| 单词 | dead |
| 释义 | dead (ded ) 1. adjective A2 A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living. Her husband's been dead a year now. The group had shot dead another hostage. ...their dead brother. ...old newspapers and dead flowers. Synonyms: deceased, gone, departed [euphemistic], late The dead are people who are dead. The dead included six people attending a religious ceremony. ...the annual festival when Chinese traditionally honour the dead. 2. adjective Land or water that is dead contains no living things. ...charred land, mountainsides of dead earth and stumps of trees. But this water seems dead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant. Synonyms: inanimate, still, barren [old-fashioned], sterile 3. adjective If you describe a place or a period of time as dead, you do not like it because there is very little activity taking place in it. [disapproval] ...some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies. This made that holiday week a particularly dead period. 4. adjective Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished. The dead cigarette was still between his fingers. This bottle's dead. But we've got another one. 5. adjective If you say that an idea, plan, or subject is dead, you mean that people are no longer interested in it or willing to develop it any further. It's a dead issue, Baxter. But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying. The deal with Chelsea may not, however, be dead. 6. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A dead language is no longer spoken or written as a means of communication, although it may still be studied. We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language. 7. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2 A phone or piece of electrical equipment that is dead is no longer functioning, for example because it no longer has any electrical power. On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead. 8. adjective In sport, when a ball is dead, it has gone outside the playing area, or a situation has occurred in which the game has to be temporarily stopped, and none of the players can score points or gain an advantage. [journalism] 9. graded adjective A dead sound or colour is dull rather than lively or bright. 'That is correct, Meg,' he answered in his cold, dead voice. Then he heard a piercing scream echoing down the deep well, ending in a dull, dead thud. Dead is also a combining form. The blood drained from his face, leaving the skin dead white. 10. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Dead is used to mean 'complete' or ' absolute', especially before the words 'centre', ' silence', and 'stop'. [emphasis] He adjusted each chesspiece so that it stood dead centre in its square. They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces. Lila's boat came to a dead stop. Synonyms: total, complete, perfect, entire 11. adverb Dead means ' precisely' or ' exactly'. [emphasis] Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope. Their arrows are dead on target. A fishing boat came out of nowhere, dead ahead. 12. adverb Dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'. [British, informal, spoken, emphasis] Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to. His poems sound dead boring, actually. I am dead against the legalisation of drugs. 13. over my dead body convention If you reply 'Over my dead body' when a plan or action has been suggested, you are emphasizing that you dislike it, and will do everything you can to prevent it. [informal, emphasis] 'Let's invite her to dinner.'—'Over my dead body!' 14. dead and buried phrase If you say that something such as an idea or situation is dead and buried, you are emphasizing that you think that it is completely finished or past, and cannot happen or exist again in the future. [emphasis] I thought the whole business was dead and buried. In two years, the British coal industry will be dead and buried. 15. drop (down) dead phrase B2 If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly. He dropped dead on the quayside. 16. to drop dead phrase If you tell someone to drop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you. [disapproval] 75% of the firms he called were hostile and told him to 'drop dead.' 17. See also drop-dead 18. dead and gone phrase [verb-link PHRASE] If you say that someone is dead and gone, you are emphasizing that they are dead, and thinking about what happened or will happen after their death. [emphasis] Often a genius is recognized only after he is dead and gone. 19. be/feel/look (half) dead phrase If you say that you feel dead or are half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak. [informal, emphasis] You looked half dead after that journey. I feel pretty dead right now. 20. at/in (the) dead of (the) night/winter phrase If something happens in the dead of night, at dead of night, or in the dead of winter, it happens in the middle part of the night or the winter, when it is darkest or coldest. [literary] I couldn't fly illegally into a country in the dead of night. We buried it in the garden at dead of night. Early one Thursday morning in the dead of winter I awoke to a blizzard. 21. rise/raise sb from the dead phrase [VERB inflects] When Christians say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead or raised someone from the dead, they mean that Jesus came back to life after he had died, or brought a dead person back to life. 22. rise/come back from the dead phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone or something rises or comes back from the dead, you mean that they become active or successful again after being inactive for a while. This was a company that, by all appearances, had risen from the dead. He came back from the dead to win his third Open golf championship. 23. wouldn't be seen/caught dead phrase If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them. [informal, emphasis] I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat. I wouldn't be caught dead in such an old-fashioned place. 24. to stop dead phrase To stop dead means to suddenly stop happening or moving. To stop someone or something dead means to cause them to suddenly stop happening or moving. We all stopped dead and looked at it. She had meant to make a discreet entrance, but conversation stopped dead. The sight of it stopped them dead. 25. dead in the water phrase If you say that someone or something is dead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future. [emphasis] A 'no' vote would have left the treaty dead in the water. 26. to flog a dead horse phrase If you say that someone is flogging a dead horse, you mean that they are trying to achieve something impossible. [informal] 27. a dead loss phrase If you say that someone or something is a dead loss, you have a low opinion of them because you think they are completely useless or unsuccessful. [British, informal, disapproval] I'd had no experience of organizing anything of that sort. I think I was largely a dead loss. 28. a dead ringer phrase If you say that one person is a ringer or a dead ringer for another, you mean that they look exactly like each other. [informal] 29. to stop dead in your tracks phrase If someone or something stops you in your tracks, or if you stop dead in your tracks, you suddenly stop moving because you are very surprised, impressed, or frightened. This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks. They stopped in their tracks and stared at him in amazement. The thought almost stopped me dead in my tracks. Quotations: Dead men tell no tales Never speak ill of the dead Idioms: the dead hand of someone or something [mainly British] used for describing a very negative influence that someone or something has on a situation, for example by preventing change or progress For too long we have lived under the dead hand of the dieticians and the nutritionists. We have become a society where feasting is frowned on and food faddism is the fashion. