dead /dɛd/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

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

  例：

  "You're a widow?"—"Yes. My husband's been dead a year now."

  “你是个寡妇？”——“是的，我丈夫去世1年了。”

  例：

  The group had shot dead another hostage.

  这伙人又打死了一名人质。

• 2. 

  N-PLURAL The dead are people who are dead. 死者

  例：

  Two American soldiers were among the dead.

  死者中有两名美军士兵。

• 3. 

  ADJ 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. 无生气的 [表不满]

  例：

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

  …最有活力的东西是苍蝇的死气沉沉的某个小镇。

• 4. 

  ADJ Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished. 用尽的; 结束的

  例：

  The dead cigarette was still between his fingers.

  燃尽的香烟还夹在他指缝间。

• 5. 

  ADJ 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. 过时的; 不再重要的

  例：

  It's a dead issue, Baxter.

  这件事已经不重要了，巴克斯特。

• 6. 

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

  例：

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

  还有一次我接了电话，但紧接着就断线了。

• 7. 

  ADJ Dead is used to mean "complete" or "absolute," especially before the words "centre," "silence," and "stop." 全然的; 绝对的 [ADJ n] [强调]

  例：

  They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces.

  他们四下忙乱，人人一言不发，面有忧色。

• 8. 

  ADV Dead means "precisely" or "exactly." 精确地 [ADV prep/adv/adj] [强调]

  例：

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

  火星清晰可辨，正好就在望远镜的中心。

• 9. 

  CONVENTION 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. 除非我死了 (表示强烈反对) [非正式]

  例：

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

  “我们请她共进晚餐吧。”——“除非我死了!”

• 10. 

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

  例：

  He dropped dead of a heart attack.

  他心脏病突发而猝死。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you say that you feel dead or are half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak. 累得半死的 [非正式]

  例：

  I thought you looked half dead at dinner, and who could blame you after that trip.

  我觉得你晚饭的时候看上去累得要命，但在那次旅行之后谁会怪你呢。

• 12. 

  PHRASE 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. 在深夜; 在严冬 [文学性]

  例：

  All three incidents occurred in the dead of night.

  3起事件都发生在深夜。

• 13. 

  PHRASE 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. 决不 [非正式]

  例：

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

  我决不戴草帽。

• 14. 

  PHRASE 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. 突然停止

  例：

  We all stopped dead and looked at it.

  我们都突然停下来看着它。

• 15. 

  to stop dead in your tracks →see track