ead
adj
1
(a) no longer alive 死的: a dead person, animal 死的人、 动物
dead flowers, cells 凋谢的花、 死的细胞
The tiger fell dead. 老虎倒地死去.
(b) never having been alive; inanimate 无生命的; 无生气的
dead matter, eg rock 无生命的物质(如岩石).
2
(a) without movement or activity 无活动的
The town is dead now the mine has closed. 因矿井已关闭, 镇上一片死气沉沉.
in the dead hours of the night, ie when everything is quiet 在夜深人静时.
(b) (infml 口) without interest and liveliness; dull 无趣的; 无生气的; 呆滞的
What a dead place this is! 这地方多没意思!
The acting was rather dead. 表演十分乏味.
3 no longer used, effective, valid, etc 不再使用的、 已无作用的、 已失效的等
This debate is now dead. 辩论现已过去.
My love for him is dead. 我不再爱他了.
a dead language, eg Latin 死的语言(如拉丁语).
4
(a) numb from cold, anaesthetic, etc 冻僵的; 麻木的
My dead fingers could not untie the knot. 我的手指麻木了, 解不开结.
(b) [pred 作表语]
~ to sth not feeling (pity, guilt, etc) 无动於衷; 无感觉
He was dead to all feelings of shame. 他恬不知耻.
5 [attrib 作定语]
complete; absolute 全然地; 完全地
dead calm, silence, etc 死一般的平静、 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 神枪手
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. 他稳拿百米第一.
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 已擦过的火柴
a dead battery, ie one without power 没电的电池
The telephone went dead, ie produced no more sounds. 电话没声了.
7 [usu attrib 通常作定语]
(a) (of sounds) not resonant; dull (指声音)无共鸣的, 沉闷的
It fell with a dead thud. 它砰的一声倒了下来.
(b) (of colours) not brilliant (指颜色)不鲜艳的
The walls were a dead brown colour. 墙是暗褐色的.
8 (sport 体)
(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 (指场地)(对球的滚动)阻力大的
Rain had made the pitch rather dead. 场地因雨而阻力增大.
9 (idm 习语) 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. 她酷似以前我认识的一个女孩. be the dead spit of sb (infml 口) look exactly like sb else 极像某人. cut sb dead pretend not to have seen sb; refuse to greet sb 装著没看见某人; 拒不向某人打招呼. (as) ,dead as a/the `dodo (infml 口) no longer effective, valid, interesting, etc 已无作用的、 已失效的、 不再吸引人注意的等
This organization is as dead as a dodo. 这个组织已不复存在. (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. 它躺在那里眼睛闭著, 确实死了. a dead `duck (infml 口) scheme, etc which has been abandoned, or will fail 被放弃的或将失败的计划等
The plan is a dead duck
there's no money. 计划告吹了
没有钱. a dead `end
(a) = cul-de-sac.
(b) point at which one can make no further progress in work, an enquiry, etc 工作、 查询等不能再进展的阶段
be at/come to a dead end 陷入僵局
With the failure of the experiment, we had reached a dead end. 试验失败了, 我们一筹莫展.
[attrib 作定语]
a ,dead-end `job/ca`reer...
🎯 考研助记
呆的,人 死是“呆的
🔁 扩展释义
*[ded]a. 死的, 不活泼的, 麻木的, 熄灭的n. 死者ad. 完全地, 直接地【医】 死亡的, 麻木的相关词组: in the dead of... be dead to... dead to rights