My mother's dead; she died in 1987.
我母亲不在了，她是 1987 年去世的。
a dead person/animal
死人；死去的动物
dead leaves/wood/skin
枯叶；枯木；死皮
He was shot dead by a gunman outside his home.
他在家门外被持枪歹徒开枪打死。
Catherine's dead body lay peacefully on the bed.
凯瑟琳的尸体安详地躺在床上。
He dropped dead(= died suddenly) last week.
他上星期突然就死了。
The poor child looks more dead than alive .
这孩子看上去半死不活的，真可怜。
In ten years he'll be dead and buried as a politician.
他作为从政者十年后就不会有人记得了。
Many believe the peace plan is dead.
许多人认为和平计划已成泡影。
Unfortunately racism is not yet dead.
不幸的是种族歧视仍未消亡。
Though the idea may be dead, it is far from being buried(= people still talk about it, even though there is nothing new to say) .
尽管这种思想可能已无人相信，但还远没被人遗忘。
Is the Western a dead art form?
西部电影这种艺术形式过时了吗？
a dead language(= one that is no longer spoken, for example Latin)
死语言（不再通用，如拉丁语）
dead matches
划过的火柴
There were two dead bottles of wine on the table.
桌子上有两个空酒瓶。
a dead battery
用完的电池
The hard disk is dead.
硬盘停止运行了。
Suddenly the phone went dead .
电话突然没声音了。
There were no theatres, no cinemas, no coffee bars. It was dead as anything.
那时既无剧院，又无电影院，也无咖啡馆，死气沉沉。
‘The market is absolutely dead this morning,’ said one foreign exchange trader.
“今天早上市场萧条极了。” 一个外汇交易商说道。
Winter is traditionally the dead season for the housing market.
冬天历来是住房市场的萧条期。
half dead with cold and hunger
饥寒交迫，筋疲力尽
She felt dead on her feet and didn't have the energy to question them further.
她觉得累死了，没有力气继续审问他们了。
My left arm had gone dead .
我的左胳臂已经麻木了。
He was dead to all feelings of pity.
他毫无同情心。
She said, ‘I'm sorry, too,’ in a quiet, dead voice.
她平静而冷漠地说：“我也很抱歉。”
His usually dead grey eyes were sparkling.
他那平日冷漠的灰眼睛突然亮了起来。
a dead silence/calm
死寂；完全静止
the dead centre of the target
靶子正中心
The car gave a sudden jerk and came to a dead stop .
汽车猛然一颠，猝然停下。
This horse is a dead cert for(= will certainly win) the race tomorrow.
这匹马明天比赛一定能赢。
She crumpled to the floor in a dead faint(= completely unconscious) .
她倒在地上全然不省人事。
dead matter(= for example rock)
无生命物质（如岩石）
a dead planet(= one with no life on it)
无生命存在的行星
She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.
她酷似我以前认识的一个女孩。
She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.
她酷似我以前认识的一个女孩。
You'll be sorry you said that when I'm dead and gone.
我死后你会为你说的话感到后悔的。
You'll be sorry you said that when I'm dead and gone.
我死后你会为你说的话感到后悔的。
We need to free business from the dead hand of bureaucracy.
我们必须摆脱官僚主义对工作的严重影响。
We need to free business from the dead hand of bureaucracy.
我们必须摆脱官僚主义对工作的严重影响。
His leadership campaign is dead in the water.
他参加领导层竞选无望成功。
His leadership campaign is dead in the water.
他参加领导层竞选无望成功。
If anyone finds out, you're dead meat.
如果有人发现，你可要倒大霉了。
If anyone finds out, you're dead meat.
如果有人发现，你可要倒大霉了。
She was pronounced dead on arrival.
她在送达医院时即被宣布死亡。
The bill was dead on arrival in the Senate.
这项法案在参议院不可能通过。
The software was DOA.
这软件送达时已经损坏。
She was pronounced dead on arrival.
她在送达医院时即被宣布死亡。
The bill was dead on arrival in the Senate.
这项法案在参议院不可能通过。
The software was DOA.
这软件送达时已经损坏。
She moves into our home over my dead body.
除非我死了，否则她别想搬进我们家。
She moves into our home over my dead body.
除非我死了，否则她别想搬进我们家。
She wouldn't be seen dead in a hat.
她最讨厌戴帽子。
He wouldn't be caught dead going to a club with his mother.
他死也不愿意跟母亲一起去俱乐部。
She wouldn't be seen dead in a hat.
她最讨厌戴帽子。
He wouldn't be caught dead going to a club with his mother.
他死也不愿意跟母亲一起去俱乐部。
The dead and wounded in that one attack amounted to 6 000.
仅那一次进攻就死伤达 6 000 人。
Christians believe that God raised Jesus from the dead.
基督徒相信上帝使耶稣复活。
In nine years he has brought his party back from the dead almost to the brink of power.
九年来他使该党起死回生，甚至差点成为执政党。
I crept out of bed in the dead of night and sneaked downstairs.
深夜我悄悄地从床上爬起来，蹑手蹑脚地下了楼。
I crept out of bed in the dead of night and sneaked downstairs.
深夜我悄悄地从床上爬起来，蹑手蹑脚地下了楼。
You're dead right!
你完全正确！
a dead straight road
笔直的道路
The train was dead on time.
火车正点出发。
He's dead against the idea.
他坚决反对这个想法。
The sight made him stop dead in his tracks(= stop suddenly) .
一看这情景，他惊呆了。
She's dead set on getting(= determined to get) this new job.
