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Definition of dead in English:

dead

adjective dɛddɛd

  • 1No longer alive.

    死的

    a dead body

    死尸。

    as complement he was shot dead by a sniper
    there was no time to bury the dead with decency
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The family's pet bull mastiff dog was shot dead by the gunman.
    • He said the victims were carrying a dead person to a nearby cemetery for burial when their vehicle came under fire.
    • Fear of dead bodies is a known phobia which is surprisingly common.
    • An ambulance was called but the boy was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
    • It was believed she had been dead for around two hours before they arrived.
    • The driver didn't know whether the person he hit was dead or alive.
    • I charged through the house and saw the girl lying dead on the floor.
    • He's refusing to answer questions about the crash that left ten people dead.
    • We need to figure out how we're going to handle what could be many hundreds of thousands of dead bodies.
    • I found my father nearly dead, lying in the mud.
    • An emotionally distant scientist, Banner believes that his father is dead.
    • Paramedics tried to treat the victim but he was declared dead at the scene.
    • Our loved ones are only truly dead if they are forgotten.
    • My father is long dead and his death set me free, so it bothers me that he and his problem can still affect my adult life.
    • A clause in the current scheme means the spouse of a dead officer would have to give up their pension if they remarried or decided to live with someone else.
    • And how many graphic pictures of dead bodies and desperate survivors do we need to see?
    • Just a few metres away from where I slept were all the dead bodies.
    • Tests conducted on dead birds in those counties were positive for the virus.
    • The men persuaded the woman they had been sent to remove a dead pigeon from her water tank.
    • We waited what seemed an eternity not knowing if she would come back dead or alive.
    Synonyms
    deceased, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away
    late, lost, lamented
    perished, fallen, slain, slaughtered, killed, murdered
    lifeless, not breathing, having breathed one's last, defunct, extinct, inanimate, insentient, insensate, inert
    informal (as) dead as a doornail, six feet under, pushing up daisies, under the sod
    euphemistic with God, asleep, at peace
    rare demised, exanimate
    1. 1.1 (of a part of the body) having lost sensation; numb.
      （身体部位）无知觉的；麻木的
      I severed nerves in my leg so part of my foot is dead
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He still has some days when his arm is dead, and he had a scare last week when his shoulder popped during practice.
      • She said that her left leg had gone dead and that she had fallen out of bed.
      • Have you ever woken up with a dead arm?
      • His foot is dead and they need to operate immediately to save what's left of his leg.
      Synonyms
      numb, benumbed, deadened, desensitized, insensible, insensate, unfeeling
      paralysed, crippled, incapacitated, immobilized, frozen, useless
    2. 1.2 Lacking emotion, sympathy, or sensitivity.
      冷漠的，麻木的
      a cold, dead voice

      冷漠无情的声音。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Humour is actually a very important part of life and in fact you're dead without it.
      • But now that I am older and emotionally dead inside, these things bother me less and less.
      • Her emerald eyes were wide open, cold and almost dead.
      • His eyes are dead, as black as the depths of the sea, glancing at us as his halo of white-transparent hair swirls around his head.
      • A person who has always been truly alone is one who will be emotionally dead.
      • When a woman's voice from a car alongside him calls his name, his face is emotionless, blank, dead.
      • The warmth from that simple touch and kiss thawed his cold dead heart back to life.
      • But now that he was out, he sounded as dead as he had at the first meeting with his lawyer.
      • He felt dead and dull inside, like an electric toy with the batteries removed.
      • He turns me around, jerking my chin up to look into his dead, black eyes.
      • His voice sounded dead even to himself and he wondered why he was still talking.
      • Anyone who can listen to Mozart's Requiem Mass without getting shivers up the spine is either physically or emotionally dead.
      • The grin was gone, and his voice had gone so emotionally dead that it was almost frightening.
      • All the emotion had left her voice, and it was empty, dead, and lifeless, a mirror of her soul.
      Synonyms
      emotionless, unemotional, unfeeling, impassive, unresponsive, insensitive, indifferent, dispassionate, inexpressive, wooden, stony, cold, frigid, inert
      deadpan, flat, toneless, hollow
      blank, vacant, glazed, glassy
    3. 1.3 No longer current, relevant, or important.
      过时的；不再有关的（或重要的）
      pollution had become a dead issue

      污染已经成了过去的问题。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Images move you up the television news agenda; without camera access, my friend, your issue is dead.
      • Today, with the Warsaw Pact dead, France can safely make its reach for grandeur.
      • I suppose that means that in one small way, chivalry isn't dead.
      • This demonstration shows that the movement is not at all dead, but alive and growing.
      • The Atlantic alliance that won the Cold War is virtually dead.
      • This brought tears to my eyes and I thought of a headline in your paper some months ago saying community living is dead.
      • Browsing through the diverse range of opinions posted by readers, it is hard to believe that the issue is dead.
      • The postwar alliance that once structured and indeed defined our world is dead.
      • Our voters confirmed that Europe was far from being a dead and done issue for any party.
      • The dining room is dead and the kitchen is the new hub of the home according to Yorkshire kitchen manufacturer Omega.
      • In any case, unless there's some clear photo from tonight, I think this issue may be dead.
      • He thought that it was a dead issue, he had dealt with that.
      • Financial services is a dead industry and cannot be revived anywhere close to what it was.
      • Which is not to say that the well-wrought traditional panto is entirely dead.
      • Just because the war is to all intents and purposes over doesn't mean that this is a dead issue.
      • The interim economic plan, including the third currency, was dead before it was born.
      • Despite that result, however, there are indications that the issue is not completely dead.
      • Now that the Eastern Corridor is a dead issue, dramatic action needs to be taken to address the transport woes in the region.
      • The Goth scene is dead and the venues are only open so people can enjoy the music and dance and be with their friends and have a good time.
    4. 1.4 Devoid of living things.
      无生物的
      a dead planet

      无生物的行星。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In 45,000 million years from now, it will turn into a small dead globe.
      • As the rather clichéd but very true saying goes, there are no jobs on a dead planet.
      • Our view of Mars has changed dramatically from that of a cold, dry, geologically dead world to a warm, wet, oasis where life may have arisen and may yet thrive in certain locations.
      • It was a dry and dead place with almost nothing living out here but a few cacti and some small, prickly bushes.
      • The land is dead, its animals gone, its cities covered in ash, most of its people killed by violence or disease.
      • Sometimes we throw our seeds to them, but our efforts seem hopeless since their soil is barren, empty and dead.
      • It was pointed out at the meeting that any area devoid of people is dead.
      Synonyms
      extinguished, quenched, quashed, quelled, suppressed, smothered, stifled
      finished, terminated, over, gone, no more
      a thing of the past, ancient history
    5. 1.5 (of a place or time) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement.
      （地方，时间）死气沉沉的，不活跃的
      Brussels isn't dead after dark, if you know where to look

      布鲁塞尔在天黑之后并不是死气沉沉的，你要是找对地方就会发现这一点。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • But you can always count on some activity even mid week where other places are dead.
      • I do not know how many members have visited the little town of Havelock, but 15 years ago that town was dead.
      • Turned out the place was dead, hardly worth turning up for.
      • When he was singing decent songs he could send electricity through those dead restaurants he was playing.
      • The degree of public support these workers had was an amazing spectacle - the stores were absolutely dead.
      • As he walked the dead streets he was aware of tears running down his cheeks.
      • Got sent home early since the place was dead, a nice change to actually get the last bus.
      • The waterfront was also dead, an empty stretch of dock littered with bits of rope, fish, and other such trash.
      • I look at the coverage on the news, and the streets look empty and dead.
      • Camembert, once a dead town, had suddenly become very lively indeed.
      • St. George's is normally pretty dead on a Friday night, but last night the streets were crowded.
      • They were still in the city centre and at this time of the evening every building looked empty and dead to Alexa's desperately searching eyes.
      • In the end I only got one opportunity to go in to this place, and the night I was in there was absolutely dead, no-one else at all.
      Synonyms
      uneventful, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, dull, boring, flat, quiet, sleepy, slow, stale, humdrum, tame, pedestrian, lacklustre, lifeless
      tedious, tiresome, wearisome
      backward, backwoods, behind the times
      informal one-horse, dead-and-alive
      North American informal dullsville
    6. 1.6 (of money) not financially productive.
      （金钱）闲置的
      far from being dead money, it is available to be spent or invested
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Many economists regard defence outlays as dead money, money that produces nothing of measurable value.
      • Is this dead money as I am sure there are many people in the same situation as me.
      • You can't go on paying out dead money every month on something you don't own.
      • All this though doesn't change the fact that my rent will always be dead money.
      • Government money is dead money, ring-fenced and controlled so that every penny can meet the rigours of post - audit.
      • The money is dead money unless we have some support from them.
      • This is dead finance as the loss is far greater than the gain and gets worse by the hour.
      • Start a pension scheme and try to get on the property ladder as quickly as possible, as rent is dead money.
      • Renting in Swindon is quite expensive and it's dead money really but I'd rather compromise on that and see the world instead.
      • The pension costs mean that an increasing slice of the force's budget is dead money which has no impact on front-line policing.
    7. 1.7 (of sound) without resonance; dull.
      （声响）不响亮的，沉闷的
      the earth hit the coffin with a peculiarly dead sound
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To locate dry rot, tap questionable areas with a hammer and listen for a hollow, dead sound.
      • I let the bag drop with a dead thud to the floor.
      • However over-ripe melons make that same dead sound, so this isn't the most reliable test.
    8. 1.8 (of a colour) not glossy or bright.
      （颜色）无光泽的，暗淡的
      higher up, the marble becomes of a dull, dead colour
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The flats were dead black in contrast to the polished edges, almost seeming to draw the light in.
      • Only at that point was there any roughening of the dead black surface.
      • They were both, I found from careful measurements, of precisely the same dimensions and surface area, and each presented the same dull dead black surface.
      • Students tinted the surface ground with a dead color, like brownish-green.
    9. 1.9 (of a piece of equipment) no longer functioning.
      （设备）失灵的（尤指因故障失灵）
      the phone had gone dead

