单词 | death throes |
释义 | death throes also death-throes 1. plural noun [usually with poss] The death throes of something are its final stages, just before it fails completely or ends. [literary] Their work is a despairing metaphor for a society in its death throes. ...the death throes of the family empire. 2. plural noun [oft in poss N] If a person or animal is in their death throes, they are dying and making violent, uncontrolled movements, usually because they are suffering great pain. |
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