🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- toastmaster 65
- predicament 223
- PARADE 86
- excellent 664
- Existing 95
- compartment 240
- Overlook 100
- redevelop 70
- nectar 133
- Barge 136
- softbound 45
- gold 525
- for 178
- game 334
- Drape 68
- retrieve 478
- alcohol 512
- counterterrorism 99
- malefactor 90
- graphics 159
- detect 573
- omnipotence 166
- applicable 536
- woo 82
- astronautics 76
- rarebit 56
- deter 254
- debility 126
- Implication 203
- competent 480
- escalator 216
- eve 518
- certificate 533
- Stewardship 166
- compositor 66
- ACCOMPLISH 126
- instate 44
- contradictory 232
- trauma 217
- ambulatory 84
- snuggle 280
- Illegal 210
- undone 101
- Connected 34
- honeysuckle 65
- orchestrate 133
- reintroduce 108
- typology 60
- Excessive 225
- ilk 95
- Ice 121
- classic 581
- Imprint 133
- inhibit 247
- fate 488
- vivid 528
- Retaliation 109
- compound fracture 90
- silent 525
- whitewash 477
- conceive 258
- scar 543
- CART 100
- armpit 108
- cactus 133
- Plaster 114
- cause 668
- COMPENSATION 46
- safeguarding 39
- beneficent 117
- wool 550
- take apart 74
- infirmities 28
- cinematic 103
- old-time 42
- flavouring 88
- debit 155
- scoliosis 42
- argue 555
- sissy 107
- marine 399
- mad 566
- infinite 467
- box office 137
- duckweed 85
- organization 581
- heritable 114
- storage 482
- juggle 221
- preclude 110
- Permanence 85
- sometimes 127
- bottom 581
- whacking 71
- closely 352
- Conform 112
- emphasize 479
- executable 53
- Obedient 166
- ETA 116
- leonine 156
- deadly 446
- garage sale 89
- photocall 52
- ranching 43
- Mileage 128
- Squabble 47
- remarkable 488
- interruption 545
- choking 68
- workmanlike 51
- litigator 170
- in turn 105
- havoc 130
- lowballing 32
- bowel 459
- farthest 99
- diversity 272
- billionaire 116
- diagonally 109
- Meticulousness 50
- big deal 115
- smack of sth 62
- institution 499
- export 519
- joy 517
- unpretentious 79
- compelling 264
- nurse 143
- Sensibly 53
- body 294
- urbane 141
- Slave 76
- spacewalker 28
- skillet 70
- bestiality 218
- Disclaim 23
- tenuous 149
- Summary 241
- dot 495
- juke 70
- Goad 43
- civilizing 75
- nature 521
- Frantically 31
- bowler 130
- thunderstorm 132
- quotas 63
- godchild 127
- worries 35
- doggone 134
- Walk 161
- Fledgling 72
- torment 302
- Generous 55
- SWEEP 192
- Boarder 65
- Synopsis 113
- charcoal 133
- Frustrating 142
- hypercorrect 41
- caterwaul 130
- cannibal 118
- log out 50
- conceptualize 208
- precedence 72
- desire 482
- invent 558
- pillared 102
- get to 95
- Conserve 77
- Swarm 182
- overflight 43
- Intrigue 226
- Incumbent 173
- sincere 503
- mews 58
- miserable 529
- sterilize 223
- robbery 502
- by 339
- cherubic 88
- blazer 134
- domesticity 104
- secure 546
- FIRM 117
- Rebellion 26
- systematize 58
- damning 120
- Inept 117
- embody 203
- wormy 82
- stripe 527
- nightingale 65
- opposing 127
- melancholy 161
- Expel 40
- backfill 50
- isomer 49
- inner 516
- exempt 243
- pioneer 175
- aneurysm 66
- dance 155
- pitch 558
- convenience 533
- administrator 106
- color 463
- Observation 198
- Recite 100
- micromanage 83
- DESCRIBE 142
- Humidify 85
- uninitiated 56
- franchisee 100
- Spark 255
- contamination 280
- flip 209
- severe 579
- next 123
- Persist 249
- mine 312
- mantra 151
- postmodern 77
- tomato 490
- baffle 157
- authorized 176
- superconductivity 55
- lord 498
- maiden 93
- chemo 83
- Stylish 170
- connote 103
- target 571
- battering 183
- Boulder 65
- pity 270
- Awe 56
- foreground 129
- whippoorwill 30
- work off 109
- enthusiasm 474
- militarist 42
- personnel 487
- desiccation 97
- fascinate 192
- Advocate 94
- inglorious 63
- anatomical 114
- bate 117
- foreman 104
- pouty 69
- Slope 249
- cutout 166
- pittance 68
- fatally 96
- extremely 449
- proof of concept 87
- objectivity 60
- Caliphate 99
- frizziest 46
- perfunctory 148
- Persona 36
- counsel 269
- cannibalize 103
- vanadium 45
- feeds 61
- courgette 121
- mystifies 41
- quadriceps 96
- flinty 133
- Patronage 159
- bulge 214
- branch 548
- splicer 49
- smuggle 255
- medevac 108
- confide 200
- prickly 131
- ayah 80
- concentration camp 108
- storm 637
- Callous 28
