death
noun[CorU]
uk/deθ/us/deθ/B1
the end oflife:
死,死亡Thediseasecausesthousands of deaths ayear.这种疾病每年导致数千人死亡。
Do youbelieveinlifeafter death?你相信死后还有来世吗?
He never got over the death of hisdaughter.他一直没有从女儿去世的阴影中走出来。
deaththreats死亡威胁
bored, frightened, etc. to death
B2
extremelybored,frightened, etc.:
无聊(吓等)得要死的She'sfrightenedto death ofsnakes.
to death
C2
until youdie:
至死,直到死亡Theanimalsburnedto death in thebarn.那些牲口在牲口棚里被活活烧死了。
the death ofsomeone/something
thecauseof the end oflife, or the end ordestructionof something:
…的死因;…的末路,…的毁灭Thefailureof thefamilybusinesswas the death of him.家族企业的落败把他送上了末路。
- Shereactedsurprisinglycalmlyto thenewsof his death.
- Following her son's death, shebecamequietandwithdrawnandrarelywent out.
- He wasjailedfor 15yearsforstabbinghiswifeto death.
- He gave aslightshudderas heconsideredhow near he had come to death.
- Thecoronerrecordedaverdictofaccidentaldeath.
Death and dying
- be as dead as a doornailidiom
- bereave
- bite
- bleed out
- buy the farmidiom
- cadaveric
- death toll
- depart this lifeidiom
- fatality
- ghost
- morbid
- necrophiliac
- perch
- predecease
- push
- remains
- shuffle off this mortal coilidiom
- starvation
- toll
- watery
Idioms
be at death's door
be in at the death
catchyourdeath of cold
look/feel like death warmed up