death

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #386 ★★★★☆

n. 死亡 [医] 死亡

发音

US /dɛθ/
UK /dɛθ/
其它 /diːθ/
其它 /dɛːθ/
其它 /dɛθ/

词形变化

deaths 复数 deaths

别名

deth

教材释义与例句

名词

死；死亡；死神；毁灭

the permanent end of something

The latest bombing is the death of all our hopes.

最近的炸弹爆炸事件使我们所有的希望都化为乌有。

These regulations could spell the death (= lead to the end ) of the American car industry.

这些规定可能会毁掉美国的汽车工业。

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

    死亡

    可数 不可数

    My grandfather died a violent death, which saddened the whole family.

  2. 2.

    The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

    Execution (in the judicial sense).

    可数 不可数

    The serial killer was sentenced to death.

  3. 3.

    The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

    死神

    可数 不可数

    When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.

  4. 4.

    The collapse or end of something.

    可数 不可数

    England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all.

    Buyer (negotiating): You were at two-fifty on that one. Go on, then, what's the death on that? Seller: Two hundred pounds is the absolute death. Buyer: Sold. Thank you.

  5. 5.

    The collapse or end of something.

    A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).

    可数 比喻 不可数

    This bake sale is going to be the death of me!

  6. 6.

    Spiritual lifelessness.

    可数 比喻 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

last end dying destruction demise expiry decease

反义词 1

birth

上位词 8

kill end change state killing ending modification alteration

下位词 10

going sleep rest release loss grave passing exit departure extinction

整体词 3

life lifetime lifespan

相关短语

scared to death 吓死了；怕到死；害怕得要命 to death 极度 death row n. 死囚室 death toll n. 死亡人数 death squad n. 暗杀小组 death sentence n. 死刑 death penalty [法] 死刑 death rate [医] 死亡率 sudden death 暴死, 突然死亡法 [医] 猝死 death futures death mask 死人面部模型 death wish n. 求死愿望 death ray 死光, 杀伤性射线

词源

From Middle English deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die. Cognates Cognate with Scots daeth, daith, death, deeth, deith (“death”), North Frisian Duar, duas, düüs (“death”), Saterland Frisian Dood (“death”), West Frisian dea (“death”), Dutch dood (“death”), German Tod, Todt (“death”), Limburgish doead (“death”), Luxembourgish Doud (“death”), Yiddish טויט (toyt, “death”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål død (“death”), Faroese deyði (“death”), Icelandic dauði (“death”), Norwegian Nynorsk daude, død (“death”), Swedish död (“death”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus, “death”).

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