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ADJ
死亡的;去世的
A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.
例句
Her husband's been dead a year now...
她的丈夫已經(jīng)去世一年了。
The group had shot dead another hostage.
該組織又開(kāi)槍打死了一名人質(zhì)。
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ADJ
(土地或水域)無(wú)生命存在的
Land or water that is dead contains no living things.
例句
...charred land, mountainsides of dead earth and stumps of trees...
燒焦的土地、無(wú)一活物的山坡和殘存的樹(shù)樁
But this water seems dead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant.
但這似乎是一潭死水：受了污染而且惡臭無(wú)比。
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ADJ-GRADED
(地方或時(shí)期)無(wú)生氣的，死氣沉沉的
If you describe a place or a period of time as dead, you do not like it because there is very little activity taking place in it.
例句
...some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies...
某個(gè)死氣沉沉的小鎮(zhèn)，那里最有活力的東西就是蒼蠅
This made that holiday week a particularly dead period.
這讓那一周的假期顯得特別沉悶。
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ADJ
不再使用的;用盡的
Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished.
例句
The dead cigarette was still between his fingers...
那支已熄滅的香煙仍在他指間。
This bottle's dead. But we've got another one.
這一瓶已經(jīng)空了，不過(guò)我們還有一瓶。
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ADJ
(想法、計(jì)劃或話題）不再令人感興趣的，不值得再考慮的，已停滯的
If you say that an idea, plan, or subject is dead, you mean that people are no longer interested in it or willing to develop it any further.
例句
It's a dead issue, Baxter...
這個(gè)問(wèn)題已經(jīng)沒(méi)人再談?wù)摿?，巴克斯特?/i>
But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying...
但那并不意味著這種政治主張已經(jīng)或正在消亡。
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ADJ
(語(yǔ)言）死的，不再通用的
A dead language is no longer spoken or written as a means of communication, although it may still be studied.
例句
We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language.
我們過(guò)去常常抱怨自己是在浪費(fèi)時(shí)間學(xué)一門(mén)死語(yǔ)言。
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ADJ
(電話等電氣設(shè)備）不再運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的，沒(méi)電的
A telephone or piece of electrical equipment that is dead is no longer functioning, for example because it no longer has any electrical power.
例句
On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.
還有一回，我一接電話，就掉線了。
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ADJ
(體育運(yùn)動(dòng)中的球）界外的，死的
In sport, when a ball is dead, it has gone outside the playing area, or a situation has occurred in which the game has to be temporarily stopped, and none of the players can score points or gain an advantage.
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ADJ-GRADED
(聲音)沉悶的;(顏色)暗淡的，不鮮亮的
A dead sound or colour is dull rather than lively or bright.
例句
'That is correct, Meg,' he answered in his cold, dead voice...
“沒(méi)錯(cuò)，梅格?！彼帽?、陰沉的聲音答道。
Then he heard a piercing scream echoing down the deep well, ending in a dull, dead thud.
接著他聽(tīng)見(jiàn)深井里回響起一聲刺耳的尖叫，然后是砰的一聲悶響，再之后就什么也聽(tīng)不見(jiàn)了。
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ADJ
完全的，絕對(duì)的（尤用于修飾 centre, silence 和 stop）
Dead is used to mean 'complete' or 'absolute', especially before the words 'centre', 'silence', and 'stop'.
例句
He adjusted each chesspiece so that it stood dead centre in its square...
他調(diào)整每顆棋子，使它們立于格子的正中央。
They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces...
他們匆匆地走來(lái)走去，一言不發(fā)，面露焦急之色。
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ADV
正好;恰好;精確地
Dead means 'precisely' or 'exactly'.
例句
Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope...
可以看得見(jiàn)火星，就在望遠(yuǎn)鏡的正中央。
Their arrows are dead on target...
他們的箭正中靶心。
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ADV
很;非常
Dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'.
例句
Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to...
去梅多霍爾購(gòu)物中心也非常方便。
His poems sound dead boring, actually...
實(shí)際上，他的詩(shī)聽(tīng)起來(lái)非常乏味。
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CONVENTION
（表示強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)）除非我死了
If you reply 'Over my dead body' when a plan or action has been suggested, you are emphasizing that you dislike it, and will do everything you can to prevent it.
例句
'Let's invite her to dinner.' — 'Over my dead body!'
“我們請(qǐng)她來(lái)吃晚飯吧?！薄俺俏宜懒?！”
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PHRASE
完全了結(jié)的;徹底過(guò)去的
If you say that something such as an idea or situation is dead and buried, you are emphasizing that you think that it is completely finished or past, and cannot happen or exist again in the future.
例句
I thought the whole business was dead and buried...
我以為這整件事已經(jīng)完全了結(jié)了。
In two years, the British coal industry will be dead and buried.
英國(guó)煤炭工業(yè)只消兩年就將徹底瓦解。
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PHRASE
突然死亡;猝死
If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly.
