dead

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a. 死的, 不活泼的, 麻木的, 熄灭的 n. 死者 adv. 完全地, 直接地

发音

US /dɛd/
AU /dɛd/
其它 /diːd/

词形变化

deads 复数 deaded deading deads 三单 deads deading 现在分词 deaded 过去式 deaded 过去分词 deader 比较级 deader deadest deadest 最高级

别名

daid deade ded dee'd

教材释义与例句

名词

死者

people who have died

形容词

无生命的;呆板的;废弃了的

a dead planet has no life on it

副词

完全地

completely

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Time when coldness, darkness, or stillness is most intense.

    寂静

    不可数

    Near-synonym: nadir

    the dead of night

    the dead of winter

  2. 2.

    Those who have died: dead people.

    不可数

    the quick and the dead

    Will the dead rise again?

    He will come again to judge the living and the dead.

  3. 3.

    (usually in the plural) Sterile mining waste, often present as many large rocks stacked inside the workings.

    英国
  4. 4.

    Clipping of deadlift.

    非正式 体育
v.
  1. 1.

    To prevent by disabling; to stop.

    及物

    1826, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Edward Reynolds, Lord Bishop of Norwich, collected by Edward Reynolds, Benedict Riveley, and Alexander Chalmers. pp. 227. London: B. Holdsworth. “What a man should do, when finds his natural impotency dead him in spiritual works”

  2. 2.

    To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To kill.

    英国 美国 俚语 及物
  4. 4.

    To discontinue or put an end to (something).

    俚语 及物 非裔美国英语 引申义
adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)

    All of my grandparents are dead.

    Have respect for the dead.

    The villagers are mourning their dead.

    The dead are always with us, in our hearts.

    Lily was pronounced dead at the scene.

    A storekeeper downtown was shot dead last evening.

    raise the dead

    wake the dead

  2. 2.

    Devoid of living things; barren.

    a dead planet

  3. 3.

    Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.

  4. 4.

    Utterly exhausted.

  5. 5.

    So hated or offensive as to be absolutely shunned, ignored, or ostracized.

    He is dead to me.

  6. 6.

    Doomed; marked for death; as good as dead.

    "You come back here this instant! Oh, you're dead, mister!"

  7. 7.

    Without emotion; impassive.

    She stood with dead face and limp arms, unresponsive to my plea.

  8. 8.

    Stationary; static; immobile or immovable.

    the dead load on the floor

    a dead lift

  9. 9.

    Without interest to one of the senses; dull; flat.

    dead air

    a dead glass of soda.

  10. 10.

    Unproductive; fallow.

    dead time

    dead fields

  11. 11.

    Past, bygone, vanished.

  12. 12.

    Lacking usual activity; unexpectedly quiet or empty of people.

    For a Friday night, it's really dead in this restaurant.

  13. 13.

    Completely inactive; currently without power; without a signal; not live.

    OK, the circuit's dead. Go ahead and cut the wire.

    Now that the motor's dead you can reach in and extract the spark plugs.

  14. 14.

    Unable to emit power, being discharged (flat) or faulty.

  15. 15.

    Broken or inoperable.

    That monitor is dead; don’t bother hooking it up.

  16. 16.

    No longer used or required.

    There are several dead laws still on the books regulating where horses may be hitched.

    Is this beer glass dead?

  17. 17.

    Intentionally designed so as not to impart motion or power.

    工程

    the dead spindle of a lathe

    A dead axle, also called a lazy axle, is not part of the drivetrain, but is instead free-rotating.

  18. 18.

    Not in play.

    体育

    Once the ball crosses the foul line, it's dead.

  19. 19.

    Lying so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke.

    体育
  20. 20.

    Tagged out.

    俚语 体育 游戏
  21. 21.

    Full and complete (usually applied to nouns involving lack of motion, sound, activity, or other signs of life).

    dead stop

    dead sleep

    dead giveaway

    dead silence

  22. 22.

    Exact; on the dot.

    dead center

    dead aim

    a dead eye

    a dead level

  23. 23.

    Experiencing pins and needles (paresthesia).

    After sitting on my hands for a while, my arms became dead.

  24. 24.

    Expresses an emotional reaction associated with hyperbolic senses of die:

    Dying of laughter.

  25. 25.

    Expresses an emotional reaction associated with hyperbolic senses of die:

    Expresses shock, second-hand embarrassment, etc.

  26. 26.

    Constructed so as not to reflect or transmit sound; soundless; anechoic.

    a dead floor

  27. 27.

    Bringing death; deadly.

    废旧
  28. 28.

    Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property.

    法律

    A person who is banished or who becomes a monk is civilly dead.

  29. 29.

    Indifferent to; having no obligation toward; no longer subject to or ruled by (sin, guilt, pleasure, etc).

    罕用 宗教
  30. 30.

    Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: ending abruptly.

    语言学
adv.
  1. 1.

    Exactly.

    绝对

    非正式

    dead right; dead level; dead flat; dead straight; dead left

    He hit the target dead in the centre.

  2. 2.

    Very, absolutely, extremely.

    完全地

    到死

    鬼咁

    鬼死咁

    非正式

    dead wrong; dead set; dead serious; dead drunk; dead broke; dead earnest; dead certain; dead slow; dead sure; dead simple; dead honest; dead accurate; dead easy

    1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados They tried the gas in the room and it was dead out; they looked at the meter in the basement afterwards and it was dead off.

  3. 3.

    Suddenly and completely.

    He stopped dead.

    She cut me dead again at the last party.

  4. 4.

    As if dead.

    非正式

    dead tired; dead quiet; dead asleep; dead pale; dead cold; dead still

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English ded, deed, from Old English dēad, from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare West Frisian dead, dea, Dutch dood, German tot, Danish, Norwegian død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.

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