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a dead letter a law or agreement that people do not pay any attention to, although it still exists In this conflict, international humanitarian law is a dead letter. Unacceptable practices are going on. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dead on your feet extremely tired I'm usually dead on my feet at the end of the game. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a dead end something such as a plan, a project, or a course of action that has no future and will not develop any further Do you feel you have reached a dead end at work? Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a dead duck someone or something that is a failure The government is a dead duck. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone wouldn't be seen dead said to mean that someone strongly dislikes or disapproves of something Vincent wouldn't be seen dead in a pair of trainers and a baseball cap. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers knock 'em dead [informal] said to someone to increase their confidence before they appear or do something in public, especially something formal such as giving a speech in front of a crowd Just look 'em in the eye and knock 'em dead! Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers drop dead said to someone when you are telling them to go away and leave you alone because you are very angry or annoyed with them Richard told me to drop dead. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dead as a doornail dead, or no longer active or popular In 1964, people said the Republican Party was dead as a doornail. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dead as a dodo [British] no longer active or popular The floppy disk is an invention that is now as dead as a dodo. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers cut someone dead [British] to deliberately ignore someone, or refuse to speak to them, for example because you are angry with them I said 'Good morning' to my neighbour but she just cut me dead, and walked past me as though I did not exist. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come back from the dead to become active or successful again after a period of being inactive or unsuccessful I could not believe I had done it. I had come back from the dead and my career had survived the ultimate test. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers over my dead body said to mean that you dislike a plan or action that has been suggested, and will do everything you can to prevent it They will get Penbrook Farm only over my dead body. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers flog a dead horse [British] or beat a dead horse to waste your time trying to achieve something that cannot be done They'reexhausted. You're flogging a dead horse. You have some talented boys but they're playing like run-down machines. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a dead ringer for someone someone who looks or sounds exactly like another person An ordinary guy from Baltimore, Dave Kovic is extraordinary in one respect: he's a dead ringer for the US President. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dead men's shoes [British] said to talk about a situation in which people cannot make progress in their careers until someone senior to them retires or dies At that particular time, jobs were very difficult to obtain. It was more or less dead men's shoes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a dead loss a completely useless person or thing Politics is in crisis, and politicians are a dead loss. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be dead in the water [journalism] to have failed and to have little hope of success in the future People are not spending money: they're not buying houses; they're not going into stores. This economy is dead in the water. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a dead weight something that makes change or progress extremely difficult Khrushchev tried to reduce the dead weight of bureaucracy. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dead wood someone or something that is no longer useful or effective in a particular organization or situation Now is the time for the dead wood at the top of the party to be cut away. Since the elections, the leadership has received a great deal of criticism. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dead to the world sleeping very deeply Sarah was dead to the world and would probably sleep for twelve hours. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dead meat [informal] a person who is in serious trouble which may result in them being injured or killed. This expression is often used in threats. He's dead meat if he comes back here. a person who is in serious trouble which will have unpleasant consequences for them, such as losing their job Anyone who remembered her said she was dead meat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dead men tell no tales said to mean that someone who is dead cannot reveal the truth about what caused their death Hanley told police the gun went off accidentally while Mr Khan was playing with it. `These statements were a cover-up,' Mr Spencer told the jury. `Hanley killed Mr Khan. He knows that dead men tell no tales.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dead from the neck up [British, informal] stupid If you want my opinion, your lawyer is dead from the neck up. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: all but dead It seemed that colliery bands were all but dead. The Sun Although his arm was all but dead, surgeons got the circulation back. The Sun And when the heavens opened not long before kick-off, with thunder and lightning in tow, the game was all but dead as a spectacle. ST He refused to rule out a new airport, but the scheme now seems all but dead. The Sun Much of its membership cannot remember 1993, when consensus was all but dead. The Star (South Africa) Use an electric lawn raker to pull out dead grass and moss. The Sun (2007) Scarify your lawn by raking out dead grass and moss that has built up over the summer. Times, Sunday Times (2008) She tripped on a tangle of brambles and fell forward onto a tussock of dead grass. GRACE (2004) Probably a minute passed with almost dead silence and quiet. The Sun I didn't hear the crowd, just a dead silence. The Sun There was a whirlwind of cheering when it was over, then dead silence. Times, Sunday Times Two directors, minuscule budget, dead silence at the first investors' screening - but ultimately a triumph with enduringly memorable scenes. Times, Sunday Times They were trying to call for dead silence for the kick. Times, Sunday Times Dead skin cells can leave skin looking dull, so gently exfoliate to reveal the new skin underneath. The Sun Then prepare your body by exfoliating 24 hours beforehand to remove any dead skin. The Sun Wash and dry your feet, then set to work and watch the dead skin fly. Times, Sunday Times Ideal for unblocking pores and removing dead skin cells, this scrub gently exfoliates with willow bark. Times, Sunday Times Massage gently on to your face and neck to exfoliate away all those dead skin cells. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 死的, 绝对地 Japanese: 死んだ, 全く |
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