例句
He dropped dead on the quayside.
他猝死在碼頭區(qū)。
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PHRASE
去死吧;見(jiàn)鬼去吧;別再煩人
If you tell someone to drop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you.
例句
75% of the firms he called were hostile and told him to 'drop dead.'
在他電話聯(lián)系的公司里，75% 都懷有敵意，讓他“見(jiàn)鬼去吧”。
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PHRASE
不在人世的;去世的
If you say that someone is dead and gone, you are emphasizing that they are dead, and thinking about what happened or will happen after their death.
例句
Often a genius is recognized only after he is dead and gone.
天才往往在離開(kāi)人世之后才得到認(rèn)可。
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PHRASE
累得要命;病得半死
If you say that you feel dead or are half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak.
例句
You looked half dead after that journey...
經(jīng)過(guò)那趟旅程之后,你看上去真是累壞了。
I feel pretty dead right now.
我覺(jué)得自己現(xiàn)在幾乎快要死了。
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PHRASE
在夜晚萬(wàn)籟俱寂之時(shí)/在隆冬
If something happens in the dead of night ,at dead of night, or in the dead of winter, it happens in the middle part of the night or the winter, when it is darkest or coldest.
例句
I couldn't fly illegally into a country in the dead of night...
我不能在深夜乘飛機(jī)非法進(jìn)入一個(gè)國(guó)家。
We buried it in the garden at dead of night...
我們?cè)谝股钊遂o的時(shí)候把它埋到了花園里。
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PHRASE
(耶穌）復(fù)活/使…復(fù)活
When Christians say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead or raised someone from the dead, they mean that Jesus came back to life after he had died, or brought a dead person back to life.
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PHRASE
卷土重來(lái);重新活躍起來(lái)（或獲得成功）
If you say that someone or something rises or comes back from the dead, you mean that they become active or successful again after being inactive for a while.
例句
This was a company that, by all appearances, had risen from the dead...
從一切跡象來(lái)看，這是一家已經(jīng)起死回生的公司。
Faldo came back from the dead to win his third Open golf championship.
福爾多重整旗鼓，贏得了他的第三個(gè)高爾夫球公開(kāi)賽冠軍。
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PHRASE
死也（不會(huì)），絕對(duì)（不會(huì)）（穿某種衣服、去某個(gè)地方或處于某種境地)
If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.
例句
I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat.
我死也不會(huì)戴草帽。
...men who wouldn't be seen dead pushing a pram...
死也不會(huì)去推嬰兒車(chē)的男人們
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PHRASE
（使）突然停止（發(fā)生或移動(dòng)）
To stop dead means to suddenly stop happening or moving. To stop someone or something dead means to cause them to suddenly stop happening or moving.
例句
We all stopped dead and looked at it...
我們一下子全都停了下來(lái)看著它。
She had meant to make a discreet entrance, but conversation stopped dead...
她本打算悄悄進(jìn)去，但談話卻突然中斷了。
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PHRASE
敗局已定的;不太可能成功的
If you say that someone or something is dead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future.
例句
A 'no' vote would have left the treaty dead in the water.
一張否決票可能就會(huì)使這個(gè)條約胎死腹中。
Noun
1. people who are no longer living;
"they buried the dead"2. a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense;
"the dead of winter"Adjective
1. no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life;
"the nerve is dead""a dead pallor""he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"2. not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat;
"Mars is a dead planet""a dead battery""dead soil""dead coals""the fire is dead"3. very tired;
"was all in at the end of the day""so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere""bushed after all that exercise""I'm dead after that long trip"4. unerringly accurate;
"a dead shot""took dead aim"5. physically inactive;
"Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"6. total;
"dead silence""utter seriousness"7. not endowed with life;
"the inorganic world is inanimate""inanimate objects""dead stones"8. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive;
"passersby were dead to our plea for help""numb to the cries for mercy"9. devoid of physical sensation; numb;
"his gums were dead from the novocain""she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth""a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"10. lacking acoustic resonance;
"dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs""the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"11. not yielding a return;
"dead capital""idle funds"12. not circulating or flowing;
"dead air""dead water""stagnant water"13. out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown;
"a dead telephone line""the motor is dead"14. not surviving in active use;
"Latin is a dead language"15. lacking resilience or bounce;
"a dead tennis ball"16. no longer in force or use; inactive;
"a defunct (or dead) law""a defunct organization"17. no longer having force or relevance;
"a dead issue"18. sudden and complete;
"came to a dead stop"19. drained of electric charge; discharged;
"a dead battery""left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"20. lacking animation or excitement or activity;
"the party being dead we left early""it was a lifeless party until she arrived"21. devoid of activity;
"this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"Adverb
1. quickly and without warning;
"he stopped suddenly"2. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers;
"an absolutely magnificent painting""a perfectly idiotic idea""you're perfectly right""utterly miserable""you can be dead sure of my innocence""was dead tired""dead right"