      电话打不通了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The pair were telling him what they had found on the planet when the transmission went dead.
      • The television was dead and would not respond at all.
      • The first match began and before the commentator could say hello to the live audience, one of the game monitors went dead.
      • I picked up the mike to tell Mann my problem, but the transmitter had gone dead.
      • Don't sign any software agreement until you have read the fine print carefully, otherwise you could one day find yourself with a very dead computer.
      • Sure enough, she came in to work the next day, and the network was dead.
      • Before Kat could respond, the line went dead and the faint beeping of the phone began to bother her.
      • The line suddenly went dead on us around 4 days ago and came back only this afternoon.
      • I did finally find a link that connected to the same dead server I had been trying to access.
      Synonyms
      not working, out of order, out of commission, inoperative, inactive, ineffective, in (a state of) disrepair, broken, broken-down, malfunctioning, defective
      informal kaput, conked out, on the blink, bust, busted, gone phut, finished, done for, dud
      British informal knackered, duff
      British vulgar slang buggered
    10. 1.10 (of an electric circuit or conductor) carrying or transmitting no current.
      （电路，导体）不导电的
      the batteries are dead

      电池没电了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Our techie found that the issue was a dead battery on the upstairs server.
      • When the boat got back to the harbor after the snorkeling trip, our rental car's battery was dead.
      • I came back last week from a spell in Istanbul to discover that the power in my flat was dead.
      • Moving the crossbeam was the most desirable option, and the power lines appeared dead.
      • You can create closed loops and boxes without short circuits by using dead connectors.
    11. 1.11 No longer alight.
      死的
      the fire had been dead for some days

      火熄了好几天了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When she arrived at his house he wasn't there - the fire in the hearth was dead and he'd gone off into the bush.
      • The staff had left, together with the jeep, and around the dead fire were the empty Genghis Khan bottles.
      • But the next day, the fire was dead. With no one to feed it, it went out while men were sleeping.
      • Jim stepped away from the cold embers of the dead fire and walked into the jungle.
    12. 1.12 (of a glass or bottle) empty or no longer being used.
      （杯子，瓶子）空的，废弃的
      they got all the dead glasses and put them on the table
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The place is covered in empty pizza boxes, dead bottles of booze and cigarette butts.
      • After being served our desert we had to call a waiter to clear all the dead glasses away.
      Synonyms
      barren, lifeless, bare, empty, desolate, sterile
    13. 1.13 (of the ball in a game) out of play.
      （比赛中的球）死的。参见DEAD BALL
      the ball had gone dead

      电话打不通了。

      See also dead ball
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If an umpire is struck by a batted ball in that position, the ball is dead.
      • The referee should not permit a player to resume until the ball is dead.
      • Keep in mind that on such plays the ball is not dead and the batter-runner may try for four bases at his own risk if he chooses.
      • With the ball eventually rolling dead, Smith decided against the penalty try.
      • But a decision about an actual goal being scored when the ball is dead ought to be checked if there is any doubt in the ref's mind or even if there's not.
    14. 1.14 (of a cricket pitch or other surface) lacking springiness or bounce.
      （板球场或其他表面）无弹性的
      the pitch was so utterly dead that Pollock could hardly get the ball bail-high
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But after last night's rain I knew the ground would be on the dead side and if he didn't fall he'd have a chance.
      • England fast bowlers seemed to bowl too many short deliveries on a dead pitch today.
      • He demonstrated that even on dead pitches a degree of aggression can bring dividends.
      • This pitch was completely dead from the first ball.
      • I'm not criticising anyone but it's just a dead surface and there's no response from it.

  • 2attributive Complete; absolute.

    完全的；绝对的

    we sat in dead silence

    我们沉默地坐着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She thought her little five-year-old heartbeat came to a dead stop in the silence.
    • All sound stopped instantly and there was dead silence from inside the bar.
    • The most amusing parts were when they'd call for audience participation, and there'd be dead silence.
    • There was a dead silence on the court for a few moments before Flynn's roar woke the officials up.
    • It's been almost a year now and there has been pretty much dead silence on the matter.
    • There was dead silence for the first 10 minutes, until Shelly's dad came and got her.
    • The room fell into dead silence as it was clear no one had the money to upstage his bid.
    • Maybe the officials can answer, as there is dead silence from Government members.
    • And if you can hold eight hundred people in dead silence and hear a pin drop you know something's going right.
    • There was a long moment of dead silence as Jessica processed that piece of depressing information.
    • Since disaster struck the students have been making frantic phone calls only to be greeted by dead silence.
    • There was dead silence for a minute and then something streaked past.
    • The class stayed in the kind of dead silence that most teachers would greet with joy.
    • There was about half a minute of total dead silence before she could manage any words.
    • A dead silence followed as each person took time to analyze his surroundings.
    • Everyone sat there in dead silence for a moment, quietly digesting what they'd just heard.
    • That comment caused dead silence, because he hit the nail on the head.
    • You'll hear gasps, a dead silence, then the sound of sobbing.
    • The fact that this research has not lead to dozens of follow up studies, but instead was followed by dead silence, raises many questions in my mind.
    • A wave of laughter flared up at that one, followed by a dead silence.
    Synonyms
    complete, absolute, total, entire, outright, utter, downright, out-and-out, thorough, unqualified, unmitigated
adverb dɛddɛd

  • 1often as submodifier Absolutely; completely.

    绝对地；完全地

    you're dead right

    你绝对正确。

    he was dead against the idea

    他完全反对那个主意。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She stopped dead in her tracks and saw the red convertible stop as well.
    • He was about to cross the street when he stopped dead in his tracks.
    • I am dead certain we have the talent needed for winning in the Olympic games.
    • It's got the longest, thinnest legs I've seen on a bird the size of say, a large gull, with a dead straight beak.
    • The entire student body fell dead silent.
    • Businessman John Walker is dead certain his funeral will go to plan.
    • Realizing that his expression was dead serious she found out that he was definitely not lying.
    • My monitor fills with images of two men saluting, grinning thumbs up or looking dead serious.
    • He stood alone at the line, dead certain he was going to hit three free throws.
    • It's dead empty in the pool after work, so I can churn up and down at my own pace.
    • The place is dead empty save for a man who invites us to discover 5,000 years of authentic Mexican cuisine.
    • I got up early this morning in the hope to have a surf before work - only to find that it was dead flat here at Llandudno.
    • I needed some redemption and was happy that the last day was dead flat and fast.
    • Before she could say anything, however, his eyes rolled up into his head and he fainted dead away at her feet.
    • As the bus pelts past scattered dwellings on a dead straight road, I'm reminded of home.
    • John's description of it is both unusually amusing and absolutely dead accurate.
    • Without the car's rumblings, it was dead quiet with the exception of a few cricket chirps.
    • More importantly, he turned over the ball three times and he stopped the opponent dead on five occasions.
    Synonyms
    completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, deadly, perfectly, entirely, wholly, fully, quite, thoroughly, unreservedly
    definitely, certainly, positively, unconditionally, categorically, unquestionably, no doubt, undoubtedly, without a doubt, without question, surely, unequivocally
    exactly, precisely, decisively, conclusively, manifestly, in every way, in every respect, one hundred per cent, every inch, to the hilt
    1. 1.1 Exactly.
      刚好，恰好
      they arrived dead on time

      他们分秒不差地按时到达。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The timetable on the wall tells me that the train is dead on time.
      • Then I was gearing up to leave dead on 5.30 pm when the boss points out a problem.
      • We got there at dead on 6: 30, and there were plenty of people who arrived even later.
      • Providing that he knows the route, we will arrive at our destination dead on time.
      • That way I can take my time, not have to worry too much about getting in dead on time in the morning.
      • I promise I will fire at least twelve shots, and that at least nine will be dead on target.
      • Many DJ's finish dead on midnight, we on the other hand continue to play if the night is still swinging.
      Synonyms
      exactly, precisely, sharp, on the dot, dead on, promptly, punctually, on the nail
    2. 1.2 Straight; directly.
      正对地，直接地
      red flares were seen dead ahead

      正前方看得见红色的火焰。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It will take away from the classic perspective of looking at city hall dead on.
      • There was a ninety-degree turn to the left, and a street sign dead ahead.
      • One lay dead ahead in a section all by itself, and she guessed that it probably belonged to Cal.
      • She spotted the Lich Tower dead ahead, and figured it had to be just another mile's walk.
      • She was always scared of looking at people dead in the eye.
      Synonyms
      directly, exactly, precisely, immediately, right, straight, plumb, due, squarely
      informal bang, slap bang, smack
    3. 1.3British informal Very.
      〈英，非正式〉很
      omelettes are dead easy to prepare

      蛋饼很容易做的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was twittering and laughing as if this was dead funny.
      • Without his sense of color and composition, the film would be dead dull.
      • So I have been feeling dead miserable, and just grateful that bubby has decided to stay put and not subject me to labour quite yet.
      • It's been a dead easy week, radio-wise - just like having your own PR company working for you.
      • Finally the last model took her position and a few dead boring speeches were made.
      • I really don't know why you are asking me as my life is dead dull.
      • And the story of her and Bob at the VW Bus weekend was dead funny too, especially when she acted out the parts of some of the people she met!
      • His piece on the clamour for new nuclear power stations is dead good.
      • It sounds dead good and I fancy having a go.
      • Gotta admit, it does look dead good, bit bright, but dead good.
      Synonyms
      very, extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, tremendously, immensely, hugely

Phrases

  • dead and buried

    • Over; finished.

