| 单词 | dead |
| 释义 | Word Frequency dead(dɛd) adjective 1. a. no longer alive b. (as noun) the dead 2. not endowed with life; inanimate 3. no longer in use, valid, effective, or relevant a dead issue a dead language 4. unresponsive or unaware; insensible he is dead to my strongest pleas 5. lacking in freshness, interest, or vitality a dead handshake 6. devoid of physical sensation; numb his gums were dead from the anaesthetic 7. resembling death; deathlike a dead sleep 8. no longer burning or hot dead coals 9. (of flowers or foliage) withered; faded 10. (prenominal) (intensifier) a dead stop a dead loss 11. informal very tired 12. electronics a. drained of electric charge; fully discharged the battery was dead b. not connected to a source of potential difference or electric charge 13. lacking acoustic reverberation a dead sound a dead surface 14. sport a. (of a ball, etc) out of play b. having no influence on the overall result of a competition (esp in the phrase a dead rubber) 15. unerring; accurate; precise (esp in the phrase a dead shot) 16. lacking resilience or bounce a dead ball 17. printing a. (of type) set but no longer needed for use Compare standing (sense 7)b. (of copy) already composed 18. not yielding a return; idle dead capital 19. informal certain to suffer a terrible fate; doomed you're dead if your mother catches you at that 20. (of colours) not glossy or bright; lacklustre 21. stagnant dead air 22. military shielded from view, as by a geographic feature or environmental condition a dead zone dead space 23. dead as a doornail 24. dead from the neck up 25. dead in the water 26. dead to the world 27. leave for dead 28. wouldn't be seen dead in noun 29. a period during which coldness, darkness, or some other quality associated with deathis at its most intense the dead of winter adverb 30. (intensifier) dead easy stop dead dead level 31. dead on Derived forms deadness (ˈdeadness) noun Word origin Old English dēad; related to Old High German tōt, Old Norse dauthr; see die1 |
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