death

英 [deθ] 美 [deθ]

• n. 死；死亡；毁灭；死因

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]死,死亡,死亡时刻; 死法; 死状

   the end of the life; time or manner of dying

2. [C]死因

   the cause of loss of life

3. [S]毁灭,消失,终止

   destruction or disappearance

4. [U]死神

   the destroyer of life

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 死，死亡，惨死
2. 死神
3. 毁灭，破灭
4. 致死的原因，死因
5. 死状
6. 死法
7. 结束
8. 褫夺公权
9. 死刑
10. 绝灭，消灭，永久的灭亡
11. 死亡状态
12. 生命的终止

英英释义

Noun:

1. the event of dying or departure from life;

   "her death came as a terrible shock"
   "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
   

2. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism;

   "the animal died a painful death"
   

3. the absence of life or state of being dead;

   "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"
   

4. the time when something ends;

   "it was the death of all his plans"
   "a dying of old hopes"
   

5. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead;

   "she stayed until his death"
   "a struggle to the last"
   

6. the personification of death;

   "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"
   

7. a final state;

   "he came to a bad end"
   "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
   

8. the act of killing;

   "he had two deaths on his conscience"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The seedling was frozen to death.
   幼苗被冻死了。
2. The farm came to him on his father's death.
   他父亲死时把农场留给他了。
3. The film ends with the death of the heroine.
   这部电影以女主角的死告终。
4. Car accidents caused many deaths.
   车祸造成很多人死亡。
5. He had to choose between death and dishonour.
   他必须在死亡和屈辱之间作出选择。
6. That defeat meant the death of all my hopes.
   那次失败毁灭了我所有的希望。
7. There are conflicting versions of the girl's death.
   女孩死因的说法相互矛盾。
8. The policeman wanted to determine her death.
   那名警察想要查明她的死因。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Death comes to all men.
   人皆有死。
2. All men must die, but death can vary in its significance.
   人总是要死的,但死的意义有所不同。
3. Her death was a real grief.
   她的去世实在令人痛心。
4. His wife's death was a great blow to him.
   他妻子去世对他是一个沉重的打击。
5. The alternatives are death and submission.
   或死或降,任选其一。
6. He was willing to risk death to save his friend.
   他甘愿冒死去救朋友。
7. The Supreme Court is expected to uphold the death sentence.
   预计最高法院将维持死刑的原判。
8. After death, the king's body was interred in a specially constructed tomb.
   那国王死后被安葬在一座特别建筑的坟墓里。
9. The sick man is in danger of death.
   这位病人有死亡的危险。
10. March 6 is the date of his death.
    他死的日期是3月6日。
11. The news of his death filled her with despair.
    他去世的消息使她绝望了。
12. She described how she had narrowly escaped death.
    她叙述了她九死一生的经历。
13. If their identity should be discovered, it would mean sure death.
    万一他们的身份被发觉,那就免不了一死。
14. They avenged his death by burning the village.
    他们烧毁村子,为他的死复仇。
15. The worker was scalded to death when the boiler exploded.
    锅炉爆炸时那个工人被开水烫死。
16. The chief of the police force spread the word that he would put to death all the arrested student representatives.
    警察长扬言要枪毙这些被捕的学生代表。
17. Jack was sentenced to death for murdering his wife.
    杰克因谋杀他的妻子被判处死刑。
18. Drink will be the death of him.
    酗酒将会要他的命。
19. Oh, don't make me laugh any more or you'll be the death of me.
    啊!别再让我笑了,不然非笑死我不可。
20. The protest will die a slow death.
    抗议将会慢慢平息。
21. Death is often shown in pictures as a human skeleton.
    死神常被画成骷髅。

经典引文

• The Greek did not believe death to be annihilation.

  出自： J. R. Seeley

• My mother's untimely death.

  出自： Day Lewis

• The hideous death designed by the law for traitors.

  出自： C. V. Wedgwood

• Over them triumphant Death his Dart Shook; but delaid to strike.

  出自： personified

• Into the jaws of Death..Rode the six hundred.

