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D0051500 (dĕd)adj. dead·er, dead·est 1. Having lost life; no longer alive.2. Marked for certain death; doomed: knew when he saw the soldiers that he was a dead man.3. a. Having the physical appearance of death: a dead pallor.b. Lacking feeling or sensitivity; numb or unresponsive: Passersby were dead to our pleas for help.c. Weary and worn-out; exhausted.4. a. Not having the capacity to live; inanimate or inert.b. Not having the capacity to produce or sustain life; barren: dead soil.5. a. No longer in existence, use, or operation: a dead language.b. No longer having significance or relevance: a dead issue.c. Physically inactive; dormant: a dead volcano.6. a. Not commercially productive; idle: dead capital.b. Not circulating or running; stagnant: dead water; dead air.7. a. Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet: a dead town.b. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull: The party being dead, we left early.8. Having no resonance. Used of sounds.9. Having grown cold; having been extinguished: dead coals; a dead flame.10. Lacking elasticity or bounce: That tennis ball is dead.11. a. Not working because of a fault or breakdown: The motor is dead. The phone is dead.b. Not connected to a source of electric current: a dead wire.c. Drained of electric charge; discharged: a dead battery.12. a. Sudden; abrupt: a dead stop.b. Complete; utter: dead silence.c. Exact; unerring: the dead center of a target.13. Sports Out of play. Used of a ball.n.1. (used with a pl. verb) People who have died: respect for the dead.2. The period exhibiting the greatest degree of intensity: the dead of winter; the dead of night.adv.1. Absolutely; altogether: You can be dead sure of my innocence.2. Directly; exactly: There's a gas station dead ahead.3. Suddenly: She stopped dead on the stairway.Idioms: dead and buried No longer in use or under consideration: All past animosities are dead and buried now. dead in the water Unable to function or move: The crippled ship was dead in the water. With no leadership, the project was dead in the water. dead to rights In the very act of making an error or committing a crime: The police caught the thief dead to rights with my silverware. dead to the world Soundly asleep. over my dead body Used to express dramatic refusal.

[Middle English ded, from Old English dēad; see dheu- in Indo-European roots.]

dead′ness n.Synonyms: dead, deceased, departed, late, extinct, lifeless
These adjectives all mean without life. Dead applies in general to whatever once had—but no longer has—physical life (a dead body; a dead leaf), but is also applied to function (a dead battery) and force or currency (a dead issue; a dead language). Deceased and departed are polite or euphemistic terms referring only to people: attended a memorial service for a recently deceased friend; looking at pictures of departed relatives. Late is also restricted to people and usually implies recent death: a gift in memory of her late husband. Extinct can refer to what has no living successors (extinct species such as the dodo) or to what is extinguished or inactive (an extinct volcano). Lifeless applies to what no longer has physical life (a lifeless body), to what does not support life (a lifeless planet), or to what lacks animation, spirit, or brightness (a lifeless performance; lifeless colors).

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(dɛd) adj1. a. no longer aliveb. (as noun): the dead. 2. not endowed with life; inanimate3. 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. (Physiology) 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. (Botany) (of flowers or foliage) withered; faded10. (prenominal) (intensifier): a dead stop; a dead loss. 11. informal very tired12. (Electronics) electronics a. drained of electric charge; fully discharged: the battery was dead. b. not connected to a source of potential difference or electric charge13. (General Physics) lacking acoustic reverberation: a dead sound; a dead surface. 14. (Ball Games, other than specified) sport (of a ball, etc) out of play15. unerring; accurate; precise (esp in the phrase a dead shot)16. lacking resilience or bounce: a dead ball. 17. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) printing a. (of type) set but no longer needed for use. Compare standing⁷b. (of copy) already composed18. (Economics) 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. (Colours) (of colours) not glossy or bright; lacklustre21. (Environmental Science) stagnant: dead air. 22. (Military) military shielded from view, as by a geographic feature or environmental condition: a dead zone; dead space. 23. dead as a doornail informal completely dead24. dead from the neck up informal stupid or unintelligent25. dead in the water informal unsuccessful, and with little hope of future success: the talks are now dead in the water. 26. dead to the world informal unaware of one's surroundings, esp fast asleep or very drunk27. leave for dead a. to abandonb. informal to surpass or outdistance by far28. wouldn't be seen dead in informal to refuse to wear or to go tona period during which coldness, darkness, or some other quality associated with death is at its most intense: the dead of winter. adv29. (intensifier): dead easy; stop dead; dead level. 30. dead on exactly right[Old English dēad; related to Old High German tōt, Old Norse dauthr; see die¹] ˈdeadness n

