dead end
短语闭塞不通的一头, 死胡同 [电] 终端
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词形变化
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教材释义与例句
一头封死的道路（或通道等）；绝境；僵局
死胡同；死角；死路
释义与例句
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1.
A street or path or tunnel that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.
死胡同
死路
死巷
末路
掘头巷
习语That road comes to a dead end at the lake.
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2.
The inner end of a drift or tunnel.
商务 采矿The ventilation of dead ends — always a serious problem — has in some mines been an absolute necessity. At the Oriental Consols Gold Mine a crosscut at a depth of 2,600 ft. has been continued to over 1,400 ft. from the shaft, and at the No. 2 South Great Eastern Gold Mine crosscutting and driving has been carried on at depths of 1,750 ft. and 2,000 ft. In order to ventilate these dead ends blowers have been used to force air into the faces through lines of pipes.
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3.
A position that offers no hope of change or progress.
比喻Her father suggested that she decline the job because it was a dead end.
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4.
A split end in the hair.