- decimal 107
- farm 151
- snowy 464
- gazette 107
- relationship 519
- radiator 88
- Grave 214
- gonorrhoea 56
- sandwiched 38
- tint 94
- send 204
- Foot 230
- fairy 142
- Venture 222
- furtherance 106
- apple 262
- schematic 206
- drippiest 46
- backpack 193
- piscatorial 41
- distraughtly 54
- sprout 227
- slum 514
- supremacy 239
- penlight 64
- moral 538
- make a run for it 38
- Nag 23
- fish meal 69
- Untimely 73
- Verify 142
- spiralled 26
- Cyclops 66
- fetal 184
- thoughtful 438
- southeasterly 46
- impulse 163
- dismayingly 73
- rubberized 64
- Crimson 60
- pretties 28
- Impressionable 91
- morally 94
- singaporean 43
- drifted 70
- Laden 262
- fall 508
- delivery 511
- stern 461
- Cone 80
- aren't 103
- attendings 39
- stretcher 74
- representative 529
- patronizingly 121
- glossy 164
- scanned 44
- bereaved 119
- furor 127
- thermal 215
- unrefined 114
- disguise 552
- raucous 183
- hellion 44
- hook 486
- karaoke 127
- disabled 284
- BUSH 105
- appease 190
- Reciprocal 117
- kingmaker 59
- disobedience 192
- Inbound 175
- keyboard 537
- tomcat 55
- sunlit 101
- cutthroat 120
- carousing 85
- half cocked 131
- risen 35
- Precaution 111
- pick-me-up 192
- initial 520
- field trip 110
- reflex 276
- racy 96
- squirrel 601
- tambourine 59
- evocative 229
- sublease 47
- Wacky 92
- by-product 130
- optimist 201
- piddle 115
- restricted 152
- semiotics 81
- coenzyme 94
- wader 185
- depression 473
- Clandestine 35
- liveliest 44
- Remaining 160
- jura 52
- sprain 65
- Excitement 165
- bp 82
- Relieved 244
- chummed 46
- tirelessly 111
- rapt 184
- simon 57
- dye 545
- daguerreotype 98
- handsome 491
- ecru 108
- rough 480
- At sea 12
- in ignorance of 53
- Trusted 61
- double date 117
- eat up 137
- microscopic 114
- line 640
- lough 48
- languorous 59
- puppeteer 50
- paralleled 18
- pleather 43
- unrecognized 68
- disorganize 72
- gentry 167
- leafy 84
- drivable 85
- whiplash 56
- imam 67
- ducting 73
- Reside 143
- rehab 76
- inquisitor 71
- heel 526
- beyond recall 41
- rhetorical 150
- nationalities 43
- Made 124
- tranquil 163
- sack 520
- gammon 107
- signage 148
- immediately 436
- glint 140
- bottleful 60
- connect 487
- Straightforward 92
- listenable 66
- Rioting 84
- outstanding 500
- Upbeat 122
- unto 55
- groundsman 118
- duplicate 134
- messenger 445
- bandwidth 96
- apprehend 124
- collapse 526
- blowy 78
- a means to an end 37
- mispronounce 50
- sew 522
- outline 586
- ensue 134
- poke 479
- achkan 52
- antichoice 40
- verbiage 160
- Stop 271
- offing 65
- pharmacology 91
- Auspice 39
- hosepipe 53
- succession 507
- seductiveness 154
- Routine 227
- Sponsor 216
- Fr 97
- inhibition 250
- devil 502
- bolognese 83
- cannonade 110
- mating 32
- rookie 70
- unendurable 61
- top up 75
- manifest destiny 62
- ruin 553
- stock 607
- sloth 213
- Aged 34
- strong 269
- golden 534
- reprieve 87
- unoccupied 79
- emerging 135
- heartworm 47
- ultraviolet 155
- selective 172
- cussed 96
- dryness 67
- footsy 64
- denominationalism 63
- Impotent 18
- drabbest 54
- instantly 442
- emblem 136
- Sharpness 108
- disorganization 64
- aim 558
- far-reaching 119
dead
37 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of DEAD
1
: no longer alive or living : no longer having life死亡的
- Her husband is dead. He died last year.她丈夫死了，是去年过世的。
- She's been dead for over 10 years now. [=she died more than 10 years ago]她已去世10多年了。
- a dead insect/bird/dog死昆虫/鸟/狗
- dead trees/leaves/skin枯树/叶；死皮
- the dead [=lifeless] bodies of the soldiers士兵们的遗体
- He was found dead in his apartment yesterday.昨天他被发现死在公寓里。
- He lay dead on the floor.他躺在地上死了。
- The lost mountain climbers were believed/presumed dead.人们认为/推测失踪的登山队员们已经遇难。
- She shot him dead. [=she killed him by shooting him]她开枪打死了他。
- When we found her, she was more dead than alive. [=almost dead; very close to death]当我们发现她时，她已奄奄一息。
- The poster said that the robbers were wanted dead or alive.告示上写着要缉拿这些抢劫犯，活要见人，死要见尸。
- He was as good as dead. [=he was almost dead]他快要死了。
- She taught her dog to play dead. [=to lie on its back and pretend to be dead]她训练她的狗躺下装死。
◊ To leave (someone or something) for dead is to leave a person or animal that you know will probably die instead of trying to help.认为无法救活而撇下不管