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n., adv. adj. 1. no longer living; deprived of life. 2. brain-dead. 3. not endowed with life; inanimate. 4. resembling death; deathlike: a dead faint. 5. bereft of sensation or feeling; numb. 6. (of an emotion) no longer felt: a dead passion. 7. obsolete; defunct. 8. inoperative: a dead battery. 9. stagnant or stale: dead air. 10. utterly tired; exhausted. 11. (of a language) no longer in use as a sole means of oral communication among a people. 12. dull or inactive: a dead business day. 13. complete; absolute: dead silence. 14. extinguished: a dead cigarette. 15. exact: the dead center of a target. 16. flat rather than glossy: dead white. 17. lacking resonance; anechoic: dead sound. 18. Sports. out of play: a dead ball. 19. (of type or copy) having been used or rejected. 20. a. free from any electric connection to a source of potential difference and from electric charge. b. not having a potential different from that of the earth. n. 21. the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.: the dead of night. 22. the dead, dead persons collectively. adv. 23. absolutely; completely: dead tired. 24. directly; straight: dead ahead. Idioms: dead to rights, in the very act of committing a crime. [before 950; Middle English deed, Old English dēad, c. Old High German tōt Old Norse dauthr akin to die¹]

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1. used as an adjective

Dead is usually an adjective. Someone who is dead is no longer living. You can use dead to talk about someone who has just died, or about someone who died a long time ago.

They covered the body of the dead woman.He was shot dead in a gunfight.

You can also say that animals or plants are dead.

A dead sheep was lying on the road.Ada threw away the dead flowers.

Be Careful!
Don't confuse dead with died. Died is the past tense and -ed participle of the verb die. Don't use died as an adjective.

My dad died last year.2. used as a noun

You can refer to a group of people who have died as the dead.

Among the dead was a five-year-old girl.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dead - people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"slain - people who have been slain (as in battle)dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed - someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done"living - people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
	2.	dead - a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"time - an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor in his time"
Adj.	1.	dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"alive, live - possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"
	2.	dead - not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"extinct - (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"live - exerting force or containing energy; "live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play"
	3.	dead - very tired; "was all in at the end of the day"; "so beat I could flop down and go to sleep anywhere"; "bushed after all that exercise"; "I'm dead after that long trip"all in, beat, bushedcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechtired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
	4.	dead - unerringly accurate; "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
	5.	dead - physically inactive; "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"extinct - (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; "an extinct volcano"
	6.	dead - (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"numbinsensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"
	7.	dead - devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"deadenedinsensitive - not responsive to physical stimuli; "insensitive to radiation"
	8.	dead - lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"nonresonant, unreverberant - not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate
	9.	dead - not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"idleunprofitable - producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable"
	10.	dead - not circulating or flowing; "dead air"; "dead water"; "stagnant water"stagnantstanding - (of fluids) not moving or flowing; "mosquitoes breed in standing water"
	11.	dead - not surviving in active use; "Latin is a dead language"extinct, nonextant - no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs"
	12.	dead - lacking resilience or bounce; "a dead tennis ball"inelastic - not elastic; "economists speak of an inelastic price structure"
	13.	dead - out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown; "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"inoperative - not working or taking effect; "an inoperative law"
	14.	dead - no longer having force or relevance; "a dead issue"noncurrent - not current or belonging to the present time
	15.	dead - complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"uttercomplete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
	16.	dead - drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"draineduncharged - of a particle or body or system; having no charge; "an uncharged particle"; "an uncharged battery"
	17.	dead - devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"inactive - lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
Adv.	1.	dead - quickly and without warning; "he stopped suddenly"abruptly, short, suddenly
	2.	dead - completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"absolutely, perfectly, utterly