  出自： Tennyson

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

as pale as death

面无人色 very pale

at death's door

就要死掉 dying

be sick to death of

对…极厌倦 feel very tired about sth

catch one's death

得致命的感冒 catch a chill bad cold

dice with death

冒生命危险 risk on life

die the death

突然停止 stop suddenly

do to death

把…重复得令人厌烦 overdo; overexpose
do sth to death
The television companies have done to death the coverage of the election,I'm tired of it already.

电视公司把选举的报道重复得令人生厌,我早已感到厌倦了。
I used to like that song once, but now it's been done to death; every singer has made a record of it.

我过去一直很喜欢那首歌,可现在它老是重复着唱令人生厌; 每一个歌手都录制了这首歌。

feel like death warmed up

感到筋疲力尽 feel exhausted

in at the death

看到事情的结局 present at the very end

put to death

处死,杀死 kill
put sb to death
The blood-sucker was put to death by the peasants there and then.

噬血的资本家立即被农民杀掉了。

tickle to death

非常高兴 highly amused
tickle sb to death
We were all tickled to death at the antics of the clowns.

看到小丑的滑稽动作,我们乐极了。

to death

极其,非常 very

to the death

到底,至死 until sb is defeated or killed

work to death

把…累垮; 把…损坏 force sb/sth to work excessively
work sb/sth to death
The company expects hard work, but refuses to work its employees to death.

公司要求工作勤奋,但不想把雇员累垮。
The engine had been worked to death and was in need of major repairs.

这个引擎已被用坏了,需要大修。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• announce the death of 宣告…逝世
• avenge the death of 为…的死报仇
• bring death 带来死亡
• catch one's death of 患致命的…
• cause death 造成死亡
• die a dog's death 惨死,可耻地死去,潦倒而死
• die a hero's death 英勇牺牲
• die a natural death 寿终正寝
• die a slow death 慢慢平息
• do sb to death 杀死某人
• drink oneself to death 喝得醉死过去
• escape death 幸免于死
• face death 面对死亡
• fear death 怕死
• fight to the death 战斗到底,战死
• have a happy death 幸福地死去
• meet death 面临死亡
• mourn sb's death 沉痛哀悼…的逝世
• put sb to death 处死某人
• receive death at sb's hand 自寻短见
• suffer death 遭受死亡
• stone sb to death 用石头砸死某人

形容词+～

• brave death 勇敢的死
• certain death 无可避免的死亡
• cruel death 惨死
• early death 早逝,夭折,夭亡
• happy death 幸福的死
• inglorious death 可耻的死
• living death 活地狱
• many deaths 许多死亡
• natural death 老死,因年老而死
• sure death 必然的死亡
• the Black D- 黑死病

名词+～

• brain death 脑死亡

～+名词

• death bell 丧钟
• death blow 致命的打击
• death chair (处决死囚的)电椅
• death control 靠现代医学使寿命延长的做法
• death roll 死亡名册

介词+～

• at death 逝世时
• by the death of sb 由于某人的逝世
• in death as in life 虽死犹生
• in the death of sb 由于某人的逝世
• in the hour of sb's death 在某人逝世的时刻
• day of death 死期
• point of death 死亡的边缘
• to the death 至死,到底
• until death 终生

～+介词

• death by 死于
• death by fire 被火烧死
• death by hanging 绞死
• death in the family 家中有人亡故
• death of one's hopes 希望的破灭
• death on 善于,是…能手,对…极为不满,竭力反对
• death on smoking 竭力反对抽烟

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. death的基本意思是“死,死亡”,也可表示“死亡时刻; 死法; 死状”“死因”,既可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。
2. death也可表示“死亡的状态”,是不可数名词。
3. death也可表示“毁灭,消失,终止”,是不可数名词,不可用于复数。
4. death首字母大写时意为“死神”。
5. deaths指两个或更多人的死亡,但在of前面或在所有格后面多用单数形式,若用复数形式,意在强调各人个别的死。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

to death, to the death

• 两者意思不同:前者作“十分”“很”解; 而后者是“直到死; 到最后”的意思。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 这两辆车相撞造成三人死亡。

   误 The collision resulted in three death.

   正 The collision resulted in three deaths.

   析 death表示“某人之死”时是不可数名词,但表示“某种类型的死”或“多少人的死”时是可数名词。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的deth；最初源自古英语的death，意为死。

近反义词

【近义词】

• decease
• demise
• dissolution
• extinction

【反义词】

• birth
• life