英语词汇“dead”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dead

/dɛd

adjective

1No longer alive: a dead body [as complement]: he was shot dead by terrorists (as plural noun the dead) there was no time to bury the dead with decency...

The driver didn't know whether the person he hit was dead or alive.
We waited what seemed an eternity not knowing if she would come back dead or alive.
An ambulance was called but the boy was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.

Synonyms

deceased, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away;

late, lost, lamented;

perished, fallen, slain, slaughtered, killed, murdered;

lifeless, not breathing, having breathed one's last, defunct, extinct, inanimate, insentient, insensate, inert

informal (as) dead as a doornail, six feet under, pushing up daisies, under the sod

euphemistic with God, asleep, at peace

rare demised, exanimate

1.1(Of a part of the body) having lost sensation; numb: I severed nerves in my leg so part of my foot is dead...

She said that her left leg had gone dead and that she had fallen out of bed.
Have you ever woken up with a dead arm?
His foot is dead and they need to operate immediately to save what's left of his leg.

Synonyms

numb, benumbed, deadened, desensitized, insensible, insensate, unfeeling;

paralysed, crippled, incapacitated, immobilized, frozen, useless

1.2Lacking emotion, sympathy, or sensitivity: a cold, dead voice...

The grin was gone, and his voice had gone so emotionally dead that it was almost frightening.
When a woman's voice from a car alongside him calls his name, his face is emotionless, blank, dead.
A person who has always been truly alone is one who will be emotionally dead.

Synonyms

emotionless, unemotional, unfeeling, impassive, unresponsive, insensitive, indifferent, dispassionate, inexpressive, wooden, stony, cold, frigid, inert;

deadpan, flat, toneless, hollow;

blank, vacant, glazed, glassy

1.3No longer current, relevant, or important: pollution had become a dead issue...

He thought that it was a dead issue, he had dealt with that.
Now that the Eastern Corridor is a dead issue, dramatic action needs to be taken to address the transport woes in the region.
In any case, unless there's some clear photo from tonight, I think this issue may be dead.

1.4Devoid of living things: a dead planet...

It was pointed out at the meeting that any area devoid of people is dead.
As the rather clichéd but very true saying goes, there are no jobs on a dead planet.
The land is dead, its animals gone, its cities covered in ash, most of its people killed by violence or disease.

Synonyms

extinguished, quenched, quashed, quelled, suppressed, smothered, stifled;

finished, terminated, over, gone, no more;

a thing of the past, ancient history

1.5(Of a place or time) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement: Brussels isn’t dead after dark, if you know where to look...

But you can always count on some activity even mid week where other places are dead.
Turned out the place was dead, hardly worth turning up for.
Got sent home early since the place was dead, a nice change to actually get the last bus.

Synonyms

uneventful, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, dull, boring, flat, quiet, sleepy, slow, stale, humdrum, tame, pedestrian, lacklustre, lifeless;

tedious, tiresome, wearisome;

backward, backwoods, behind the times

informal one-horse, dead-and-alive

North American informal dullsville

1.6(Of money) not financially productive: far from being dead money, it is available to be spent or invested...

Many economists regard defence outlays as dead money, money that produces nothing of measurable value.
Renting in Swindon is quite expensive and it's dead money really but I'd rather compromise on that and see the world instead.
Start a pension scheme and try to get on the property ladder as quickly as possible, as rent is dead money.

1.7(Of sound) without resonance; dull: the earth hit the coffin with a peculiarly dead sound...

However over-ripe melons make that same dead sound, so this isn't the most reliable test.
To locate dry rot, tap questionable areas with a hammer and listen for a hollow, dead sound.
I let the bag drop with a dead thud to the floor.

1.8(Of a colour) not glossy or bright: a matte, dead black...

The flats were dead black in contrast to the polished edges, almost seeming to draw the light in.
Students tinted the surface ground with a dead color, like brownish-green.
They were both, I found from careful measurements, of precisely the same dimensions and surface area, and each presented the same dull dead black surface.

1.9(Of a piece of equipment) no longer functioning: the phone had gone dead...

Before Kat could respond, the line went dead and the faint beeping of the phone began to bother her.
The television was dead and would not respond at all.
Don't sign any software agreement until you have read the fine print carefully, otherwise you could one day find yourself with a very dead computer.