- They hit the dog with their car and left it for dead on the side of the road.他们开车撞了那条狗，还把它撇在路边不管。
- He had been badly beaten and left for dead.他受到毒打并被撇下不管。
2
a [or more dead; most dead] deader; deadest : not able to feel or move麻木的；不能动弹的
- My hand was dead [=numb] after holding the bag for so long.长时间拎包之后，我的手都麻了。
b : very tired筋疲力尽的；累坏的
- Our legs were completely dead after hiking all day.徒步行走一整天后，我们的腿一点力气也没有了。
- I arrived home from work half dead. [=exhausted]下班回家时，我已经累得不行了。
- By the end of the day the workers were dead on their feet. [=very tired but still standing, working, etc.]工人们干了一天都累坏了，依然没有歇脚。
c : feeling no emotions没有感情的；麻木不仁的
- After the war, I was emotionally dead. [=I was no longer able to feel happiness, sadness, etc.]战争过后，我已变得麻木不仁。
3
informal : certain to be punished or hurt注定要受罚的；死定了
- I'm dead if I come in late for work again.如果上班再迟到的话，我就死定了。
- If I ever get my hands on you, you're dead!如果让我抓到你，你就死定了！
4
of a machine or device : no longer working especially because of not having electricity无电流的；不通电的；（因无电力）不工作的
- The car's battery is dead.这辆汽车的电池没电了。
- dead electrical outlets不通电的电源插座
- a dead telephone line有故障的电话线
- The phones went dead during the storm.暴风雨期间，这些电话出故障了。
5
: no longer active or operating不再活跃的；无用的；失效的
- a dead [=extinct] volcano死火山
- dead companies没有发展前景的公司
- That plan is dead for now. We've started developing a new one.现在那个计划行不通了。我们已经开始制订新的方案。
- a dead deal已终止的交易
6
: naturally not living无生命的；非生物的
- rocks and other dead [=inanimate] matter岩石和其他无生命物质
7
[or more dead; most dead] deader; deadest : lacking in activity or excitement无活力的；无生气的；呆滞的
- The store's been dead [=quiet] all day.这家店整天都冷冷清清的。
- This party's completely dead. [=it is not lively]这次聚会气氛死气沉沉的。
- The audience was kind of dead tonight.今晚观众的反应有些冷淡。
8
— used to describe a time when nothing is being said or done（时间段）空档的，无事可做的
- We played cards to fill in the dead time between the two performances.我们玩纸牌打发两场表演之间的空档时间。
9
: no longer performed or enjoyed过时的
- He says that disco is dead.他说迪斯科已经过时了。
- a dead art form过时的艺术形式
10
of a language : no longer spoken（语言）不再被使用的
- Latin is a dead language.拉丁语是一种不再通用的语言。
11
sports — used to describe a situation in which play stops during a game死球的
- In American football, the ball is dead [=out of play] after an incomplete forward pass.在美式橄榄球中，向前传球失败，这个球就会被判为死球。
- The ball is dead if it goes beyond the white line.球如果越过白线就是死球。
12
a : complete, total, or absolute完全的；全然的；绝对的
- There was dead silence in the room.房间里一片死寂。
- She spoke with dead certainty.她斩钉截铁地说。
- I chased them at a dead run for three miles.我拼命地追了他们三英里路。
- The camera is a dead giveaway [=clearly shows] that you're a tourist.照相机清楚地表明你是一名游客。
- She fell to the floor in a dead faint.她昏倒在地，不省人事。
- The evening wasn't all I had hoped for, but is wasn't a dead loss. [=it wasn't completely bad]晚会不是我所希望的那样，但也不是一点也不好。
- He's a dead ringer for [=he looks exactly like] his father.他长得和他父亲像极了。
- (Brit, informal) They're a dead cert [=a sure thing, a sure bet] to win. [=they are certain to win]他们赢定了。
b : sudden and complete猝然的
- The bus came to a dead [=abrupt] stop.公共汽车突然停了下来。
13
: perfect or exact准确的；精准的
- Her arrow hit the dead [=very] center of the target.她的箭正中靶心。
(as) dead as a doornail
(chiefly US) informal or chiefly British (as) dead as a dodo — used to stress that someone or something is dead确实已死 — often used figuratively常用作比喻
- The old captain was dead as a doornail.老船长确实已经死了。
- The negotiations are as dead as a doornail.谈判彻底失败了。
- The deal is dead as a doornail.这笔生意彻底告吹。
beat a dead horse
or flog a dead horsecatch/see (someone) dead
informal ◊ If you say that people wouldn't/won't catch/see you dead or that you wouldn't/won't be caught/seen dead doing something, you refuse to let others see you doing it because it would cause you to be embarrassed.（由于尴尬）死也不肯做某事
- I wouldn't be caught/seen dead wearing that hideous outfit.我死也不会穿那难看的套装。
- She won't be caught dead going to the movies with her obnoxious brother.她死也不肯和她那个招人讨厌的哥哥一起去看电影。
dead and buried
or dead and gone 1
: no longer living : dead 死的
- He's been dead and buried for 50 years.他去世已经50年了。