她打定主意要得到这个新工作。
The instructions are dead easy to follow.
这些指令很容易执行。
You were dead lucky to get that job.
你得到那份工作，真是太幸运了。
I was dead scared.
我怕得要死。
1.死的;无生命的,无生物的
2.完全的,全然;必然的,确实的
3.无感觉的
4.(炭等)已熄灭的;无生气的,呆滞的,停顿的;冷落的,不景气的;(土地)贫瘠的;不生产的,(货物等)积压着的;(饮料)走了味的
5.静寂的,死一样的;无声响的,发音钝浊的;无光泽的,(色调等)阴沉沉的
6.已废的,不通行的,已成空文的
7.无凸凹的,平滑的
8.〈美〉被矫正过来的,改邪归正的
9.〈美口〉精疲力竭的
1.死的;无生命的,无生物的
2.完全的,全然;必然的,确实的
3.无感觉的
4.(炭等)已熄灭的;无生气的,呆滞的,停顿的;冷落的,不景气的;(土地)贫瘠的;不生产的,(货物等)积压着的;(饮料)走了味的
5.静寂的,死一样的;无声响的,发音钝浊的;无光泽的,(色调等)阴沉沉的
6.已废的,不通行的,已成空文的
7.无凸凹的,平滑的
8.〈美〉被矫正过来的,改邪归正的
9.〈美口〉精疲力竭的
1.全然,完全,十足
1.死者
2.(死一样的)寂静
3.极寒时候
1.no longer alive; people who are dead
2.a piece of equipment that is dead is no longer working or able to receive an electrical signal
3.a place, time, or situation that is dead is not very interesting because very little happens in it
4.no longer considered useful, relevant, or likely to be successful
5.very tired, weak, or sick
6.if a part of your body is dead, you cannot feel it or move it normally
7.if someone’s eyes are dead, or if their voice is dead, they feel or show no emotion
8.a dead language such as Latin is no longer used by people in their ordinary lives
9.complete
10.a ball is dead in some games if it is outside the area on which the game is played, so that the game stops for a short time
11.a place that is dead has no living plants or animals in it
12.a dead glass or bottle is one that you have finished drinking from; a dead match has already been used and is now useless
13.in serious trouble
1.no longer alive; people who are dead
2.a piece of equipment that is dead is no longer working or able to receive an electrical signal
3.a place, time, or situation that is dead is not very interesting because very little happens in it
4.no longer considered useful, relevant, or likely to be successful
5.very tired, weak, or sick
6.if a part of your body is dead, you cannot feel it or move it normally
7.if someone’s eyes are dead, or if their voice is dead, they feel or show no emotion
8.a dead language such as Latin is no longer used by people in their ordinary lives
9.complete
10.a ball is dead in some games if it is outside the area on which the game is played, so that the game stops for a short time
11.a place that is dead has no living plants or animals in it
12.a dead glass or bottle is one that you have finished drinking from; a dead match has already been used and is now useless
13.in serious trouble
1.completely
2.directly
3.very
1.At least six people have been killed in Deraa since the unrest began on Friday; Syrian forces shot dead four on Friday and one on Sunday.
自上周五动荡爆发以来，德拉已经至少有六人死亡。叙利亚军队上周五开枪打死四人，周日打死一人。
2.One last question: Suppose, Lord Russell, this film were to be looked at by our descendants like a dead-sea scroll in a thousand years time.
最后一个问题：罗素勋爵，假定这段录像，将被我们的后人看到，如同死海古卷一般，在一千年后被人看见。
3.Pamela's reaction in London to the news about Henry had indicated that the romance was far from dead.
帕米拉在伦敦听到关于亨利的消息时的反应，说明这种风流韵事远远没有结束。
4."He said, 'You go there, and one minute you're with your buddies and the next minute you're dead, ' " Mr. Hoyt recalled.
“他说，‘到了战场，可能前一分钟你还在和弟兄们并肩作战，下一分钟就死了，’”霍伊特回忆说。
5.Me, a short story! Began to feel terror in the middle is very funny, very sad ending. Once there was a ghost, put the ass, dead.
我来讲一个简短的故事！开始很恐怖，中间很搞笑，结尾很悲伤。从前，有一个鬼，放了个屁，死了。
6.Fairweather said he did not understand why it happened, because the soldiers in the training process was told to respect the dead enemy.
费尔韦瑟表示，他很不理解为什么会发生这种事，因为士兵们在训练过程中就被告知要尊重已死的敌人。
7.This had been in the evening when we were all at home, and Mother had come running up the street with the dead, dripping child in her arms.
这事儿发生在傍晚，我们都在家。母亲抱着那个死去的、湿透了的孩子跑到街上。
8.Her mother, who was traveling with her from Paris to visit relatives in the Comoros, is among those feared dead.
和她一起从巴黎到科摩罗拜访亲戚的母亲恐怕亦已罹难。
9.If they hadn't found me, I'd be dead now. Harry stuck his wand up its nose and Ron knocked it out with its own club.
如果他们没有我到我，我现在肯定已经死了。哈利把他的魔杖插进了巨怪的鼻孔，罗恩用巨怪自己的木棍把它打昏了过去。
10.But, alas, by the time George has thought all this, the ants are already dead and mopped up on a wet cloth and rinsed down the sink.
可惜，一切都来不及了，当乔治想完这些，那些蚂蚁也已经被自己喷的杀虫剂杀死了。乔治用一块抹布将蚂蚁抹到水池里，放水冲了下去。