      完结，结束

      the incident is dead and buried

      事件已经结束了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We now need the Fire Brigade and the Government to honour their commitment because this is an issue that will never be dead and buried.
      • How will this ancient struggle, which liberal theorists once thought dead and buried, end?
      • Despite being a man down there was still belief in the players that this game was not dead and buried.
      • St. Peter's were happy to come out of the match with a win as they looked dead and buried for the first twenty minutes of the second half.
      • He has realised that the constitution, as it stands, should be deemed dead and buried.
      • The matter, as far as she was concerned, was dead and buried.
      • Soon this nation will be dead and buried unless it changes its philosophy.
      • Even so, the traditional ideals these clichés had replaced were dead and buried.
      • Are those plans still alive or they are dead and buried?
      • With fourteen minutes to play in normal time they looked dead and buried as they trailed by 3-1.

  • dead from the neck up

    • informal Stupid.

      〈非正式〉愚蠢的

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The girl must be dead from the neck up that she'll go along with it.
      • Not all the students were dead from the neck up.
      • Any person who maintains the same attitudes over a twenty-year period is probably dead from the neck up.
      • If you believe that he's the toughest player in the NFL, you are truly dead from the neck up.
      • Right now, I'm somewhat overwhelmed, by how many Americans seem to be dead from the neck up, as we approach this election.
      • My dear fellow, I may be dead from the neck up, but rack my brains as I may I can't see why a chap should need thirty pages to describe how he turns over in bed before going to sleep.
      • The supporting cast was either over the top or dead from the neck up.
      Synonyms
      stupid, foolish, senseless, brainless, mindless, idiotic, imbecilic, imbecile, insane, lunatic, asinine, ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, preposterous, silly, inane, witless, half-baked, empty-headed, unintelligent, half-witted, slow-witted, weak-minded

  • dead in the water

    • 1(of a ship) unable to move.

      （船只）抛锚的

      the vessel was dead in the water with no engine power
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Two hundred feet below the surface the ship sat dead in the water, not moving.
      • It worked, but we lost all communications systems, and we're dead in the water.
      • It's the second time fire has left the 22-year-old Queen of Surrey dead in the water since it came back from a month-long refit at Deas Dock earlier this spring.
      • We had hit a vessel that I thought had been dead in the water.
      • There was a hesitant moment then, ‘Skipper, right now we're dead in the water.’
      • We had stopped to pick him up, and while dead in the water we had six to eight speed boats fly by us on both sides at 50-60 mph.
      • An unforeseeable minor glitch in his water pump left him dead in the water for three days.
      • Although the crew managed to restart the engines in the middle of the night, when rescuing ships arrived she was still dead in the water, her engine room was flooding and she was rolling heavily.
      • Two enemy ships exploded in a rolling ball of flame, and another was left dead in the water, it's main power grid severed by the withering hail of bolts.
      • Communications were established and the aircraft reported the vessel dead in the water with six people on board.
      1. 1.1Unable to function effectively.
        〈喻〉停滞的，瘫痪的，不起作用的
        the economy is dead in the water

        经济停滞不前。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • If we don't put forward some options, we'll be dead in the water.
        • The bad-debt fallout and other effects of this collapse have left the once-dynamic economy dead in the water.
        • Software that automates the management of personal computers can make a tech-support staff considerably more efficient and, ideally, reduce the likelihood that a machine will end up dead in the water.
        • Mr Price said: ‘This scheme is almost certainly dead in the water.’
        • All the banks need a good presence in Taiwan or they will be dead in the water.
        • We know we have to keep on top of late payments, that cash is the lifeblood of our company and that if we didn't collect, we'd be dead in the water.
        • Britain's fishing industry would be dead in the water inside 12 months under ferocious new conservation rules demanded by scientists, fishermen warned yesterday.
        • With analysts and some EU countries already saying the treaty is virtually dead in the water, the British decision is seen by many as tantamount to signing its death certificate.
        • Social Security privatization is dead in the water.
        • And 30 or 40 years later, the project is dead in the water, as he admits.

  • dead meat

    • informal Used to suggest someone is in serious trouble.

      if anyone finds out, you're dead meat

      要是有人发现，你就死定了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Better not let her or her friends find out or you're dead meat.
      • We were basically dead meat, with the evidence red hot in our sweaty palms.
      • Mark clearly thought his days were numbered; as soon as the adults found out he figured he'd be dead meat.
      • ‘If they don't even bother having drills,’ she said, ‘that means that once someone attacks us with nuclear weapons, we are dead meat.’
      • If you say ‘I speak 5 languages’ but are unable to actually do so, you will probably be dead meat.
      • She glared at him; ‘Didn't I tell you that if you tried anything, you were dead meat?
      • You are in this mess with me and if you're not going stop arguing, the two of us - you and me - are going to be dead meat!
      • Any Tory or Labour leader with a poll rating of 20 per cent would be dead meat.
      • I mean, the first time I walked out on a nightclub floor, I was terrified, absolutely terrified, but you can't ever let them know you're scared because, if you let them know you're scared, you're dead meat.
      • Look, all I'm trying to say is, you are dead meat.

  • the dead of night

    • The quietest, darkest part of the night.

      深夜，夜深人静时

      I woke up at the dead of night
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She and her brother received regular telephone calls in the dead of night from her father, helpless with pain.
      • It seems that someone is secretly dropping money all over the city in the dead of night, for no apparent purpose.
      • It is understood the service could have been held at the dead of night, so as not to upset mourners attending other cremations.
      • He was eventually released 25 miles away in a quiet country lane in Northwich, Cheshire, in the dead of night.
      • Already weak from days without food and water, he and three colleagues had sneaked past a cordon of armed guards in the dead of night.
      • Theoretically, you could get there in 13 hours but then you'd probably have to travel in the dead of night.
      • However, you never know what strange ideas will suddenly grip me in the dead of night, when I'm alone with my computer.
      • Access was gained in the dead of night by removing heavy steel bars from the drawing room windows at Warneford Place.
      • He stole into the abbey in the dead of night, intent on stealing a personal memento of Scotland's greatest king.
      • Ever wondered why the cat is so particular about settling territorial disputes in the dead of night when everyone is asleep?

  • the dead of winter

    隆冬，严冬

    • The coldest part of winter.

      隆冬，严冬

      golf can be an unpleasant experience in the dead of winter
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was the dead of winter and there was snow on the ground and sheets of ice on the Rhone.
      • Since burials could not be performed in the dead of winter, gravestone orders were probably not placed during the winter, creating a seasonal decline in income that had to be filled by other work, such as smithing.
      • In the dead of winter, he'll cross between Alaska and Russia via the frozen Bering Strait, perhaps braving temperatures of 80 degrees below zero.
      • I used to stand outside in the dead of winter, waiting for the mailman to come down the block.
      • Even in the dead of winter, the scenic vistas of the snow-capped fjords enchanted me.
      • Finally, in what should be the dead of winter but isn't, the soil is workable enough for Rick and I to give it a thorough digging.
      • I nearly caught frostbite at an Oslo bus stop in the dead of winter.
      • I've been to Yosemite National Park at least half a dozen times since I was a kid, but I've never gone there in the dead of winter.
      • Not all hunting seasons are held in the dead of winter.
      • I took two trips to Russia in the dead of winter.

  • dead on

    • Exactly right.

      刚好，恰好

      her judgement was dead on

      她的判断完全正确。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I think that he's dead on as far as the differences between the two countries goes.
      • The central argument that education about the horrors of the 20th Century is essential to the world's future is dead on.
      • Can everyone please pay attention to the list-ridden post below, because apparently it's dead on.
      • Seriously though, this was so dead on that I decided to read the horoscopes of people I know.
      • Hmm, I thought the article was dead on, and your reaction to it seems to support my opinion.

  • dead on one's feet

    • informal Extremely tired.

      〈非正式〉累极了

      get some sleep—you must be dead on your feet
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When the determined trainees finally crossed the 40th kilometre mark and knew that they had made it, they were almost dead on their feet.
      • I was tired but not yet completely dead on my feet.
      • People were dead on their feet but we just battled on because we had to.
      • I can't seem to get into bed unless I am exhausted and dead on my feet.
      • I know that at the end of term they are dead on their feet.
      • He was still standing, but I knew he was dead on his feet.
      • We got home at half past one, dead on our feet, with aching legs, sore backs and barely coherent with tiredness, but, nevertheless, able to share our impressions of the highlights and lowlights.
      • He hadn't eaten in a while and was practically dead on his feet.
      • She was obviously dead on her feet she was so tired, and just staying awake for me.
      • We got back in the early hours, and I was absolutely dead on my feet.
      Synonyms
      exhausted, tired out, worn out, weary, dog-tired, bone-tired, bone-weary, ready to drop, on one's last legs, asleep on one's feet, drained, fatigued, enervated, debilitated, spent

  • dead to the world

    • informal Fast asleep.

