dead的中文翻譯是什麼意思

ADJ死亡的;去世的

A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.

• Her husband's been dead a year now...

  她的丈夫已經去世一年了。

• The group had shot dead another hostage.

  該組織又開槍打死了一名人質。

ADJ(土地或水域)無生命存在的

Land or water that is dead contains no living things.

• ...charred land, mountainsides of dead earth and stumps of trees...

  燒焦的土地、無一活物的山坡和殘存的樹樁

• But this water seems dead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant.

  但這似乎是一潭死水：受了汙染而且惡臭無比。

ADJ-GRADED(地方或時期)無生氣的，死氣沉沉的

If you describe a place or a period of time as dead, you do not like it because there is very little activity taking place in it.

• ...some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies...

  某個死氣沉沉的小鎮，那裡最有活力的東西就是蒼蠅

• This made that holiday week a particularly dead period.

  這讓那一週的假期顯得特別沉悶。

ADJ不再使用的;用盡的

Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished.

• The dead cigarette was still between his fingers...

  那支已熄滅的香菸仍在他指間。

• This bottle's dead. But we've got another one.

  這一瓶已經空了，不過我們還有一瓶。

ADJ(想法、計劃或話題）不再令人感興趣的，不值得再考慮的，已停滯的

If you say that an idea, plan, or subject is dead, you mean that people are no longer interested in it or willing to develop it any further.

• It's a dead issue, Baxter...

  這個問題已經沒人再談論了，巴克斯特。

• But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying...

  但那並不意味著這種政治主張已經或正在消亡。

ADJ(語言）死的，不再通用的

A dead language is no longer spoken or written as a means of communication, although it may still be studied.

• We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language.

  我們過去常常抱怨自己是在浪費時間學一門死語言。

ADJ(電話等電氣裝置）不再運轉的，沒電的

A telephone or piece of electrical equipment that is dead is no longer functioning, for example because it no longer has any electrical power.

• On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.

  還有一回，我一接電話，就掉線了。

ADJ(體育運動中的球）界外的，死的

In sport, when a ball is dead, it has gone outside the playing area, or a situation has occurred in which the game has to be temporarily stopped, and none of the players can score points or gain an advantage.

ADJ-GRADED(聲音)沉悶的;(顏色)暗淡的，不鮮亮的

A dead sound or colour is dull rather than lively or bright.

• 'That is correct, Meg,' he answered in his cold, dead voice...

  “沒錯，梅格。”他用冰冷、陰沉的聲音答道。

• Then he heard a piercing scream echoing down the deep well, ending in a dull, dead thud.

  接著他聽見深井裡迴響起一聲刺耳的尖叫，然後是砰的一聲悶響，再之後就什麼也聽不見了。

ADJ完全的，絕對的（尤用於修飾 centre, silence 和 stop）

Dead is used to mean 'complete' or 'absolute', especially before the words 'centre', 'silence', and 'stop'.

• He adjusted each chesspiece so that it stood dead centre in its square...

  他調整每顆棋子，使它們立於格子的正中央。

• They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces...

  他們匆匆地走來走去，一言不發，面露焦急之色。

ADV正好;恰好;精確地

Dead means 'precisely' or 'exactly'.

• Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope...

  可以看得見火星，就在望遠鏡的正中央。

• Their arrows are dead on target...

  他們的箭正中靶心。

ADV很;非常

Dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'.

• Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to...

  去梅多霍爾購物中心也非常方便。

• His poems sound dead boring, actually...

  實際上，他的詩聽起來非常乏味。

CONVENTION（表示強烈反對）除非我死了

If you reply 'Over my dead body' when a plan or action has been suggested, you are emphasizing that you dislike it, and will do everything you can to prevent it.

• 'Let's invite her to dinner.' — 'Over my dead body!'

  “我們請她來吃晚飯吧。”——“除非我死了！”

PHRASE完全了結的;徹底過去的

If you say that something such as an idea or situation is dead and buried, you are emphasizing that you think that it is completely finished or past, and cannot happen or exist again in the future.

• I thought the whole business was dead and buried...

  我以為這整件事已經完全了結了。

• In two years, the British coal industry will be dead and buried.

  英國煤炭工業只消兩年就將徹底瓦解。

PHRASE突然死亡;猝死

If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly.

• He dropped dead on the quayside.

  他猝死在碼頭區。

PHRASE去死吧;見鬼去吧;別再煩人

If you tell someone to drop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you.

• 75% of the firms he called were hostile and told him to 'drop dead.'

  在他電話聯絡的公司裡，75% 都懷有敵意，讓他“見鬼去吧”。

PHRASE不在人世的;去世的

If you say that someone is dead and gone, you are emphasizing that they are dead, and thinking about what happened or will happen after their death.

• Often a genius is recognized only after he is dead and gone.

  天才往往在離開人世之後才得到認可。

PHRASE累得要命;病得半死

If you say that you feel dead or are half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak.

• You looked half dead after that journey...

  經過那趟旅程之後,你看上去真是累壞了。

• I feel pretty dead right now.

  我覺得自己現在幾乎快要死了。

PHRASE在夜晚萬籟俱寂之時/在隆冬

If something happens in the dead of night ,at dead of night, or in the dead of winter, it happens in the middle part of the night or the winter, when it is darkest or coldest.

• I couldn't fly illegally into a country in the dead of night...

  我不能在深夜乘飛機非法進入一個國家。

• We buried it in the garden at dead of night...

  我們在夜深人靜的時候把它埋到了花園裡。

PHRASE(耶穌）復活/使…復活

When Christians say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead or raised someone from the dead, they mean that Jesus came back to life after he had died, or brought a dead person back to life.

PHRASE捲土重來;重新活躍起來（或獲得成功）

If you say that someone or something rises or comes back from the dead, you mean that they become active or successful again after being inactive for a while.

• This was a company that, by all appearances, had risen from the dead...

  從一切跡象來看，這是一家已經起死回生的公司。

• Faldo came back from the dead to win his third Open golf championship.

  福爾多重整旗鼓，贏得了他的第三個高爾夫球公開賽冠軍。

PHRASE死也（不會），絕對（不會）（穿某種衣服、去某個地方或處於某種境地)

If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.

• I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat.

  我死也不會戴草帽。

• ...men who wouldn't be seen dead pushing a pram...

  死也不會去推嬰兒車的男人們

PHRASE（使）突然停止（發生或移動）

To stop dead means to suddenly stop happening or moving. To stop someone or something dead means to cause them to suddenly stop happening or moving.

• We all stopped dead and looked at it...

  我們一下子全都停了下來看著它。

• She had meant to make a discreet entrance, but conversation stopped dead...

  她本打算悄悄進去，但談話卻突然中斷了。

PHRASE敗局已定的;不太可能成功的

If you say that someone or something is dead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future.

• A 'no' vote would have left the treaty dead in the water.

  一張否決票可能就會使這個條約胎死腹中。