bite the dust

短语

大败

发音

AU

词形变化

bites the dust 三单 bites the dust biting the dust bitten the dust bit the dust biting the dust 现在分词 bit the dust 过去式 bitten the dust 过去式 bitten the dust 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To die.

    委婉 习语

    Ulysses killed Demoptolemus, Telemachus Euryades, Eumæus Elatus, while the stockman killed Pisander. These all bit the dust, and as the others drew back into a corner Ulysses and his men rushed forward and regained their spears by drawing them from the bodies of the dead

    Three more warriors bit the dust...

  2. 2.

    To quit, or fail.

    一败涂地

    报废

    习语

    My old backpack finally bit the dust the other day.