      〈非正式〉沉睡，酣睡

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I know Logan falls asleep within 3 minutes because when I try to discuss things which bother me 4 minutes after turning off the light, he's dead to the world.
      • My Grandma is usually in bed by eight thirty, dead to the world by eight forty five.
      • For the hundredth time, she glances over to the bed, where Frank has been lying in a medicated sleep, dead to the world.
      • Those pills work fast; he'll be dead to the world in under ten minutes.
      • Now he's snoozing peacefully, dead to the world.
      • He was dead to the world and would probably never know what he had done.
      • Usually the pills knocked her out cold, leaving her dead to the world for hours - but this time it was different.
      • I turned and saw that Andrew was also dead to the world.
      • I turn my back for a moment, and when I return, Terry is lying on the floor of the van in the foetal position, motionless and silent, dead to the world.
      • Ten minutes later, I was dead to the world yet again, buried deep beneath my warm comforter and cotton sheets.

  • the dead ring of

    • informal The exact double of.

      you're the dead ring of your father at the same age
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He had never said to him that he had identified the body as that of Phil, but he had said that it was the dead ring of her.
      • I was always telling Dan that young Jimmy would have been the dead ring of him if he had not been drowned.
      • I have still got that card you picked out because it was like my dog Nip, and it was the dead ring of him.
      • There is actually someone on the show who looks the dead ring of her, no joke.
      • "They tell me that I'm the dead ring of him," he said proudly.

  • dead 'un

    • informal A loser, especially a racehorse that is made to lose deliberately.

      the trick to picking the Cup winner was always to pick the dead 'un in the race before every Cup
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She ran second in Perth on a dead 'un.
      • On selected events they could run a 'Mystery Dead Un' feature.
      • After the event Stewards would declare the dead un with correct weight.
      • I didn't have the ability, as the term was in those days, to run a dead un.
      • You might be riding a dead 'un, not supposed to win.

  • from the dead

    • 1From a state of death.

      从死亡

      according to Christian belief, Jesus rose from the dead three days later
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He expected and accepted a brutal, sadistic, death - and then he rose from the dead.
      • Such forgiveness, well meaning as it may be, is not going to bring people back from the dead or undo a lifetime of misery for others.
      • Miracle girl Michelle Wheatley plans to thank the people who brought her back from the dead - by handing over the cash from a sponsored walk.
      • As a Christian, I believe that God is love and that in love He died and rose from the dead so that I might have eternal life.
      • It is believed that Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead in this place.
      • Still, is it unethical or immoral to bring an extinct species back from the dead?
      • Spain's most infamous spy returned from the dead Monday, five years after his sister published a death notice.
      • The shrine is revered as the place where Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead.
      • Then, on the third day he was resurrected from the dead, conquering death and opening the way into heaven.
      • With your bloodshot eyes and pale yellow skin, you look like you've just rose up from the dead.
      1. 1.1From a period of obscurity or inactivity.
        〈喻〉从无名时期；从休止状态
        the cartoon brought animation back from the dead

        这部卡通片使动画恢复了活力。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • Hadn't we seen other teams come back from the dead to make progress?
        • The task now facing the 2005 candidates is bringing the party back from the dead.
        • The staunch York City supporter today launched a double plan aimed at bringing the club back from the dead.
        • We will have a chance to see how a show can be brought back from the dead.
        • He believes he has brought his party back from the dead and ready for government.
        • Now, after a long, unlikely crusade, he has brought the company back from the dead.
        • In one of the greatest fightbacks in sporting history, he came back from the dead and brought a new life to international chess.
        • They are poised to bring the game back from the dead.
        • In the best of the conditions early on, when the wind was an irrelevancy, the South African came back from the dead and put a 66 on the board.
        • Lately, light entertainment seems to have come back from the dead, bringing with it his TV career.

  • more dead than alive

    • (of a person) hurt and in a very poor state.

      he was breathing, but more dead than alive
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They dragged me from under the table more dead than alive.
      • According to the Tuscan Ambassador, Galileo returned from Rome " more dead than alive ".
      • His doctor said he would never get up from that bed - that he was more dead than alive.
      • He was hauled from the boat more dead than alive but, fortunately, recovered not long after.
      • Jean, the gas fumes in his head quite dissipated, staggered away, more dead than alive.
      • The other is to deal with many street dogs - many I have seen look more dead than alive.
      • You were carried out of here only yesterday, more dead than alive.
      • He struggles ashore withhis father and a few fellow survivors, more dead than alive.
      • Then we flew to Palermo and drove for six hours on a windy coastal road to Taormina - we arrived more dead than alive.
      • At this time, Ulysses is dumped on Ithaca's shore, more dead than alive.

  • stop dead

    • Stop (or cause to stop) suddenly or abruptly.

      Rob stopped dead and turned to face me
      the sight stopped him dead in his tracks
      Synonyms
      stop dead, stop in one's tracks, stop, stand still, stand stock still, go rigid, become motionless, become paralysed

  • wouldn't be seen (or caught) dead

    • informal Used to express strong dislike for a particular thing.

      〈非正式〉 用于表示对某事物的强烈厌恶死也不要

      I wouldn't be seen dead in a navy suit

      我死都不会穿海军服的。

      she wouldn't be seen dead shopping with her mother
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I wouldn't be seen dead with these guys on my bookshelf.
      • Everyone else might be much more dressed up than you are, or wearing clothes you wouldn't be caught dead in.
      • I wouldn't be seen dead in a baseball cap in the UK but when I am abroad I'm never without one!
      • Those who wouldn't be seen dead at a concert might gain an acceptance and even appreciation for the style and art of the music, culture and dedicated individuals.
      • There's dirt on her face, and the work gloves she's wearing are ugly, utilitarian leather things that normally she wouldn't be caught dead in.
      • Trinny wouldn't be seen dead in what I'm wearing.
      • In fact, men and women who under normal circumstances wouldn't be caught dead in anything fancier than a ski parka arrived in black tie and evening gowns.
      • Most school yard bullies wouldn't be caught dead in a dance class, or so the old macho stereotype would have us believe.
      • On tropical islands they wear Hawaiian print shirts and neon shorts that ordinarily they wouldn't be caught dead in.
      • I asked half a dozen young men who work in my office and each of them gasped,’ I wouldn't be caught dead in that’.

Derivatives

  • deadness

    • noun ˈdɛdnəsˈdɛdnəs
    • I saw the deadness in kids' eyes become an amazing sparkle.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Sighing he looked around him at the deadness of the forest.
      • I thought this terribly symptomatic of the deadness of his feelings, no doubt the result of too much shock treatment.
      • Survivors frequently complain of chronic depression and an inner deadness, unable to experience lasting pleasure or excitement.
      • His last thought before the sweet deadness of sleep overcame him was that he had to be rescued quickly or else not at all.

Origin

Old English dēad, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch dood and German tot, also to die1.

  • Dead is related to Dutch dood and German Tod ‘death’, and to death itself. Their shared ancestor is the origin of die. Often it is not enough to be dead: someone must be as dead as a doornail or as a dodo. The comparison with the extinct dodo is understandable enough, but it is not clear why doornails are particularly associated with death. A doornail was one of the large iron studs that were once used on doors to give additional strength or simply for decoration. It may also have been the large stud struck by the knocker, which, subject to constant pounding, could be considered well and truly dead. The phrase goes back to the Middle Ages and was used by Shakespeare, in whose time a person could also be as dead as a herring. Death has prompted many reflections on the human condition. The Roman poet Claudian wrote omnia mors aequat, ‘death levels all’—in English death is the great leveller. Shakespeare's The Tempest contains the line ‘He that dies pays all debts’, a thought that had become death pays all debts by the time of the novelist Sir Walter Scott. That nothing is certain but death and taxes has been a view since the early 18th century. The original deadline (mid 19th century) was a line drawn around a military prison, beyond which any prisoner was liable to be shot. It is first mentioned in a document of the 1860s.

Rhymes

abed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, lead, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, underbred, underfed, wed
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phr.

Definition of dead in US English:

dead

adjectivededdɛd

  • 1No longer alive.

