| 词汇 | doornail |
| 释义 | doornail noun[ C ] uk /ˈdɔː.neɪl/ us /ˈdɔːr.neɪl/ → be as dead as a doornailinformal（加固或装饰用的）护门帽钉，大头钉子 Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish raise raise someone from the deadidiom remains roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff strike someone down toll Examples of doornaildoornail This is now regrettably as dead as a doornail. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is quite certain that nobody will do it now; it is as dead as a doornail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My own belief is that social democracy is as dead as a doornail now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By the time it has gone on for five years, then it must be absolutely conclusive to almost everybody that the marriage is as dead as a doornail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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