have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish posthumously raise raise someone from the deadidiom roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff itidiom toll Idiomscome back from the dead in the dead of night/winter dead | American Dictionarydead adjective[ not gradable ] us/ded/ deadadjective[not gradable] (NOT LIVING)no longer living: dead leaves Local residents found the whale dead on the beach. If a piece of machinery or equipment is dead, it is no longer working: a dead battery The phone suddenly went dead. infml If you describe a place as dead, you mean there is not much activity there that interests you: I love my hometown, but as a teenager I always found it dead. deadadjective[not gradable] (COMPLETE)complete or exact: The conductor waited for dead silence before lifting his baton. He aimed for the dead center of the target. Idiom(as) dead as a doornail dead adverb[ not gradable ] us/ded/ deadadverb[not gradable] (COMPLETELY)completely or extremely: After a hard day’s work, I was dead tired. dead noun us/ded/ deadnoun (DEAD PEOPLE)[ pl ] people who are no longer living: She did not know any of the names listed among the dead. deadnoun (DEEPEST PART)[ U ] the deepest or most extreme part of something Idiomsdead of night dead of winter dead | Business Englishdead adjective uk /ded/us no longer existing, or no longer having success or making progress: Some believe that employee loyalty to organizations is dead because lifetime employment is no longer possible. The online service attracted far fewer customers than predicted and is practically dead, analysts said. She saved a nearly dead $250 million deal to renovate the downtown area. if a place is dead, nothing is happening there: Taxi drivers reported that business was slow and the airport has been dead. used to describe a machine or equipment that has stopped working: go deadThe phone line went dead. dead in the water having failed and very unlikely to have any success in the future: Mr Winters said his plans for a management buyout were dead in the water. Examples of deaddead He returns home and finds the burglar, dead from a heart attack, on the floor. The result of this damage is that there are now dead processors scattered at random in the system. By then, over half the former division members were dead, and the average age of the 117 surviving members was seventy-three years. And third, the woman looks either dead or made of plastic which problematises her otherwise conventionally attractive appearance. The presence of dead parasites may not confer an acquired immunity to re-infection. The cytoplasm of the cells had lysosome-like granules containing dead granulosa cell debris at different stages of degradation. Positions and heading angle from dead reckoning are redrawn on computer screen overlapped with a hand measured map. Within a host, the proportion of the parasites that are dead is not related to the degree of multiple infection. Half of this sediment can be expected to settle above the out-take (in the live storage) and half below the out-take (in dead storage). A hill with a hollow provides dead ground, and this could be a lurking place for natural or supernatural enemies. Even (seemingly) unimportant enacted laws change the status quo policy and have greater utility than dead important bills. This can take measurements using fluorescence to establish the three microbe states: viable, dead or dormant. Total number and the numbers of dormant, non-dormant, living and dead seeds significantly differed among the autumn, spring and summer samples. The dormant, non-dormant, dead, living and total seed densities per m2 by centimetre of depth were significantly different among the nine populations tested. The second improvement concerns the order in which we perform dead-variable elimination. See all examples of dead These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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