    死的

    a dead body

    死尸。

    as complement he was shot dead by a sniper
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our loved ones are only truly dead if they are forgotten.
    • The family's pet bull mastiff dog was shot dead by the gunman.
    • My father is long dead and his death set me free, so it bothers me that he and his problem can still affect my adult life.
    • He's refusing to answer questions about the crash that left ten people dead.
    • And how many graphic pictures of dead bodies and desperate survivors do we need to see?
    • We waited what seemed an eternity not knowing if she would come back dead or alive.
    • Just a few metres away from where I slept were all the dead bodies.
    • A clause in the current scheme means the spouse of a dead officer would have to give up their pension if they remarried or decided to live with someone else.
    • Fear of dead bodies is a known phobia which is surprisingly common.
    • He said the victims were carrying a dead person to a nearby cemetery for burial when their vehicle came under fire.
    • The driver didn't know whether the person he hit was dead or alive.
    • It was believed she had been dead for around two hours before they arrived.
    • The men persuaded the woman they had been sent to remove a dead pigeon from her water tank.
    • We need to figure out how we're going to handle what could be many hundreds of thousands of dead bodies.
    • Tests conducted on dead birds in those counties were positive for the virus.
    • An ambulance was called but the boy was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
    • I found my father nearly dead, lying in the mud.
    • Paramedics tried to treat the victim but he was declared dead at the scene.
    • An emotionally distant scientist, Banner believes that his father is dead.
    • I charged through the house and saw the girl lying dead on the floor.
    Synonyms
    deceased, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away
    1. 1.1 (of a part of the body) having lost sensation; numb.
      （身体部位）无知觉的；麻木的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He still has some days when his arm is dead, and he had a scare last week when his shoulder popped during practice.
      • His foot is dead and they need to operate immediately to save what's left of his leg.
      • She said that her left leg had gone dead and that she had fallen out of bed.
      • Have you ever woken up with a dead arm?
      Synonyms
      numb, benumbed, deadened, desensitized, insensible, insensate, unfeeling
    2. 1.2 Having or displaying no emotion, sympathy, or sensitivity.
      冷漠的，麻木的
      a cold, dead voice

      冷漠无情的声音。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Her emerald eyes were wide open, cold and almost dead.
      • The warmth from that simple touch and kiss thawed his cold dead heart back to life.
      • The grin was gone, and his voice had gone so emotionally dead that it was almost frightening.
      • A person who has always been truly alone is one who will be emotionally dead.
      • When a woman's voice from a car alongside him calls his name, his face is emotionless, blank, dead.
      • Humour is actually a very important part of life and in fact you're dead without it.
      • But now that he was out, he sounded as dead as he had at the first meeting with his lawyer.
      • His eyes are dead, as black as the depths of the sea, glancing at us as his halo of white-transparent hair swirls around his head.
      • Anyone who can listen to Mozart's Requiem Mass without getting shivers up the spine is either physically or emotionally dead.
      • But now that I am older and emotionally dead inside, these things bother me less and less.
      • He turns me around, jerking my chin up to look into his dead, black eyes.
      • His voice sounded dead even to himself and he wondered why he was still talking.
      • He felt dead and dull inside, like an electric toy with the batteries removed.
      • All the emotion had left her voice, and it was empty, dead, and lifeless, a mirror of her soul.
      Synonyms
      emotionless, unemotional, unfeeling, impassive, unresponsive, insensitive, indifferent, dispassionate, inexpressive, wooden, stony, cold, frigid, inert
    3. 1.3 No longer current, relevant, or important.
      过时的；不再有关的（或重要的）
      pollution had become a dead issue

      污染已经成了过去的问题。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The Atlantic alliance that won the Cold War is virtually dead.
      • Today, with the Warsaw Pact dead, France can safely make its reach for grandeur.
      • The postwar alliance that once structured and indeed defined our world is dead.
      • This demonstration shows that the movement is not at all dead, but alive and growing.
      • Our voters confirmed that Europe was far from being a dead and done issue for any party.
      • Just because the war is to all intents and purposes over doesn't mean that this is a dead issue.
      • The interim economic plan, including the third currency, was dead before it was born.
      • This brought tears to my eyes and I thought of a headline in your paper some months ago saying community living is dead.
      • Which is not to say that the well-wrought traditional panto is entirely dead.
      • The dining room is dead and the kitchen is the new hub of the home according to Yorkshire kitchen manufacturer Omega.
      • The Goth scene is dead and the venues are only open so people can enjoy the music and dance and be with their friends and have a good time.
      • Browsing through the diverse range of opinions posted by readers, it is hard to believe that the issue is dead.
      • Now that the Eastern Corridor is a dead issue, dramatic action needs to be taken to address the transport woes in the region.
      • Despite that result, however, there are indications that the issue is not completely dead.
      • In any case, unless there's some clear photo from tonight, I think this issue may be dead.
      • I suppose that means that in one small way, chivalry isn't dead.
      • He thought that it was a dead issue, he had dealt with that.
      • Images move you up the television news agenda; without camera access, my friend, your issue is dead.
      • Financial services is a dead industry and cannot be revived anywhere close to what it was.
    4. 1.4 Devoid of living things.
      无生物的
      a dead planet

      无生物的行星。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The land is dead, its animals gone, its cities covered in ash, most of its people killed by violence or disease.
      • As the rather clichéd but very true saying goes, there are no jobs on a dead planet.
      • It was a dry and dead place with almost nothing living out here but a few cacti and some small, prickly bushes.
      • Sometimes we throw our seeds to them, but our efforts seem hopeless since their soil is barren, empty and dead.
      • Our view of Mars has changed dramatically from that of a cold, dry, geologically dead world to a warm, wet, oasis where life may have arisen and may yet thrive in certain locations.
      • It was pointed out at the meeting that any area devoid of people is dead.
      • In 45,000 million years from now, it will turn into a small dead globe.
      Synonyms
      barren, lifeless, bare, empty, desolate, sterile
      extinguished, quenched, quashed, quelled, suppressed, smothered, stifled
    5. 1.5 Resembling death.
      a dead faint

      无生物的行星。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I never got any farther than saying the name, for my mother had collapsed in a dead faint.
      • She shuddered once then fell into a dead faint as she was dragged into the shadows.
      • He was a guy who could just walk into a room and make all of the girls fall into a dead faint.
      • Others simply dropped to the ground in a dead faint.
      • She sank to the floor in a dead faint and I picked the small, fragile woman up and went into the cozy little house.
      • He gave a loud, startling, heart-wrenching cry and fell backwards in a dead faint.
      • A nurse announced the time of death and Carly fell to the floor in a dead faint.
      • It hit her in the forehead, leaving a bloody mark as she fell into a dead faint.
      • She looks up one last time before tumbling across Hannah's lap in a dead faint.
      • They both fell to the ground in a dead faint, taking their chairs with them.
      • As soon as the kiss ended, Jane collapsed in a dead faint on the front steps.
      • They gazed at each other for a few seconds before falling into a dead faint.
    6. 1.6 (of a place or time) characterized by a lack of activity or excitement.
      （地方，时间）死气沉沉的，不活跃的
      Brussels isn't dead after dark, if you know where to look

      布鲁塞尔在天黑之后并不是死气沉沉的，你要是找对地方就会发现这一点。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They were still in the city centre and at this time of the evening every building looked empty and dead to Alexa's desperately searching eyes.
      • But you can always count on some activity even mid week where other places are dead.
      • When he was singing decent songs he could send electricity through those dead restaurants he was playing.
      • The degree of public support these workers had was an amazing spectacle - the stores were absolutely dead.
      • Camembert, once a dead town, had suddenly become very lively indeed.
      • The waterfront was also dead, an empty stretch of dock littered with bits of rope, fish, and other such trash.
      • I look at the coverage on the news, and the streets look empty and dead.
      • St. George's is normally pretty dead on a Friday night, but last night the streets were crowded.
      • Turned out the place was dead, hardly worth turning up for.
      • In the end I only got one opportunity to go in to this place, and the night I was in there was absolutely dead, no-one else at all.
      • Got sent home early since the place was dead, a nice change to actually get the last bus.
      • As he walked the dead streets he was aware of tears running down his cheeks.
      • I do not know how many members have visited the little town of Havelock, but 15 years ago that town was dead.
      Synonyms
      uneventful, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, dull, boring, flat, quiet, sleepy, slow, stale, humdrum, tame, pedestrian, lacklustre, lifeless
    7. 1.7 (of money) not financially productive.
      （金钱）闲置的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The money is dead money unless we have some support from them.
      • This is dead finance as the loss is far greater than the gain and gets worse by the hour.
      • Renting in Swindon is quite expensive and it's dead money really but I'd rather compromise on that and see the world instead.
      • Many economists regard defence outlays as dead money, money that produces nothing of measurable value.
      • All this though doesn't change the fact that my rent will always be dead money.
      • The pension costs mean that an increasing slice of the force's budget is dead money which has no impact on front-line policing.
      • Is this dead money as I am sure there are many people in the same situation as me.
      • Start a pension scheme and try to get on the property ladder as quickly as possible, as rent is dead money.
      • Government money is dead money, ring-fenced and controlled so that every penny can meet the rigours of post - audit.
      • You can't go on paying out dead money every month on something you don't own.
    8. 1.8 (of sound) without resonance; dull.
      （声响）不响亮的，沉闷的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However over-ripe melons make that same dead sound, so this isn't the most reliable test.
      • I let the bag drop with a dead thud to the floor.
      • To locate dry rot, tap questionable areas with a hammer and listen for a hollow, dead sound.
    9. 1.9 (of a color) not glossy or bright.
      （颜色）无光泽的，暗淡的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They were both, I found from careful measurements, of precisely the same dimensions and surface area, and each presented the same dull dead black surface.
      • Only at that point was there any roughening of the dead black surface.
      • The flats were dead black in contrast to the polished edges, almost seeming to draw the light in.
      • Students tinted the surface ground with a dead color, like brownish-green.
    10. 1.10 (of a piece of equipment) no longer functioning, especially because of a fault.
      （设备）失灵的（尤指因故障失灵）
      the phone had gone dead