Synonyms

not working, out of order, out of commission, inoperative, inactive, ineffective, in (a state of) disrepair, broken, broken-down, malfunctioning, defective

informal kaput, conked out, on the blink, bust, busted, gone phut, finished, done for, dud

British informal knackered, duff

British vulgar slang buggered

1.10(Of an electric circuit or conductor) carrying or transmitting no current: the batteries are dead...

You can create closed loops and boxes without short circuits by using dead connectors.
Moving the crossbeam was the most desirable option, and the power lines appeared dead.
I came back last week from a spell in Istanbul to discover that the power in my flat was dead.

1.11No longer alight: the fire had been dead for some days...

Jim stepped away from the cold embers of the dead fire and walked into the jungle.
But the next day, the fire was dead. With no one to feed it, it went out while men were sleeping.
When she arrived at his house he wasn't there - the fire in the hearth was dead and he'd gone off into the bush.

1.12(Of a glass or bottle) empty or no longer being used: they got all the dead glasses and put them on the table...

After being served our desert we had to call a waiter to clear all the dead glasses away.
The place is covered in empty pizza boxes, dead bottles of booze and cigarette butts.

1.13(Of the ball in a game) out of play: the ball had gone dead...

If an umpire is struck by a batted ball in that position, the ball is dead.
Keep in mind that on such plays the ball is not dead and the batter-runner may try for four bases at his own risk if he chooses.
But a decision about an actual goal being scored when the ball is dead ought to be checked if there is any doubt in the ref's mind or even if there's not.

Phrases

dead and buried

(as) dead as a (or the) dodo

(as) dead as a doornail

(as) dead as mutton

dead from the neck up

dead in the water

dead meat

the dead of night

the dead of winter

dead on

dead on one's feet

dead to the world

the dead ring of

dead 'un

from the dead

make a dead set at

more dead than alive

over my dead body

stop dead

wouldn't be seen (or caught) dead

Derivatives

deadness

/ˈdɛdnəs

/ noun ...

Survivors frequently complain of chronic depression and an inner deadness, unable to experience lasting pleasure or excitement.
I saw the deadness in kids' eyes become an amazing sparkle.
His last thought before the sweet deadness of sleep overcame him was that he had to be rescued quickly or else not at all.

Origin

Old English dēad, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch dood and German tot, also to die¹.

Dead is related to Dutch dood and German Tod ‘death’, and to death itself. Their shared ancestor is the origin of die. Often it is not enough to be dead: someone must be as dead as a doornail or as a dodo. The comparison with the extinct dodo is understandable enough, but it is not clear why doornails are particularly associated with death. A doornail was one of the large iron studs that were once used on doors to give additional strength or simply for decoration. It may also have been the large stud struck by the knocker, which, subject to constant pounding, could be considered well and truly dead. The phrase goes back to the Middle Ages and was used by Shakespeare, in whose time a person could also be as dead as a herring. Death has prompted many reflections on the human condition. The Roman poet Claudian wrote omnia mors aequat, ‘death levels all’—in English death is the great leveller. Shakespeare's The Tempest contains the line ‘He that dies pays all debts’, a thought that had become death pays all debts by the time of the novelist Sir Walter Scott. That nothing is certain but death and taxes has been a view since the early 18th century. The original deadline (mid 19th century) was a line drawn around a military prison, beyond which any prisoner was liable to be shot. It is first mentioned in a document of the 1860s.

