death

death
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person's or organism's life
    死，死亡
    I don't believe in life after death.
    我不相信阴世生活。
    [as modifier]a death sentence.
    死刑。
    ■an instance of a person or an animal dying
    死去
    there's been a death in his family.
    他家有人去世。
    ■the state of being dead
    死亡
    even in death, she was beautiful.
    就是死时，她也是美丽的。
    ■the permanent ending of vital processes in a cell or tissue
    （细胞或组织）死亡
    ■(Death)[in sing.]the personification of the power that destroys life, often represented in art and literature as a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe
    死神
    ■[in sing.](figurative)the destruction or permanent end of something
    (喻)破灭，终止，结束
    the death of her hopes.
    她希望的破灭。
    ■(figurative)a damaging or destructive state of affairs
    (喻)毁灭，破坏
    to be driven to a dance by one's father would be social death.
    被父亲开车送去参加舞会会毁了社交。
常用词组
as sure as death
  1. quite certain
    确定无疑
at death's door
  1. (especially in hyperbolic use) so ill that one may die
    ［尤作夸张用法］濒临死亡，行将就木
be the death of
  1. (often used hyperbolically or humorously) cause someone's death
    ［常作夸张或幽默用法］置…于死地
    you'll be the death of me with all your questions.
    你那么多问题要把我问死了。
be in at the death
  1. be present when a hunted animal is caught and killed
    目睹猎物被捕获杀死
    ■be present when something fails or comes to an end
    目睹某事失败（或结束）
catch one's death (of cold)
  1. (informal)catch a severe cold or chill
    (非正式)得重感冒
die a (或 the) death
  1. come to an end; cease or fail to be popular or successful
    结束；不受欢迎，失败
    the craze for cycling shorts is dying a death.
    骑车短裤的热潮快结束了。
do someone to death
  1. kill someone
    杀死某人
do something to death
  1. perform or repeat something so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar
    重复得烦死人
    a subject that has been done to death by generations of painters.
    被世代画家画得让人厌烦的题材。
a fate worse than death
  1. a terrible experience, especially that of seduction or rape
    比死还不济的遭遇（尤指受诱奸或强奸）
like death warmed up (或 北美 over)
  1. (informal)extremely tired or ill
    (非正式)十分疲惫；病重
a matter of life and death
  1. 见 life
put someone to death
  1. kill someone, especially with official sanction
    （尤指官方批准）杀死，处死
till (或 until) death us do part
  1. for as long as each of a couple live
    至死不渝，永不分离
to death
  1. used of a particular action or process that results in someone's death
    （行动，过程）致命的
    he was stabbed to death.
    他被刺死。
    ■used to emphasize the extreme nature of a specific action, feeling, or state of mind
    ［用于强调某一行动、感情或思想］极度
    I'm sick to death of you.
    我讨厌死你了。
to the death
  1. until dead
    到死为止
    a fight to the death.
    战斗到底。
派生
deathlike
adjective
语源
  1. Old English dēath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dood and German Tod, also to die
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