When your cat drops adead bird at your feet, she isn't bringing you a present.
当你的猫把一只死鸟扔到你脚边时, 她并不是在给你送礼物。
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英[ded] 美[ded]
"they buried the dead"
"the dead of winter"
"the nerve is dead"
"a dead pallor"
"he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"
"Mars is a dead planet"
"dead soil"
"dead coals"
"the fire is dead"
"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"
"a dead shot"
"took dead aim"
"Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"
"passersby were dead to our plea for help"
"numb to the cries for mercy"
"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"
"dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"
"the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
"dead capital"
"idle funds"
"dead air"
"dead water"
"stagnant water"
"Latin is a dead language"
"a dead tennis ball"
"a dead telephone line"
"the motor is dead"
"a dead issue"
"came to a dead stop"
"utter seriousness"
"a dead battery"
"left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
"this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"
"he stopped suddenly"
"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"
1.死亡的;去世的
A person, animal, or plant that isdead is no longer living.
e.g. Her husband's beendead a year now...
她的丈夫已经去世一年了。
e.g. The group had shotdead another hostage.
该组织又开枪打死了一名人质。
2.(土地或水域)无生命存在的
Land or water that isdead contains no living things.
e.g. ...charred land, mountainsides ofdead earth and stumps of trees...
烧焦的土地、无一活物的山坡和残存的树桩
e.g. But this water seemsdead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant.
但这似乎是一潭死水:受了污染而且恶臭无比。
3.(地方或时期)无生气的,死气沉沉的
If you describe a place or a period of time asdead, you do not like it because there is very little activity taking place in it.
e.g. ...somedead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies...
某个死气沉沉的小镇,那里最有活力的东西就是苍蝇
e.g. This made that holiday week a particularlydead period.
这让那一周的假期显得特别沉闷。
4.不再使用的;用尽的
Something that isdead is no longer being used or is finished.
e.g. Thedead cigarette was still between his fingers...
那支已熄灭的香烟仍在他指间。
e.g. This bottle'sdead. But we've got another one.
这一瓶已经空了,不过我们还有一瓶。
5.(想法、计划或话题)不再令人感兴趣的,不值得再考虑的,已停滞的
If you say that an idea, plan, or subject isdead, you mean that people are no longer interested in it or willing to develop it any further.
e.g. It's adead issue, Baxter...
这个问题已经没人再谈论了,巴克斯特。
e.g. But that doesn't mean this brand of politics isdead or dying...
但那并不意味着这种政治主张已经或正在消亡。
6.(语言)死的,不再通用的
Adead language is no longer spoken or written as a means of communication, although it may still be studied.
e.g. We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning adead language.
我们过去常常抱怨自己是在浪费时间学一门死语言。
7.(电话等电气设备)不再运转的,没电的
A telephone or piece of electrical equipment that isdead is no longer functioning, for example because it no longer has any electrical power.
e.g. On another occasion I answered the phone and the line wentdead.
还有一回,我一接电话,就掉线了。
8.(体育运动中的球)界外的,死的
In sport, when a ball isdead, 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.
9.(声音)沉闷的;(颜色)暗淡的,不鲜亮的
Adead sound or colour is dull rather than lively or bright.
e.g. 'That is correct, Meg,' he answered in his cold,dead voice...
“没错,梅格。”他用冰冷、阴沉的声音答道。
e.g. Then he heard a piercing scream echoing down the deep well, ending in a dull,dead thud.
接着他听见深井里回响起一声刺耳的尖叫,然后是砰的一声闷响,再之后就什么也听不见了。
10.完全的,绝对的(尤用于修饰 centre, silence 和 stop)
dead is used to mean 'complete' or 'absolute', especially before the words 'centre', 'silence', and 'stop'.
e.g. He adjusted each chesspiece so that it stooddead centre in its square...
他调整每颗棋子,使它们立于格子的正中央。
e.g. They hurried about indead silence, with anxious faces...
他们匆匆地走来走去,一言不发,面露焦急之色。
11.正好;恰好;精确地
dead means 'precisely' or 'exactly'.
e.g. Mars was visible,dead in the centre of the telescope...
可以看得见火星,就在望远镜的正中央。
e.g. Their arrows aredead on target...
他们的箭正中靶心。
12.很;非常
dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'.
e.g. Meadowhall is alsodead easy for people to get to...
去梅多霍尔购物中心也非常方便。
e.g. His poems sounddead boring, actually...
实际上,他的诗听起来非常乏味。
13.(表示强烈反对)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.
e.g. 'Let's invite her to dinner.' — 'Over mydead body!'
“我们请她来吃晚饭吧。”——“除非我死了!”
14.完全了结的;彻底过去的
If you say that something such as an idea or situation isdead and buried, you are emphasizing that you think that it is completely finished or past, and cannot happen or exist again in the future.
e.g. I thought the whole business wasdead and buried...