单词	dead
释义	dead /dɛd / adjective 1No longer alive: a dead body [as complement]: he was shot dead by terrorists (as plural noun the dead) there was no time to bury the dead with decency... The driver didn't know whether the person he hit was dead or alive. We waited what seemed an eternity not knowing if she would come back dead or alive. An ambulance was called but the boy was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. Synonyms deceased, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, slain, slaughtered, killed, murdered; lifeless, not breathing, having breathed one's last, defunct, extinct, inanimate, insentient, insensate, inert informal (as) dead as a doornail, six feet under, pushing up daisies, under the sod euphemistic with God, asleep, at peace rare demised, exanimate 1.1(Of a part of the body) having lost sensation; numb: I severed nerves in my leg so part of my foot is dead... She said that her left leg had gone dead and that she had fallen out of bed. Have you ever woken up with a dead arm? His foot is dead and they need to operate immediately to save what's left of his leg. Synonyms numb, benumbed, deadened, desensitized, insensible, insensate, unfeeling; paralysed, crippled, incapacitated, immobilized, frozen, useless 1.2Lacking emotion, sympathy, or sensitivity: a cold, dead voice... The grin was gone, and his voice had gone so emotionally dead that it was almost frightening. When a woman's voice from a car alongside him calls his name, his face is emotionless, blank, dead. A person who has always been truly alone is one who will be emotionally dead. Synonyms emotionless, unemotional, unfeeling, impassive, unresponsive, insensitive, indifferent, dispassionate, inexpressive, wooden, stony, cold, frigid, inert; deadpan, flat, toneless, hollow; blank, vacant, glazed, glassy 1.3No longer current, relevant, or important: pollution had become a dead issue... He thought that it was a dead issue, he had dealt with that. Now that the Eastern Corridor is a dead issue, dramatic action needs to be taken to address the transport woes in the region. In any case, unless there's some clear photo from tonight, I think this issue may be dead. 1.4Devoid of living things: a dead planet... It was pointed out at the meeting that any area devoid of people is dead. As the rather clichéd but very true saying goes, there are no jobs on a dead planet. The land is dead, its animals gone, its cities covered in ash, most of its people killed by violence or disease. Synonyms extinguished, quenched, quashed, quelled, suppressed, smothered, stifled; finished, terminated, over, gone, no more; a thing of the past, ancient history 1.5(Of a place or time) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement: Brussels isn’t dead after dark, if you know where to look... But you can always count on some activity even mid week where other places are dead. Turned out the place was dead, hardly worth turning up for. Got sent home early since the place was dead, a nice change to actually get the last bus. Synonyms uneventful, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, dull, boring, flat, quiet, sleepy, slow, stale, humdrum, tame, pedestrian, lacklustre, lifeless; tedious, tiresome, wearisome; backward, backwoods, behind the times informal one-horse, dead-and-alive North American informal dullsville 1.6(Of money) not financially productive: far from being dead money, it is available to be spent or invested... Many economists regard defence outlays as dead money, money that produces nothing of measurable value. Renting in Swindon is quite expensive and it's dead money really but I'd rather compromise on that and see the world instead. Start a pension scheme and try to get on the property ladder as quickly as possible, as rent is dead money. 1.7(Of sound) without resonance; dull: the earth hit the coffin with a peculiarly dead sound... However over-ripe melons make that same dead sound, so this isn't the most reliable test. To locate dry rot, tap questionable areas with a hammer and listen for a hollow, dead sound. I let the bag drop with a dead thud to the floor. 1.8(Of a colour) not glossy or bright: a matte, dead black... The flats were dead black in contrast to the polished edges, almost seeming to draw the light in. Students tinted the surface ground with a dead color, like brownish-green. They were both, I found from careful measurements, of precisely the same dimensions and surface area, and each presented the same dull dead black surface. 1.9(Of a piece of equipment) no longer functioning: the phone had gone dead... Before Kat could respond, the line went dead and the faint beeping of the phone began to bother her. The television was dead and would not respond at all. Don't sign any software agreement until you have read the fine print carefully, otherwise you could one day find yourself with a very dead computer. Synonyms not working, out of order, out of commission, inoperative, inactive, ineffective, in (a state of) disrepair, broken, broken-down, malfunctioning, defective informal kaput, conked out, on the blink, bust, busted, gone phut, finished, done for, dud British informal knackered, duff British vulgar slang buggered 1.10(Of an electric circuit or conductor) carrying or transmitting no current: the batteries are dead... You can create closed loops and boxes without short circuits by using dead connectors. Moving the crossbeam was the most desirable option, and the power lines appeared dead. I came back last week from a spell in Istanbul to discover that the power in my flat was dead. 1.11No longer alight: the fire had been dead for some days... Jim stepped away from the cold embers of the dead fire and walked into the jungle. But the next day, the fire was dead. With no one to feed it, it went out while men were sleeping. When she arrived at his house he wasn't there - the fire in the hearth was dead and he'd gone off into the bush. 1.12(Of a glass or bottle) empty or no longer being used: they got all the dead glasses and put them on the table... After being served our desert we had to call a waiter to clear all the dead glasses away. The place is covered in empty pizza boxes, dead bottles of booze and cigarette butts. 