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dead NOT LIVINGdedadj [not gradable]no longer living死的You really should throw those dead flowers out.你真该把这些凋谢的花扔了。The motorcyclist was dead on arrival at the hospital.摩托车手送到医院时已经死亡。Three of the soldiers were shot dead (= killed by shooting), but one escaped with minor injuries.三个士兵被开枪打死，一个逃走的只受了点轻伤。(fig.) By the end of the week I'm usually dead (= very tired).到了周末我通常总是累得要命。(fig.) The ashtray was full of cigarette ends and dead (= used) matches.烟灰缸里装满了烟蒂和用过的火柴。(fig.) Are these glasses dead (= Have you finished your drinks)?这几杯饮料都喝完了吗?(fig.) Are car phones more likely to go dead (= stop working) in the middle of a call?汽车电话在通话中是不是更有可能出故障?(fig.) The city centre's quite lively during the day, but it's totally dead (= nothing happens there) at night.市中心白天非常热闹，但夜里寂然无声。(fig.) I've been sitting with my legs crossed for so long that they've gone dead (= I cannot feel them).我盘腿坐了这么久，腿都麻了。If a performance is dead, it is boring.无活力的，无生气的.The band's latest recording has a very dead sound.这个乐队最新录制的音乐毫无生气。In some sports if a ball is dead, it is outside the area of play.(球)出界I forgot to water your plant before I went on holiday, and now it's as dead as a doornail (= completely dead).我去度假前忘了给花草浇水，现在它们全枯死了。The artistic styles of the 1950s now seem as dead as the/a dodo (= very old-fashioned).1950年代的艺术风格现在看来相当过时了。After working as a waiter all day, he's usually dead on his feet (= very tired) by the evening.当服务员干了一整天，到傍晚时他通常总是累得快要站不住了。"Is Susannah up yet?" "I doubt it--she was dead to the world (= sleeping) when I took her some coffee half an hour ago."“苏珊娜起床了吗?”“我吃不准----半小时前我给她送咖啡时她还沉睡着呢。”"Dad, I was thinking of going to an all-night party at Steve's on Friday night." "Over my dead body (= If I can prevent it I will)!"“爸爸，星期五晚上我想去参加在史蒂夫家举办的通宵舞会。”“绝对不行!”Dead bolt is Am for mortise lock. [MORTISE](infml) A dead duck is someone or something that is very unlikely to be successful, esp. because of a mistake or bad judgment.注定要失败的人或事Thanks to the lack of market research, the project was a dead duck right from the start.由于缺乏市场调查，这项计划从一开始就注定要失败。A dead language is a language which is no longer spoken by anyone as their main language.(已无人使用的)死语言Latin is a dead language.拉丁语是一种死语言。A dead letter is a law or agreement which is no longer effective.失效的法令或协议The ceasefire treaty was a dead letter as soon as it was signed, as neither side ever had any intention of keeping to it.停火协议从签订那刻起就失效了，因为双方都无意遵守。A dead letter is also a letter that cannot be delivered to the address written on it and cannot be returned to its sender.无法投递的信件the dead-letter office无法投递信件室Dead reckoning is a way of calculating the position of a ship or aircraft using only information about the direction and distance it has travelled from a known point.航位推算Dead weight is the heaviness of a person or object that cannot or does not move by itself.(静止的人或物的)重量；沉重My daughter may seem small, but when I have to carry her upstairs after she's fallen asleep she is a dead weight/(Am and Aus also) she is dead weight.我女儿看来挺小，但她睡着后我抱她上楼时，发现她还真沉。Dead wood is people or things which are no longer useful.废料;(冗余的)人员She cleared out the dead wood as soon as she took over the company.她一接管公司，就清除了闲杂人员。(saying) "Dead men tell no tales" means people who are dead cannot tell secrets.死人告不了密。
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