单词 | mortality |
释义 | mor·tal·i·ty 1. < salvation is the rescue of men from the mortality which sin has brought upon them — K.S.Latourette > 2. < the Black Death of 1348 caused a terrible mortality throughout Europe > < those rabbits, frogs, hedgehogs and caterpillars which suffer such mortality on our country roads — Punch > 3. archaic < here on my knee I beg mortality — Shakespeare > 4. < take these tears, mortality's relief — Alexander Pope > 5. a. < many died and the mortality among the children mounted daily — American Guide Series: Minnesota > b. < for years has had the lowest general mortality and infant death rates — V.G.Heiser > — opposed to fertility c. < the mortality among college students > < the mortality rate of small businesses > |
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