1.13(Of the ball in a game) out of play: the ball had gone dead... If an umpire is struck by a batted ball in that position, the ball is dead. Keep in mind that on such plays the ball is not dead and the batter-runner may try for four bases at his own risk if he chooses. But a decision about an actual goal being scored when the ball is dead ought to be checked if there is any doubt in the ref's mind or even if there's not. See also dead ball. 1.14(Of a cricket pitch or other surface) lacking springiness or bounce: the pitch was so utterly dead that Pollock could hardly get the ball bail-high... I'm not criticising anyone but it's just a dead surface and there's no response from it. But after last night's rain I knew the ground would be on the dead side and if he didn't fall he'd have a chance. He demonstrated that even on dead pitches a degree of aggression can bring dividends. 2 [attributive] Complete; absolute: we sat in dead silence... There was about half a minute of total dead silence before she could manage any words. Since disaster struck the students have been making frantic phone calls only to be greeted by dead silence. And if you can hold eight hundred people in dead silence and hear a pin drop you know something's going right. Synonyms complete, absolute, total, entire, outright, utter, downright, out-and-out, thorough, unqualified, unmitigated adverb [often as submodifier] 1Absolutely; completely: you’re dead right he was dead against the idea... John's description of it is both unusually amusing and absolutely dead accurate. Businessman John Walker is dead certain his funeral will go to plan. I am dead certain we have the talent needed for winning in the Olympic games. Synonyms completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, deadly, perfectly, entirely, wholly, fully, quite, thoroughly, unreservedly; definitely, certainly, positively, unconditionally, categorically, unquestionably, no doubt, undoubtedly, without a doubt, without question, surely, unequivocally; exactly, precisely, decisively, conclusively, manifestly, in every way, in every respect, one hundred per cent, every inch, to the hilt 1.1Exactly: they arrived dead on time... I promise I will fire at least twelve shots, and that at least nine will be dead on target. Many DJ's finish dead on midnight, we on the other hand continue to play if the night is still swinging. We got there at dead on 6: 30, and there were plenty of people who arrived even later. 1.2Straight; directly: red flares were seen dead ahead... She spotted the Lich Tower dead ahead, and figured it had to be just another mile's walk. One lay dead ahead in a section all by itself, and she guessed that it probably belonged to Cal. There was a ninety-degree turn to the left, and a street sign dead ahead. Synonyms directly, exactly, precisely, immediately, right, straight, plumb, due, squarely informal bang, slap bang, smack 1.3British informal Very: omelettes are dead easy to prepare... It's been a dead easy week, radio-wise - just like having your own PR company working for you. And the story of her and Bob at the VW Bus weekend was dead funny too, especially when she acted out the parts of some of the people she met! It sounds dead good and I fancy having a go. Phrases dead and buried (as) dead as a (or the) dodo (as) dead as a doornail (as) dead as mutton dead from the neck up dead in the water dead meat the dead of night the dead of winter dead on dead on one's feet dead to the world the dead ring of dead 'un from the dead make a dead set at more dead than alive over my dead body stop dead wouldn't be seen (or caught) dead Derivatives deadness /ˈdɛdnəs / noun ... Survivors frequently complain of chronic depression and an inner deadness, unable to experience lasting pleasure or excitement. I saw the deadness in kids' eyes become an amazing sparkle. His last thought before the sweet deadness of sleep overcame him was that he had to be rescued quickly or else not at all. Origin Old English dēad, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch dood and German tot, also to die¹. Dead is related to Dutch dood and German Tod ‘death’, and to death itself. Their shared ancestor is the origin of die. Often it is not enough to be dead: someone must be as dead as a doornail or as a dodo. The comparison with the extinct dodo is understandable enough, but it is not clear why doornails are particularly associated with death. A doornail was one of the large iron studs that were once used on doors to give additional strength or simply for decoration. It may also have been the large stud struck by the knocker, which, subject to constant pounding, could be considered well and truly dead. The phrase goes back to the Middle Ages and was used by Shakespeare, in whose time a person could also be as dead as a herring. Death has prompted many reflections on the human condition. The Roman poet Claudian wrote omnia mors aequat, ‘death levels all’—in English death is the great leveller. Shakespeare's The Tempest contains the line ‘He that dies pays all debts’, a thought that had become death pays all debts by the time of the novelist Sir Walter Scott. That nothing is certain but death and taxes has been a view since the early 18th century. The original deadline (mid 19th century) was a line drawn around a military prison, beyond which any prisoner was liable to be shot. It is first mentioned in a document of the 1860s. Rhymes abed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, lead, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, underbred, underfed, wed
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