- relatives long dead and gone去世已久的亲戚们
2
: no longer used or accepted不再使用（或接受）
- Those old family traditions are dead and buried.那些过去的家族传统已不复存在。
- That idea is dead and buried.那个想法已不再被接受。
- The days of our childhood are dead and gone.我们的童年已一去不复返。
dead from the neck up
informal : very stupid or foolish没有头脑的；笨得很的
- Most of his friends are dead from the neck up.他的大多数朋友都笨头笨脑的。
dead in the water
informal : not making any progress : not having any chance of success停滞不前的；没有一点进展的；无成功希望的
- The peace talks were dead in the water.和谈停滞不前。
- His election campaign is dead in the water.他的竞选活动成功无望。
dead men tell no tales
dead on arrival
: having died before getting to a hospital, emergency room, etc.送到（医院、急救室等）时已死亡 — often used figuratively常用作比喻
- The victim was dead on arrival at the hospital.被害人在送到医院时已死亡。
- Some are saying that any new tax proposal would be dead on arrival. [=would have no chances of being approved]有人说任何新的税收提案都不会得到通过。
dead to rights
dead to the world
informal : sleeping very deeply沉睡；酣睡
- You can't wake him up. He's dead to the world.你叫不醒他，他睡得正香呢。
drop dead
informal 1
: to fall to the ground and die very suddenly倒地身亡；倒毙
- She dropped dead while playing basketball.她在打篮球时突然倒地身亡。
2
— used as a rude way to tell someone to leave you alone去你的（表示无礼） — see also drop-dead
- “He asked you for help after being such a jerk? You should have told him to drop dead!”“他如此混蛋还让你帮忙？你本该告诉他去死吧！”
knock dead
over my dead body
— deadness
noun [noncount] 2 dead /ˈdɛd/ noun
plural dead
2 dead
/ˈdɛd/
noun
plural dead
Learner's definition of DEAD
1
[plural] : people who have died死者；死人 — usually used with the通常与the连用
- By the end of the war, there were over two million dead.战争结束时，死亡人数已超过两百万。
- the living and the dead生者和死者
- His mother and brother were among the dead.死者当中有他的妈妈和哥哥。
- the souls/spirits of the dead亡灵
2
the dead : the state of being dead — usually used in the phrases rise from the dead or come back from the dead or return from the dead to mean to become alive again after dying死而复生（通常用于短语
- For a moment, I thought that my grandfather had come back from the dead.那一瞬间，我还以为爷爷死而复生了。
- They believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.他们相信耶稣死而复生。
3
[noncount] : the time in the middle of the night or winter深夜；隆冬
- She left in the dead of the night. = She left at dead of night. [=she left very late at night]她是深夜离开的。
- He began his journey in the dead of winter.他在隆冬时节踏上了旅程。
3 dead /ˈdɛd/ adverb
3 dead
/ˈdɛd/
adverb
Learner's definition of DEAD
1
: completely or totally全然地；绝对地
- I think you're dead [=absolutely, utterly] wrong.我认为你完全错了。
- She's dead certain that she can finish the job.她非常肯定自己能完成这项工作。
- We were dead tired by the end of the day.一天下来，我们累得要死。
- He's not joking. In fact, he's dead serious.他没在开玩笑。事实上，他是非常认真的。
- They were both dead drunk and passed out on the floor.他们两人都烂醉如泥，昏倒在地。
- She finished the race dead last.她最后一个跑完了赛程。
- The mayor was dead set against [=strongly opposed to] the plan.市长坚决反对这个计划。
- She was dead set on going to college. [=she was completely certain she wanted to go to college]她打定主意要上大学。
2
: in a sudden and complete way突然；顿时
- He stopped dead in his tracks. [=stopped suddenly]他突然停住了脚步。
3
: directly or exactly直接地；准确地；正好
- The island is dead ahead of us. [=the island is right in front of us]那小岛就在我们的正前方。
- She hung the picture dead center on the wall. [=she hung the picture in the exact center of the wall]她把画挂在了墙的正中间。
2
c(1)
: incapable of being stirred emotionally or intellectually : unresponsive
(2)
: grown cold : extinguished
4
b
: no longer in use : obsolete
c
: no longer active : extinct
e(1)
: lacking in commercial activity : quiet
f
: lacking elasticity (see elasticity sense 1a)
deadness noun
plural dead
1
: someone who is no longer alive : one that is dead (see dead entry 1 sense 1) —usually used collectively
Phrases
dead in the water : with no chance of escape or excuse : red-handed
