wake the dead

短语

词形变化

wakes the dead 三单 waking the dead 现在分词 woke the dead 过去式 woken the dead 过去式 woken the dead 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be very loud; to produce a very loud or disruptive noise.

    比喻 习语 非正式

    For God's sake, kids, pipe down — you're going to wake the dead with that racket!

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wake, the, dead: to hold a wake over a deceased person.

    Meronyms: eulogize; elegize