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adjective1. deceased, gone, departed, late, perished, extinct, defunct, passed away, pushing up (the) daisies My husband's been dead for a year now.
deceased living, alive, animate, existing, alive and kicking2. inanimate, still, barren, sterile, stagnant, lifeless, inert, uninhabited The polluted and stagnant water seems dead.3. boring, dull, dreary, flat, plain, stale, lifeless, tasteless, humdrum, uninteresting, insipid, ho-hum (informal), vapid, dead-and-alive It was a horrible, dead little town.4. not working, broken, useless, defective, dud (informal), malfunctioning, out of order, inactive, conked out, inoperative, kaput (informal) This battery's dead.
not working working, effective, active, alive, productive, operative, in use5. obsolete, old, forgotten, abandoned, ancient, antique, vanished, discarded, lapsed, extinct, archaic, disused, superseded, antiquated, fossilized dead languages6. spiritless, cold, dull, wooden, glazed, indifferent, callous, lukewarm, inhuman, unsympathetic, apathetic, frigid, glassy, unresponsive, unfeeling, torpid He watched the procedure with cold, dead eyes.
spiritless active, alive, lively, animated, vivacious, alive and kicking, full of beans (informal)7. numb, frozen, paralysed, insensitive, inert, deadened, immobilized, unfeeling, torpid, insensible, benumbed My arm had gone dead.8. total (usually used of centre, silence or stop) complete, perfect, entire, absolute, utter, outright, thorough, downright, unqualified They hurried about in dead silence.9. (Informal) exhausted, tired, worn out, spent, wasted, done in (informal), all in (slang), drained, wiped out (informal), buggered (slang), sapped, knackered (slang), prostrated, clapped out (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), tired out, ready to drop, dog-tired (informal), zonked (slang), dead tired, dead beat (informal), shagged out (Brit. slang), worn to a frazzle (informal), on your last legs (informal), creamcrackered (Brit. slang) I must get some sleep - I'm absolutely dead.noun1. middle, heart, depth, thick, midst in the dead of nightadverb1. (Informal) exactly, quite, completely, totally, directly, perfectly, fully, entirely, absolutely, thoroughly, wholly, utterly, consummately, wholeheartedly, unconditionally, to the hilt, one hundred per cent, unmitigatedly You're dead right.Proverbs
"Dead men tell no tales"
"Never speak ill of the dead"

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adjective1. No longer alive:asleep, deceased, defunct, departed, extinct, gone, late, lifeless.Idioms: at rest, pushing up daisies.2. Lacking physical feeling or sensitivity:asleep, insensible, insensitive, numb, unfeeling.3. Extremely tired:bleary, drained, exhausted, fatigued, rundown, spent, tired out, wearied, weariful, weary, worn-down, worn-out.Informal: beat, bushed, tuckered (out).Slang: done in, fagged (out), pooped (out).Idioms: all in, ready to drop.4. Completely lacking sensation or consciousness:inanimate, insensate, insentient.5. No longer in use, force, or operation:defunct, extinct, lost, vanished.6. Completely such, without qualification or exception:absolute, all-out, arrant, complete, consummate, crashing, damned, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter.Informal: flat-out, positive.Chiefly British: blooming.adverb1. To the fullest extent:absolutely, all, altogether, completely, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well, wholly.Informal: clean, clear.Idioms: in toto, through and through.2. In a direct line:direct, directly, due, right, straight, straightaway.3. With precision or absolute conformity:bang, direct, directly, exactly, fair, flush, just, precisely, right, smack, square, squarely, straight.Slang: smack-dab.

Translations

不通话的完全地无动静的无生命的死去的

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(ded) adjective1. without life; not living. a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers. 死去的，无生命的 2. not working and not giving any sign of being about to work. The phone/engine is dead. 不通话的（电话），熄火的（发动机） 3. absolute or complete. There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.无动静的 adverb completely. dead drunk.完全地ˈdeaden verb to lessen, weaken or make less sharp, strong etc. That will deaden the pain.使缓和ˈdeadly adjective1. causing death. a deadly poison. 致死的，致命的 2. very great. He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).非常3. very dull or uninteresting. What a deadly job this is. 枯燥的，呆板的 adverb extremely. deadly dull; deadly serious.非常dead end a road closed off at one end. （街道等）闭塞不通的一头 ˈdead-end adjective leading nowhere. a dead-end job. （喻）没出路的 dead heat a race, or a situation happening in a race, in which two or more competitors cross the finishing line together. 胜负不分的赛跑dead language a language no longer spoken, eg Latin. 无人说的语言（如拉丁语） ˈdeadline noun a time by which something must be done or finished. Monday is the deadline for handing in this essay.最后期限ˈdeadlock noun a situation in which no further progress towards an agreement is possible. Talks between the two sides ended in deadlock.僵局

to set a deadline (not dateline) for finishing a job.