我以为这整件事已经完全了结了。
e.g. In two years, the British coal industry will bedead and buried.
英国煤炭工业只消两年就将彻底瓦解。
15.突然死亡;猝死
If you say that a person or animaldropped dead ordropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly.
e.g. He droppeddead on the quayside.
他猝死在码头区。
16.去死吧;见鬼去吧;别再烦人
If you tell someone todrop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you.
e.g. 75% of the firms he called were hostile and told him to 'dropdead.'
在他电话联系的公司里,75% 都怀有敌意,让他“见鬼去吧”。
17.不在人世的;去世的
If you say that someone isdead and gone, you are emphasizing that they are dead, and thinking about what happened or will happen after their death.
dead
e.g. Often a genius is recognized only after he isdead and gone.
天才往往在离开人世之后才得到认可。
18.累得要命;病得半死
If you say that youfeel dead orare half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak.
e.g. You looked halfdead after that journey...
经过那趟旅程之后,你看上去真是累坏了。
e.g. I feel prettydead right now.
我觉得自己现在几乎快要死了。
19.在夜晚万籁俱寂之时/在隆冬
If something happensin the dead of night ,at dead of night, orin the dead of winter, it happens in the middle part of the night or the winter, when it is darkest or coldest.
e.g. I couldn't fly illegally into a country in thedead of night...
我不能在深夜乘飞机非法进入一个国家。
e.g. We buried it in the garden atdead of night...
我们在夜深人静的时候把它埋到了花园里。
20.(耶稣)复活/使…复活
When Christians say that Jesus Christrose from the dead orraised someonefrom the dead, they mean that Jesus came back to life after he had died, or brought a dead person back to life.
21.卷土重来;重新活跃起来(或获得成功)
If you say that someone or somethingrises orcomes back from the dead, you mean that they become active or successful again after being inactive for a while.
e.g. This was a company that, by all appearances, had risen from thedead...
从一切迹象来看,这是一家已经起死回生的公司。
e.g. Faldo came back from thedead to win his third Open golf championship.
福尔多重整旗鼓,赢得了他的第三个高尔夫球公开赛冠军。
22.死也(不会),绝对(不会)(穿某种衣服、去某个地方或处于某种境地)
If you say that you wouldn'tbe seen dead orbe caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.
e.g. I wouldn't be seendead in a straw hat.
我死也不会戴草帽。
e.g. ...men who wouldn't be seendead pushing a pram...
死也不会去推婴儿车的男人们
23.(使)突然停止(发生或移动)
Tostop dead means to suddenly stop happening or moving. Tostop someone or somethingdead means to cause them to suddenly stop happening or moving.
e.g. We all stoppeddead and looked at it...
我们一下子全都停了下来看着它。
e.g. She had meant to make a discreet entrance, but conversation stoppeddead...
她本打算悄悄进去,但谈话却突然中断了。
24.败局已定的;不太可能成功的
If you say that someone or something isdead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future.
e.g. A 'no' vote would have left the treatydead in the water.
一张否决票可能就会使这个条约胎死腹中。
25. to flog adead horse -> see flog
adead loss -> see loss
adead ringer -> see ringer
to stopdead in your tracks -> see track
1. 死亡的:当一个生命死亡,其灵魂进入了亡者的国度,但只要加以引导,死亡的(dead)肉体则会被负面能量操纵,在邪恶的意志下行动;其中的一些特例被允许拥有自己思考能力.
2. 死的:被占据的单元称为活的(alive),未占据的单元称为死的(dead). 哪一个单元是活的要根据其周围活的邻居单元(neighbor)的数目而一代代(generation)地发生变化,规则如下:这似乎是个解决的办法:随时缩少数组的规模.
It lay there with its eyes closed, dead as a doornail.
它躺在那里眼睛闭著,确实死了。
He has been dead for two years.
他已死了两年。
The phone went dead.
电话打不通了。
The battery is dead.
电瓶没电了。
What a dead place this is!
这地方多没意思!
The acting was rather dead.
表演十分乏味.
The street seems dead without all the bustle of the children.
没有孩子的嬉戏,街道上死气沉沉的。
You seem half dead.
你看起来累得半死不活的。
My dead fingers could not untie the knot.
我的手指麻木了,解不开结。
My legs had gone completely dead.
我的腿完全没知觉了。
She finished speaking, and there was dead silence in the room.
她发言之后,屋内变得鸦雀无声。
His love for you is dead.
他对你的爱情已不复存在。
The debate is now dead.
辩论现已过时。
Latin has become a dead language.
拉丁语已成为一种死语言。
Many people say that detente is now a dead letter.
很多人说缓和国际紧张局势的论调已是明日黄花。
He fell with a dead thud.
他砰的一声倒了下来。
He was dead asleep.
他酣然大睡。
You can be dead sure of my innocence.
你绝对可以相信我是无辜的。
The wind was dead against us.
