| 词汇 | death |
| 释义 | death 41 ENTRIES FOUND: death (noun) death-defying (adjective) death's-head (noun) death benefit (noun) death blow (noun) death camp (noun) death certificate (noun) death duty (noun) death grip (noun) death mask (noun) death penalty (noun) death rate (noun) death rattle (noun) death ray (noun) death row (noun) death sentence (noun) death squad (noun) death tax (noun) death throes (noun) death toll (noun) death trap (noun) death warrant (noun) death wish (noun) Death Valley (proper noun) black death (noun) brain death (noun) cot death (noun) crib death (noun) kiss of death (noun) life-and-death (adjective) life-or-death (adjective) near-death experience (noun) sudden death (noun) sudden infant death syndrome (noun) wrongful death (noun) door (noun) life (noun) matter (noun) misadventure (noun) put (verb) warm (verb) death /ˈdɛθ/ noun plural deaths death /ˈdɛθ/ noun plural deaths Learner's definition of DEATH 1 a [noncount] : the end of life : the time when someone or something dies死；死亡 birth, life, and eventual death出生、生活和最终死亡 fear of death对死亡的恐惧 She is close to death. [=she will die soon]她生命垂危。 death threats死亡威胁 The hostage managed to escape death. [=avoid being killed]人质得以死里逃生。 The newspaper did not report the cause of death.报纸没有报道死因。 She was convicted of murder and sentenced/condemned to death. [=told that she would be killed as punishment]她被裁定犯有谋杀罪，被判处死刑。 — see also brain death, death knell at knell b [count] : the ending of a particular person's life生命的终止；去世 People around the world mourned his death.世界各地的人们都哀悼他的逝世。 She worked at the newspaper until her death at (age) 74.她在报社工作至她74岁去世。 The accident resulted in two deaths.事故造成两人死亡。 The number of deaths from cancer is rising.癌症致死的人数在不断增加。 He died a violent/tragic death.他惨遭暴力/不幸而亡。 There has been a death in the family.那家有人去世。 She survived the plane crash and many years later died a natural death. [=from natural causes; because she was old]她在坠机事件中幸免于难，许多年后尽其天年。 The general met his death on the battlefield.那位将军战死沙场。 2 [count] : the permanent end of something that is not alive : the ruin or destruction of something终止；灭亡；消亡 the death of innocence天真的消逝 the death of vaudeville歌舞杂耍表演的销声匿迹 the death of a marriage婚姻的终止 3 Death [noncount] literary : the force that ends life and is often shown in art or literature as a skeleton死神（具有夺命的超凡能力，常以骷髅的形象出现在文艺作品中） Death could be seen lurking in the corner of the painting.可以看见死神隐匿在油画的一角。 when Death comes to take me away当死神把我带走的时候 a matter of life and death — see 1life at death's door : about to die : very sick and in danger of dying危在旦夕；垂死 He is sick, but he's not at death's door.他生病了，不过还没到病危的地步。 be the death of : to cause (someone) to die致死 I worry that his drug addiction will be the death of him.我担心他会因毒瘾而丧命。 — often used figuratively常用作比喻 Those kids will be the death of me! [=they worry and upset me very much]那些孩子令我操心死了！ catch your death (of cold) — see 1catch like death warmed over (US) informal or British like death warmed up : very tired or sick很不舒服；累得要命；难受得要死 We worked through the night, and by morning we looked like death warmed over.我们通宵工作，到第二天早上累得要命。 put to death ◊ A person or animal that is put to death is killed at a scheduled time by someone who is legally allowed to do so.（合法）处死，处决 a serial killer who was put to death [=executed] for the murder of 28 people因杀害28人而被处决的连环杀手 The dog that attacked the children was later put to death.攻击孩子们的那条狗后来被处死了。 to death 1 — used to say how someone died or was killed以…方式死亡 He was shot/stabbed to death.他被枪杀/刺死了。 They froze/starved to death.他们冻死/饿死了。 She drank herself to death. [=drank a lot of alcohol until it made her so sick that she died]她因酗酒致死。 2 : very much : to a great degree非常；极度 We were bored/scared to death. [=extremely bored/scared]我们烦/吓得要死。 That teacher works her students to death. [=she makes them work too hard]老师布置的作业让学生们累得要死。 He's wonderful! I just love him to death!他太棒了！我简直爱死他了！ I'm sick to death of hearing about the scandal. [=I don't want to hear anything more about the scandal; I've heard too much about it]这条丑闻我都听了多少回了，烦死了。 That song has been done to death. [=many musicians have performed that song]那首歌已经被唱烂了。 to the death 1 : until someone is dead至死；永远；到底 The warriors would fight to the death.武士们将誓死战斗。 a battle to the death生死决战 2 : with all of your energy and effort力争到底 Some parents do not want the school to be closed, and say they'll fight to the death for it.一些家长不希望学校关闭，他们说会力争到底。 — see also black death, kiss of death, sudden death — deathlike /ˈdɛθˌlaɪk/ adjective a deathlike state死一般的状态 |
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