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→ 死的zhCN, 绝对地zhCN

The battery is dead (US)
The battery is flat (UK) → 电瓶没电了

dead

1. Lacking any excitement, vitality, etc. This place is dead, man. Let's bounce. That restaurant is always dead during lunch hour. I have no idea how they stay open.2. Exhausted to the point of no longer being able to function. I'm usually pretty dead by the time I get home after going to the gym after work, so I just eat dinner and go to bed. I could tell my players were giving it their best, but after 90 minutes, their legs were just dead.3. No longer working at all due to a malfunction or breakdown. My computer is dead. I can't even turn it on.4. Having been drained of all power, as of a battery. These batteries are dead. Do you have any new ones? My phone is dead, and it's going to take a while to charge it.5. Absolutely. You'd better be dead certain about this decision, because you can't take it back.6. Exact(ly). See that sign? The one dead ahead. You've got to hit the button in the dead center or else it won't work.7. Abruptly or suddenly, and often without further movement. The deer stopped dead in its tracks when it heard me coming. He was able to stop the car dead on the edge of the cliff.8. slang Defunct or having no power or possibility of coming into effect. That bill was dead even before it reached the senate—public opinion killed it.9. No longer having any significance or bearing on anything. As far as I'm concerned, that's a dead issue, so let's stop discussing it.10. Total or utter. There was dead silence in the room when she announced her resignation.11. slang A term used to indicate that one thinks something is extremely funny (so much so that they've died laughing). Typically used as a hashtag on social media. OMG that's hilarious! #dead

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1. mod. quiet and uneventful; boring. The day was totally dead. 2. mod. very tired. I went home from the office, dead as usual. 3. mod. dull; lifeless; flat. This meal is sort of dead because I am out of onions. 4. mod. no longer effective; no longer of any consequence. That guy is dead—out of power. 5. mod. [of an issue] no longer germane; no longer of any importance. Forget it! It’s a dead issue.

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a dead clock is correct twice a day
a dead clock is right twice a day
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a dead ringer for someone
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a live dog is better than a dead lion
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be half-dead
be the dead spit of (someone)
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brain dead
brain-dead
bring (someone or something) to a dead end
bring to a dead end
catch (one) dead to rights
caught dead, wouldn't be
come back from the dead
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cut somebody dead
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dead in one's tracks
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drop-dead gorgeous
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have (one's) heart (dead) set against (something)
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I'm dead
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in earnest
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it's ill waiting for dead men's shoes
kill (something) stone dead
kill something stone dead
king is dead, long live the king, the
knock (one) dead
knock dead
knock 'em dead
knock somebody dead
knock someone dead
leave for dead
Let the dead bury the dead
look like a (dead) ringer for (someone)
loud enough to wake the dead
make a dead set at
make a dead set at (someone or something)
make a dead set upon (someone or something)
mean enough to steal a penny off a dead man's eyes
more dead than alive
Never speak ill of the dead
on dead center
over my dead body
Over my dead body!
play dead
Queen Anne is dead
Queen Anne's dead
quick and the dead
quick and the dead, the
raise (someone or something) from the dead
raise from the dead
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roll over and play dead
silent as the dead
somebody wouldn't be seen/caught dead...
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stone dead
stop (dead) in (one's) tracks
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stop (someone) dead
stop cold
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the dead hand of (something)
the dead hand of something
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the dead of winter
the king is dead, long live the king!
the quick and the dead
to wake the dead, loud enough
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adj deceased

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adj inanimate

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adj no longer alive

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adj extremely tired

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adj completely lacking sensation or consciousness

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adj no longer in use, force, or operation

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noun people who are no longer living

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noun a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

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adj no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

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adj not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life