风正对着我们吹。
She stopped dead on the stairway.
她突然在楼梯上停住了
I feel pretty dead right now.
我觉得自己现在几乎快要死了。
I couldn't fly illegally into a country in the dead of night...
我不能在深夜乘飞机非法进入一个国家。
We buried it in the garden at dead of night...
我们在夜深人静的时候把它埋到了花园里。
75% of the firms he called were hostile and told him to 'drop dead.'
在他电话联系的公司里,75% 都怀有敌意,让他“见鬼去吧”。
Often a genius is recognized only after he is dead and gone.
天才往往在离开人世之后才得到认可。
You looked half dead after that journey...
经过那趟旅程之后,你看上去真是累坏了。
He dropped dead on the quayside.
他猝死在码头区。
Her husband's been dead a year now...
她的丈夫已经去世一年了。
The group had shot dead another hostage.
该组织又开枪打死了一名人质。
...charred land, mountainsides of dead earth and stumps of trees...
烧焦的土地、无一活物的山坡和残存的树桩
But this water seems dead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant.
但这似乎是一潭死水:受了污染而且恶臭无比。
...some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies...
某个死气沉沉的小镇,那里最有活力的东西就是苍蝇
This made that holiday week a particularly dead period.
这让那一周的假期显得特别沉闷。
The dead cigarette was still between his fingers...
那支已熄灭的香烟仍在他指间。
This bottle's dead. But we've got another one.
这一瓶已经空了,不过我们还有一瓶。
It's a dead issue, Baxter...
这个问题已经没人再谈论了,巴克斯特。
But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying...
但那并不意味着这种政治主张已经或正在消亡。
We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language.
我们过去常常抱怨自己是在浪费时间学一门死语言。
On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.
还有一回,我一接电话,就掉线了。
'That is correct, Meg,' he answered in his cold, dead voice...
“没错,梅格。”他用冰冷、阴沉的声音答道。
Then he heard a piercing scream echoing down the deep well, ending in a dull, dead thud.
接着他听见深井里回响起一声刺耳的尖叫,然后是砰的一声闷响,再之后就什么也听不见了。
He adjusted each chesspiece so that it stood dead centre in its square...
他调整每颗棋子,使它们立于格子的正中央。
They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces...
他们匆匆地走来走去,一言不发,面露焦急之色。
Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope...
可以看得见火星,就在望远镜的正中央。
Their arrows are dead on target...
他们的箭正中靶心。
Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to...
去梅多霍尔购物中心也非常方便。
His poems sound dead boring, actually...
实际上,他的诗听起来非常乏味。
'Let's invite her to dinner.' 'u2014 'Over my dead body!'
“我们请她来吃晚饭吧。”——“除非我死了!”
I thought the whole business was dead and buried...
我以为这整件事已经完全了结了。
In two years, the British coal industry will be dead and buried.
英国煤炭工业只消两年就将彻底瓦解。
I've just been cut dead in the street by an old friend.
刚才在街上有个老朋友看见我却假装没看见。
The dead are the victims of the living.
出自:I. MurdochEven the dead were washed out of their graves.
出自:J. C. OatesHe was shot dead.
出自:DefoeMacbean..is dead of a suppression of urine.
出自:S. JohnsonA semi-circle of drive..littered with dead leaves.
出自:Day LewisWaking Someone Up-(叫醒某人)
A:Hey, Jim, it’s time to wake up? and get out of bed.
嘿,吉姆,醒一醒,该起床啦。
B:Do I have to get up now?
我现在一定得起床吗?
A:You’d better get up, or you’ll be late.
你最好现在就起床,否则要迟到了。
B:What are you talking about? My alarm hasn’t even gone off yet.
你说什么呀? 我的闹钟都还没响呢?
A:Yes, it did. It went off? 30 minutes ago. You slept right through it?. You’re like adead person while you sleep.
响了,30分钟前就响了。你睡过了。睡得像死猪一样。
B:I must have slept right through it.
我一定是睡过了。
A:Rise and shine?! Sleepyhead!
起床!贪睡鬼!
B:Just let me sleep 5 more minutes.
让我再睡5分钟嘛。
A:The early bird gets the worm?.
早起的鸟才会有虫吃。
B:I know. I know. But I don’t want any worms.
我知道。我知道。但是我可不想吃虫。
A:Ha! Ha! If you don’t make an effort now, later on it’ll be a lot tougher for you.
哈!哈! 如果你现在不努力的话,将来的生活就会变得更加艰
误 He was dead two years ago.
正 He died two years ago.
正 He has been dead for two years.
析 dead作形容词表示状态,不能和表示某一过去时间的状语连用,而died是动词,表示瞬间动作,可以和表示某一过去时间的状语连用。
When your cat drops adead bird at your feet, she isn't bringing you a present.
当你的猫把一只死鸟扔到你脚边时, 她并不是在给你送礼物。
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