      电话打不通了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Before Kat could respond, the line went dead and the faint beeping of the phone began to bother her.
      • Sure enough, she came in to work the next day, and the network was dead.
      • Don't sign any software agreement until you have read the fine print carefully, otherwise you could one day find yourself with a very dead computer.
      • The line suddenly went dead on us around 4 days ago and came back only this afternoon.
      • I did finally find a link that connected to the same dead server I had been trying to access.
      • I picked up the mike to tell Mann my problem, but the transmitter had gone dead.
      • The first match began and before the commentator could say hello to the live audience, one of the game monitors went dead.
      • The pair were telling him what they had found on the planet when the transmission went dead.
      • The television was dead and would not respond at all.
      Synonyms
      not working, out of order, out of commission, inoperative, inactive, ineffective, in disrepair, in a state of disrepair, broken, broken-down, malfunctioning, defective
    11. 1.11 (of an electric circuit or conductor) carrying or transmitting no current.
      （电路，导体）不导电的
      the batteries are dead

      电池没电了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You can create closed loops and boxes without short circuits by using dead connectors.
      • I came back last week from a spell in Istanbul to discover that the power in my flat was dead.
      • Moving the crossbeam was the most desirable option, and the power lines appeared dead.
      • Our techie found that the issue was a dead battery on the upstairs server.
      • When the boat got back to the harbor after the snorkeling trip, our rental car's battery was dead.
    12. 1.12 No longer burning.
      死的
      the fire had been dead for some days

      火熄了好几天了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • But the next day, the fire was dead. With no one to feed it, it went out while men were sleeping.
      • The staff had left, together with the jeep, and around the dead fire were the empty Genghis Khan bottles.
      • Jim stepped away from the cold embers of the dead fire and walked into the jungle.
      • When she arrived at his house he wasn't there - the fire in the hearth was dead and he'd gone off into the bush.
    13. 1.13 (of air or water) not circulating; stagnant.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When the current slackened, and there was dead water, with no movement at all for a few minutes at high tide, these fish would swim on the surface with dorsal and tail fins right out of the water.
      • What I'd mistaken for a living stream just has in it fish that thrive in dead water.
      • I returned to my musky motel room where the air was dead and I had been breathing other people's sweat.
    14. 1.14 (of a glass or bottle) empty or no longer being used.
      （杯子，瓶子）空的，废弃的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The place is covered in empty pizza boxes, dead bottles of booze and cigarette butts.
      • After being served our desert we had to call a waiter to clear all the dead glasses away.
      Synonyms
      barren, lifeless, bare, empty, desolate, sterile
    15. 1.15 (of the ball in a game) out of play.
      （比赛中的球）死的。参见DEAD BALL
      See also dead ball
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If an umpire is struck by a batted ball in that position, the ball is dead.
      • With the ball eventually rolling dead, Smith decided against the penalty try.
      • Keep in mind that on such plays the ball is not dead and the batter-runner may try for four bases at his own risk if he chooses.
      • The referee should not permit a player to resume until the ball is dead.
      • But a decision about an actual goal being scored when the ball is dead ought to be checked if there is any doubt in the ref's mind or even if there's not.
    16. 1.16 (of a playing field, ball, or other surface) lacking springiness or bounce.
      （板球场或其他表面）无弹性的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This pitch was completely dead from the first ball.
      • I'm not criticising anyone but it's just a dead surface and there's no response from it.
      • But after last night's rain I knew the ground would be on the dead side and if he didn't fall he'd have a chance.
      • England fast bowlers seemed to bowl too many short deliveries on a dead pitch today.
      • He demonstrated that even on dead pitches a degree of aggression can bring dividends.

  • 2attributive Complete; absolute.

    完全的；绝对的

    we sat in dead silence

    我们沉默地坐着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The class stayed in the kind of dead silence that most teachers would greet with joy.
    • She thought her little five-year-old heartbeat came to a dead stop in the silence.
    • It's been almost a year now and there has been pretty much dead silence on the matter.
    • That comment caused dead silence, because he hit the nail on the head.
    • The fact that this research has not lead to dozens of follow up studies, but instead was followed by dead silence, raises many questions in my mind.
    • There was dead silence for a minute and then something streaked past.
    • There was a long moment of dead silence as Jessica processed that piece of depressing information.
    • A dead silence followed as each person took time to analyze his surroundings.
    • A wave of laughter flared up at that one, followed by a dead silence.
    • Maybe the officials can answer, as there is dead silence from Government members.
    • There was a dead silence on the court for a few moments before Flynn's roar woke the officials up.
    • There was about half a minute of total dead silence before she could manage any words.
    • You'll hear gasps, a dead silence, then the sound of sobbing.
    • Everyone sat there in dead silence for a moment, quietly digesting what they'd just heard.
    • Since disaster struck the students have been making frantic phone calls only to be greeted by dead silence.
    • The room fell into dead silence as it was clear no one had the money to upstage his bid.
    • And if you can hold eight hundred people in dead silence and hear a pin drop you know something's going right.
    • All sound stopped instantly and there was dead silence from inside the bar.
    • The most amusing parts were when they'd call for audience participation, and there'd be dead silence.
    • There was dead silence for the first 10 minutes, until Shelly's dad came and got her.
    Synonyms
    complete, absolute, total, entire, outright, utter, downright, out-and-out, thorough, unqualified, unmitigated
adverbdeddɛd

  • 1often as submodifier Absolutely; completely.

    绝对地；完全地

    you're dead right

    你绝对正确。

    he was dead against the idea

    他完全反对那个主意。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's dead empty in the pool after work, so I can churn up and down at my own pace.
    • Realizing that his expression was dead serious she found out that he was definitely not lying.
    • I am dead certain we have the talent needed for winning in the Olympic games.
    • Before she could say anything, however, his eyes rolled up into his head and he fainted dead away at her feet.
    • My monitor fills with images of two men saluting, grinning thumbs up or looking dead serious.
    • The entire student body fell dead silent.
    • I needed some redemption and was happy that the last day was dead flat and fast.
    • I got up early this morning in the hope to have a surf before work - only to find that it was dead flat here at Llandudno.
    • More importantly, he turned over the ball three times and he stopped the opponent dead on five occasions.
    • Businessman John Walker is dead certain his funeral will go to plan.
    • It's got the longest, thinnest legs I've seen on a bird the size of say, a large gull, with a dead straight beak.
    • She stopped dead in her tracks and saw the red convertible stop as well.
    • He was about to cross the street when he stopped dead in his tracks.
    • John's description of it is both unusually amusing and absolutely dead accurate.
    • He stood alone at the line, dead certain he was going to hit three free throws.
    • Without the car's rumblings, it was dead quiet with the exception of a few cricket chirps.
    • The place is dead empty save for a man who invites us to discover 5,000 years of authentic Mexican cuisine.
    • As the bus pelts past scattered dwellings on a dead straight road, I'm reminded of home.
    Synonyms
    completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, deadly, perfectly, entirely, wholly, fully, quite, thoroughly, unreservedly
    1. 1.1 Exactly.
      刚好，恰好
      they arrived dead on time

      他们分秒不差地按时到达。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Providing that he knows the route, we will arrive at our destination dead on time.
      • The timetable on the wall tells me that the train is dead on time.
      • Many DJ's finish dead on midnight, we on the other hand continue to play if the night is still swinging.
      • I promise I will fire at least twelve shots, and that at least nine will be dead on target.
      • We got there at dead on 6: 30, and there were plenty of people who arrived even later.
      • Then I was gearing up to leave dead on 5.30 pm when the boss points out a problem.
      • That way I can take my time, not have to worry too much about getting in dead on time in the morning.
      Synonyms
      exactly, precisely, sharp, on the dot, dead on, promptly, punctually, on the nail
    2. 1.2 Straight; directly.
      正对地，直接地
      red flares were seen dead ahead

      正前方看得见红色的火焰。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She spotted the Lich Tower dead ahead, and figured it had to be just another mile's walk.
      • She was always scared of looking at people dead in the eye.
      • It will take away from the classic perspective of looking at city hall dead on.
      • There was a ninety-degree turn to the left, and a street sign dead ahead.
      • One lay dead ahead in a section all by itself, and she guessed that it probably belonged to Cal.
      Synonyms
      directly, exactly, precisely, immediately, right, straight, plumb, due, squarely
    3. 1.3British informal Very.
      〈英，非正式〉很
      omelets are dead easy to prepare

      蛋饼很容易做的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Gotta admit, it does look dead good, bit bright, but dead good.
      • So I have been feeling dead miserable, and just grateful that bubby has decided to stay put and not subject me to labour quite yet.
      • He was twittering and laughing as if this was dead funny.
      • And the story of her and Bob at the VW Bus weekend was dead funny too, especially when she acted out the parts of some of the people she met!
      • His piece on the clamour for new nuclear power stations is dead good.
      • I really don't know why you are asking me as my life is dead dull.
      • Without his sense of color and composition, the film would be dead dull.
      • It sounds dead good and I fancy having a go.
      • It's been a dead easy week, radio-wise - just like having your own PR company working for you.
      • Finally the last model took her position and a few dead boring speeches were made.
      Synonyms
      very, extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, tremendously, immensely, hugely
noundeddɛd
as plural noun the dead

  • Those who have died.

