ead
adj
1
(a) no longer alive 死的: a dead person, animal 死的人、 動物
dead flowers, cells 凋謝的花、 死的細(xì)胞
The tiger fell dead. 老虎倒地死去.
(b) never having been alive; inanimate 無生命的; 無生氣的
dead matter, eg rock 無生命的物質(zhì)(如巖石).
2
(a) without movement or activity 無活動的
The town is dead now the mine has closed. 因礦井已關(guān)閉, 鎮(zhèn)上一片死氣沉沉.
in the dead hours of the night, ie when everything is quiet 在夜深人靜時.
(b) (infml 口) without interest and liveliness; dull 無趣的; 無生氣的; 呆滯的
What a dead place this is! 這地方多沒意思!
The acting was rather dead. 表演十分乏味.
3 no longer used, effective, valid, etc 不再使用的、 已無作用的、 已失效的等
This debate is now dead. 辯論現(xiàn)已過去.
My love for him is dead. 我不再愛他了.
a dead language, eg Latin 死的語言(如拉丁語).
4
(a) numb from cold, anaesthetic, etc 凍僵的; 麻木的
My dead fingers could not untie the knot. 我的手指麻木了, 解不開結(jié).
(b) [pred 作表語]
~ to sth not feeling (pity, guilt, etc) 無動於衷; 無感覺
He was dead to all feelings of shame. 他恬不知恥.
5 [attrib 作定語]
complete; absolute 全然地; 完全地
dead calm, silence, etc 死一般的平靜、 沉寂等
come to a dead stop, ie stop suddenly 猛然停住
dead centre, ie exact centre 正中心
a dead shot, ie a person who shoots very accurately 神槍手
a dead sleep, ie a very deep sleep 熟睡
He's a dead cert/certainty for (ie He will certainly win) the 100 metres. 他穩(wěn)拿百米第一.
6 that does, can or will no longer function 不(能)再起作用的
a dead match, ie one that has been struck 已擦過的火柴
a dead battery, ie one without power 沒電的電池
The telephone went dead, ie produced no more sounds. 電話沒聲了.
7 [usu attrib 通常作定語]
(a) (of sounds) not resonant; dull (指聲音)無共鳴的, 沉悶的
It fell with a dead thud. 它砰的一聲倒了下來.
(b) (of colours) not brilliant (指顏色)不鮮艷的
The walls were a dead brown colour. 墻是暗褐色的.
8 (sport 體)
(a) (of a ball) outside the playing area (指球)界外的, 死的.
(b) (of the ground) tending to make balls rolling on it stop quickly (指場地)(對球的滾動)阻力大的
Rain had made the pitch rather dead. 場地因雨而阻力增大.
9 (idm 習(xí)語) be a dead ringer for sb (sl 俚) be very like sb in appearance 外貌上很像某人
She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know. 她酷似以前我認(rèn)識的一個女孩. be the dead spit of sb (infml 口) look exactly like sb else 極像某人. cut sb dead pretend not to have seen sb; refuse to greet sb 裝著沒看見某人; 拒不向某人打招呼. (as) ,dead as a/the `dodo (infml 口) no longer effective, valid, interesting, etc 已無作用的、 已失效的、 不再吸引人注意的等
This organization is as dead as a dodo. 這個組織已不復(fù)存在. (as) ,dead as a `doornail/as `mutton (infml 口) quite dead 完全死了的
It lay there with its eyes closed, dead as a doornail. 它躺在那里眼睛閉著, 確實死了. a dead `duck (infml 口) scheme, etc which has been abandoned, or will fail 被放棄的或?qū)⑹〉挠媱澋?
The plan is a dead duck
there's no money. 計劃告吹了
沒有錢. a dead `end
(a) = cul-de-sac.
(b) point at which one can make no further progress in work, an enquiry, etc 工作、 查詢等不能再進(jìn)展的階段
be at/come to a dead end 陷入僵局
With the failure of the experiment, we had reached a dead end. 試驗失敗了, 我們一籌莫展.
[attrib 作定語]
a ,dead-end `job/ca`reer...
?? 考研助記
呆的,人 死是“呆的
?? 擴展釋義
*[ded]a. 死的, 不活潑的, 麻木的, 熄滅的n. 死者ad. 完全地, 直接地【醫(yī)】 死亡的, 麻木的相關(guān)詞組: in the dead of... be dead to... dead to rights