    死者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • From the chaos, the dead and injured are carried off to hospitals already inundated in recent days.
    • As far as I'm concerned the exact number of dead is not so important.
    • The purpose of the funeral is to honor the dead, not the important people with whom they were acquainted.
    • Most important was the uniform condemnation by the families of the dead.
    • Caravans traveled slowly down rickety roads from the mountains, carrying the dead and wounded.
    • These acts would commemorate the dead, and importantly show one's connection to them.
    • Russian ethnographers have frequently commented that among the Russian peasantry there was generally no fear of death or the dead.
    • We have got to be accountable for both the living and the dead.
    • It's important relatives of the dead are allowed to think of their loved ones in tranquil surroundings.
    • Proper care for and remembrance of the dead are considered very important.
    • British forces also headed for the area to seal it off while they recovered their dead and anything important from the helicopter.
    • Many people do believe that the spirits of the dead talk to the living.
    • As we sat in the departure lounge at the airport there was a national moment of silence to honor the dead.
    • Iron Age burials are very rare but rivers, lakes, and wet places perhaps continued to be important as places for the disposal of the dead.
    • But it is still important to get the facts right even if the dead don't get the right of reply.
    • We honor our war dead today for the sacrifice they made for us and for our freedoms.
    • On Wednesday, he said, he drove toward home in a small caravan of vehicles that included a truck to carry the dead.
    • It raises an intriguing question: Can the dead communicate with the living?
    • Honoring the war dead, of course, is a natural act of mourning.
    • The issue of how and when the top leader of a nation should mourn its war dead is a domestic issue based on the nation's tradition and customs.
    Synonyms
    deceased, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away

Phrases

  • dead and buried

    • Over; finished.

      完结，结束

      the incident is dead and buried

      事件已经结束了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Soon this nation will be dead and buried unless it changes its philosophy.
      • Are those plans still alive or they are dead and buried?
      • Despite being a man down there was still belief in the players that this game was not dead and buried.
      • With fourteen minutes to play in normal time they looked dead and buried as they trailed by 3-1.
      • He has realised that the constitution, as it stands, should be deemed dead and buried.
      • How will this ancient struggle, which liberal theorists once thought dead and buried, end?
      • We now need the Fire Brigade and the Government to honour their commitment because this is an issue that will never be dead and buried.
      • The matter, as far as she was concerned, was dead and buried.
      • Even so, the traditional ideals these clichés had replaced were dead and buried.
      • St. Peter's were happy to come out of the match with a win as they looked dead and buried for the first twenty minutes of the second half.

  • dead from the neck up

    • informal Stupid.

      〈非正式〉愚蠢的

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The girl must be dead from the neck up that she'll go along with it.
      • If you believe that he's the toughest player in the NFL, you are truly dead from the neck up.
      • The supporting cast was either over the top or dead from the neck up.
      • Not all the students were dead from the neck up.
      • Any person who maintains the same attitudes over a twenty-year period is probably dead from the neck up.
      • Right now, I'm somewhat overwhelmed, by how many Americans seem to be dead from the neck up, as we approach this election.
      • My dear fellow, I may be dead from the neck up, but rack my brains as I may I can't see why a chap should need thirty pages to describe how he turns over in bed before going to sleep.
      Synonyms
      stupid, foolish, senseless, brainless, mindless, idiotic, imbecilic, imbecile, insane, lunatic, asinine, ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, preposterous, silly, inane, witless, half-baked, empty-headed, unintelligent, half-witted, slow-witted, weak-minded

  • dead in the water

    • 1(of a ship) unable to move.

      （船只）抛锚的

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We had stopped to pick him up, and while dead in the water we had six to eight speed boats fly by us on both sides at 50-60 mph.
      • Two enemy ships exploded in a rolling ball of flame, and another was left dead in the water, it's main power grid severed by the withering hail of bolts.
      • It worked, but we lost all communications systems, and we're dead in the water.
      • We had hit a vessel that I thought had been dead in the water.
      • An unforeseeable minor glitch in his water pump left him dead in the water for three days.
      • Two hundred feet below the surface the ship sat dead in the water, not moving.
      • Although the crew managed to restart the engines in the middle of the night, when rescuing ships arrived she was still dead in the water, her engine room was flooding and she was rolling heavily.
      • Communications were established and the aircraft reported the vessel dead in the water with six people on board.
      • It's the second time fire has left the 22-year-old Queen of Surrey dead in the water since it came back from a month-long refit at Deas Dock earlier this spring.
      • There was a hesitant moment then, ‘Skipper, right now we're dead in the water.’
      1. 1.1Unable to function effectively.
        〈喻〉停滞的，瘫痪的，不起作用的
        the economy is dead in the water

        经济停滞不前。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • With analysts and some EU countries already saying the treaty is virtually dead in the water, the British decision is seen by many as tantamount to signing its death certificate.
        • Mr Price said: ‘This scheme is almost certainly dead in the water.’
        • If we don't put forward some options, we'll be dead in the water.
        • All the banks need a good presence in Taiwan or they will be dead in the water.
        • We know we have to keep on top of late payments, that cash is the lifeblood of our company and that if we didn't collect, we'd be dead in the water.
        • Britain's fishing industry would be dead in the water inside 12 months under ferocious new conservation rules demanded by scientists, fishermen warned yesterday.
        • The bad-debt fallout and other effects of this collapse have left the once-dynamic economy dead in the water.
        • Social Security privatization is dead in the water.
        • And 30 or 40 years later, the project is dead in the water, as he admits.
        • Software that automates the management of personal computers can make a tech-support staff considerably more efficient and, ideally, reduce the likelihood that a machine will end up dead in the water.

  • dead meat

    • informal In serious trouble.

      〈非正式〉有麻烦，死定了

      if anyone finds out, you're dead meat

      要是有人发现，你就死定了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • You are in this mess with me and if you're not going stop arguing, the two of us - you and me - are going to be dead meat!
      • ‘If they don't even bother having drills,’ she said, ‘that means that once someone attacks us with nuclear weapons, we are dead meat.’
      • We were basically dead meat, with the evidence red hot in our sweaty palms.
      • Mark clearly thought his days were numbered; as soon as the adults found out he figured he'd be dead meat.
      • Better not let her or her friends find out or you're dead meat.
      • If you say ‘I speak 5 languages’ but are unable to actually do so, you will probably be dead meat.
      • She glared at him; ‘Didn't I tell you that if you tried anything, you were dead meat?
      • Look, all I'm trying to say is, you are dead meat.
      • I mean, the first time I walked out on a nightclub floor, I was terrified, absolutely terrified, but you can't ever let them know you're scared because, if you let them know you're scared, you're dead meat.
      • Any Tory or Labour leader with a poll rating of 20 per cent would be dead meat.

  • the dead of night

    • The quietest, darkest part of the night.

      深夜，夜深人静时

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She and her brother received regular telephone calls in the dead of night from her father, helpless with pain.
      • It seems that someone is secretly dropping money all over the city in the dead of night, for no apparent purpose.
      • Access was gained in the dead of night by removing heavy steel bars from the drawing room windows at Warneford Place.
      • Already weak from days without food and water, he and three colleagues had sneaked past a cordon of armed guards in the dead of night.
      • He was eventually released 25 miles away in a quiet country lane in Northwich, Cheshire, in the dead of night.
      • Ever wondered why the cat is so particular about settling territorial disputes in the dead of night when everyone is asleep?
      • It is understood the service could have been held at the dead of night, so as not to upset mourners attending other cremations.
      • Theoretically, you could get there in 13 hours but then you'd probably have to travel in the dead of night.
      • He stole into the abbey in the dead of night, intent on stealing a personal memento of Scotland's greatest king.
      • However, you never know what strange ideas will suddenly grip me in the dead of night, when I'm alone with my computer.

  • the dead of winter

    隆冬，严冬

    • The coldest part of winter.

      隆冬，严冬

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I took two trips to Russia in the dead of winter.
      • Finally, in what should be the dead of winter but isn't, the soil is workable enough for Rick and I to give it a thorough digging.
      • Not all hunting seasons are held in the dead of winter.
      • Even in the dead of winter, the scenic vistas of the snow-capped fjords enchanted me.
      • I've been to Yosemite National Park at least half a dozen times since I was a kid, but I've never gone there in the dead of winter.
      • It was the dead of winter and there was snow on the ground and sheets of ice on the Rhone.
      • I used to stand outside in the dead of winter, waiting for the mailman to come down the block.
      • Since burials could not be performed in the dead of winter, gravestone orders were probably not placed during the winter, creating a seasonal decline in income that had to be filled by other work, such as smithing.
      • In the dead of winter, he'll cross between Alaska and Russia via the frozen Bering Strait, perhaps braving temperatures of 80 degrees below zero.
      • I nearly caught frostbite at an Oslo bus stop in the dead of winter.

  • dead on

    • Exactly right.

      刚好，恰好

      her judgment was dead on

      她的判断完全正确。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I think that he's dead on as far as the differences between the two countries goes.
      • Can everyone please pay attention to the list-ridden post below, because apparently it's dead on.
      • Hmm, I thought the article was dead on, and your reaction to it seems to support my opinion.
      • Seriously though, this was so dead on that I decided to read the horoscopes of people I know.
      • The central argument that education about the horrors of the 20th Century is essential to the world's future is dead on.

  • dead on one's feet

    • informal Extremely tired.

      〈非正式〉累极了

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I was tired but not yet completely dead on my feet.
      • We got home at half past one, dead on our feet, with aching legs, sore backs and barely coherent with tiredness, but, nevertheless, able to share our impressions of the highlights and lowlights.
      • She was obviously dead on her feet she was so tired, and just staying awake for me.
      • People were dead on their feet but we just battled on because we had to.
      • When the determined trainees finally crossed the 40th kilometre mark and knew that they had made it, they were almost dead on their feet.
      • I know that at the end of term they are dead on their feet.
      • He was still standing, but I knew he was dead on his feet.
      • I can't seem to get into bed unless I am exhausted and dead on my feet.
      • He hadn't eaten in a while and was practically dead on his feet.
      • We got back in the early hours, and I was absolutely dead on my feet.
      Synonyms
      exhausted, tired out, worn out, weary, dog-tired, bone-tired, bone-weary, ready to drop, on one's last legs, asleep on one's feet, drained, fatigued, enervated, debilitated, spent

  • dead to the world

    • informal Fast asleep.

      〈非正式〉沉睡，酣睡

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Usually the pills knocked her out cold, leaving her dead to the world for hours - but this time it was different.
      • I turn my back for a moment, and when I return, Terry is lying on the floor of the van in the foetal position, motionless and silent, dead to the world.
      • Ten minutes later, I was dead to the world yet again, buried deep beneath my warm comforter and cotton sheets.
      • My Grandma is usually in bed by eight thirty, dead to the world by eight forty five.
      • For the hundredth time, she glances over to the bed, where Frank has been lying in a medicated sleep, dead to the world.
      • Those pills work fast; he'll be dead to the world in under ten minutes.
      • I know Logan falls asleep within 3 minutes because when I try to discuss things which bother me 4 minutes after turning off the light, he's dead to the world.
      • Now he's snoozing peacefully, dead to the world.
      • He was dead to the world and would probably never know what he had done.
      • I turned and saw that Andrew was also dead to the world.

  • from the dead

    • 1From a state of death.

      从死亡

      Christ rose from the dead

      耶稣死而复生。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Miracle girl Michelle Wheatley plans to thank the people who brought her back from the dead - by handing over the cash from a sponsored walk.
      • Still, is it unethical or immoral to bring an extinct species back from the dead?
      • Then, on the third day he was resurrected from the dead, conquering death and opening the way into heaven.
      • It is believed that Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead in this place.
      • Spain's most infamous spy returned from the dead Monday, five years after his sister published a death notice.
      • He expected and accepted a brutal, sadistic, death - and then he rose from the dead.
      • Such forgiveness, well meaning as it may be, is not going to bring people back from the dead or undo a lifetime of misery for others.
      • As a Christian, I believe that God is love and that in love He died and rose from the dead so that I might have eternal life.
      • With your bloodshot eyes and pale yellow skin, you look like you've just rose up from the dead.
      • The shrine is revered as the place where Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead.
      1. 1.1From a period of obscurity or inactivity.
        〈喻〉从无名时期；从休止状态
        the cartoon brought animation back from the dead

        这部卡通片使动画恢复了活力。

        Example sentencesExamples
        • In one of the greatest fightbacks in sporting history, he came back from the dead and brought a new life to international chess.
        • Now, after a long, unlikely crusade, he has brought the company back from the dead.
        • The staunch York City supporter today launched a double plan aimed at bringing the club back from the dead.
        • Hadn't we seen other teams come back from the dead to make progress?
        • The task now facing the 2005 candidates is bringing the party back from the dead.
        • He believes he has brought his party back from the dead and ready for government.
        • Lately, light entertainment seems to have come back from the dead, bringing with it his TV career.
        • In the best of the conditions early on, when the wind was an irrelevancy, the South African came back from the dead and put a 66 on the board.
        • We will have a chance to see how a show can be brought back from the dead.
        • They are poised to bring the game back from the dead.

  • more dead than alive

    • (of a person) hurt and in a very poor state.

      he was breathing, but more dead than alive
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They dragged me from under the table more dead than alive.
      • The other is to deal with many street dogs - many I have seen look more dead than alive.
      • You were carried out of here only yesterday, more dead than alive.
      • He struggles ashore withhis father and a few fellow survivors, more dead than alive.
      • According to the Tuscan Ambassador, Galileo returned from Rome " more dead than alive ".
      • He was hauled from the boat more dead than alive but, fortunately, recovered not long after.
      • At this time, Ulysses is dumped on Ithaca's shore, more dead than alive.
      • Then we flew to Palermo and drove for six hours on a windy coastal road to Taormina - we arrived more dead than alive.
      • His doctor said he would never get up from that bed - that he was more dead than alive.
      • Jean, the gas fumes in his head quite dissipated, staggered away, more dead than alive.

  • stop dead

    • Stop (or cause to stop) suddenly or abruptly.

      Rob stopped dead and turned to face me
      the sight stopped him dead in his tracks
      Synonyms
      stop dead, stop in one's tracks, stop, stand still, stand stock still, go rigid, become motionless, become paralysed

  • wouldn't be seen (or caught) dead

    • informal Used to express strong dislike for a particular thing.

      〈非正式〉 用于表示对某事物的强烈厌恶死也不要

      James Bond wouldn't be caught dead wearing a paper napkin bib
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I wouldn't be seen dead in a baseball cap in the UK but when I am abroad I'm never without one!
      • Most school yard bullies wouldn't be caught dead in a dance class, or so the old macho stereotype would have us believe.
      • I asked half a dozen young men who work in my office and each of them gasped,’ I wouldn't be caught dead in that’.
      • Everyone else might be much more dressed up than you are, or wearing clothes you wouldn't be caught dead in.
      • Those who wouldn't be seen dead at a concert might gain an acceptance and even appreciation for the style and art of the music, culture and dedicated individuals.
      • Trinny wouldn't be seen dead in what I'm wearing.
      • There's dirt on her face, and the work gloves she's wearing are ugly, utilitarian leather things that normally she wouldn't be caught dead in.
      • I wouldn't be seen dead with these guys on my bookshelf.
      • In fact, men and women who under normal circumstances wouldn't be caught dead in anything fancier than a ski parka arrived in black tie and evening gowns.
      • On tropical islands they wear Hawaiian print shirts and neon shorts that ordinarily they wouldn't be caught dead in.

  • dead on arrival

    • 1Used to describe a person who is declared dead immediately upon arrival at a hospital.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The man, in his early twenties and believed to be a student, suffered multiple injuries and was dead on arrival at hospital.
      • The victim, who had been in and out of the Philippines and owned a bar and restaurant in Manila, was declared dead on arrival at a Manila hospital.
      • He was dead on arrival at York District Hospital at 9.35 pm.
      • He was rushed to Lewisham Hospital but was dead on arrival.
      • He was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
      • He collapsed while working out in a fitness centre in Carlow on Thursday evening and was dead on arrival in hospital in Kilkenny.
      • The inquest heard she was found hanging by a plastic shower curtain in her cell and was declared dead on arrival at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield.
      • Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead on arrival and is believed to have drowned.
      • The 40-year-old was rushed to North Manchester Hospital, but was dead on arrival from head injuries.
      • He was certified dead on arrival at Burnley General Hospital.
      • Despite the efforts of paramedics, he was dead on arrival at hospital.
      1. 1.1(of an idea, etc.) declared ineffective without ever having been put into effect.
        why are people pronouncing the plan dead on arrival in the legislature?
        Example sentencesExamples
        • Congress, however, considered the proposal dead on arrival and refused to hold powerful industries to stricter air pollution standards.
        • If he is right, the plan will be dead on arrival in the Senate.
        • For the most part, both of these books are valuable interventions in an academic world where theories are always dead on arrival.
        • I've been in relationships that are dead on arrival.
        • After all, Kyoto was pronounced dead on arrival by the US Senate in the 1990s.
        • Democrats - and many Republicans, too - see that idea as dead on arrival.
        • This is an awful law, and were the attention of good people everywhere not focused upon the many awful things happening in DC, it would be dead on arrival.
        • Three weeks after the collapse of the European Union's growth and stability pact, it looks like the proposed EU constitution is dead on arrival.
        • When the prototypes of the new gun debuted in 2003, 90 percent of gunwriters pronounced it dead on arrival.
        • A tax cut on the scale he's proposed, one that showers nearly half its largess on the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, will be dead on arrival.

  • dead set against

    • informal Strongly opposed to.

      they were dead set against seeing any more open spaces divided up
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Tony's parents are dead set against his marrying Alice.
      • The problem is that some powerful lobby groups seem dead set against new technologies just because they are new, and promoted by private industry.
      • If members of the public knew that every contribution they made to charity is taxed, they would not be pleased at all, but the three main parties seem reluctant to tell people, and they seem dead set against taking it away.
      • Officials say the finance minister is dead set against large-scale borrowing.
      • Anyway, before you can have a female Pope you must first provide for the ordination of women to the priesthood, and the present Pope is dead set against that.
      • Village leaders are dead set against the scheme to build houses at Lodge Hill, off Main Street, but planning officials want their objections overruled.
      • A life sentence without possibility of parole keeps murderers off the street just as effectively, but death penalty advocates are dead set against accepting this as a substitute.
      • Key investors were dead set against giving away the patent rights.
      • But can she fight the conservatives in Congress who are dead set against spending money on the arts?
      • But are conservatives, and nonliberals generally, really dead set against popular culture?

  • dead to rights

    完全正确

    • informal In the act of doing something wrong; red-handed.

      he had me dead to rights, so I meekly suffered the rebuke
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's an element of any good scandal that the culprit be caught dead to rights.
      • It's just what an honest reporter who wants to protect his sources does when he is caught dead to rights.
      • Even if you have someone dead to rights, suing and winning is incredibly difficult.
      • He has just been caught dead to rights having multiple affairs.
      • When he was brought to trial the prosecution, who had him dead to rights, encountered a lot of community support for what he'd done.

Origin

Old English dēad, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch dood and German tot, also to die.

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