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Adjective Her husband is dead. He died last year. He was found dead in his apartment yesterday. He lay dead on the floor. The lost mountain climbers were believed dead. The poster said that the robbers were wanted dead or alive. Our legs were completely dead after hiking all day. I'm dead if I come in late for work again. If I ever get my hands on you, you're dead! Noun By the end of the war, there were over two million dead. He began his journey in the dead of winter. Adverb She's dead certain that she can finish the job. We were dead tired by the end of the day. He's not joking. In fact, he's dead serious. They were both dead drunk and passed out on the floor. She finished the race dead last. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Mary Mcnamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 He was found dead the following morning at 8:07 a.m., prosecutors said. Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2022 Five people were found dead inside a home in northeastern Maryland on Friday after deputies were called to investigate a report of a shooting, authorities said. Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022 The Cecil County Sheriff's Office said five people were found dead inside the home on a cul-de-sac in Elk Mills, a few miles from the Delaware state line, CBS Baltimore reported. CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 The man was later found dead in a detached garage with a semiautomatic handgun nearby, according to officials, while the other four victims were found in the residence. Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 The person who was found dead has not yet been identified by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office. The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2022 For her, peace can only be built over Sauron’s dead body, which means that peace is never truly achievable. Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 In the heat of a summer day, Draginja discovers a dead body that resembles her. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2022 These days, the sidewalks in Creekwood are periodically dotted with memorials to the young dead. Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Western estimates of Russian dead have ranged from more than 15,000 to over 20,000 — more than the Soviet Union lost during its 10-year war in Afghanistan. Inna Varenytsia, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2022 This would lead to an access portal into the more spacious main chamber, which had a diameter of around 16 feet, where the dead would be laid to rest. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2022 Their private efforts to remember and honor the dead reveal a grace born of grief, an essential humanity that defies the barbarism unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 To solve his mystery, Hendershott partnered with the DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit that helps ID the dead. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2022 From crime-scene cleaners to death-mask makers, detectives to reconstruction artists, those who make their living from the dead are legion. Brandy Schillace, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 There is little room for false starts and dead-ends as countries transform their energy, agricultural and industrial systems on the way to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Gaurav Ganti, The Conversation, 16 Aug. 2022 Lance Lambert, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 And of course, just like all of their other grandiose claims, this one is dead wrong. Fox News Staff, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2022 The estimates, thanks to the economic upheaval created by the pandemic, proved to be dead wrong in most cases. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2022 For now, everything is on the table — and the possibility of all these theories being dead wrong in favor of something even more confounding is equally likely. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 30 June 2022 Those two women are Lissa Dragomir (Daniela Nieves), a royal Moroi vampire, and Rose Hathaway (Sisi Stringer), her Dhampir best friend who is dead set on keeping her safe. Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Most of us spend most of our gym time dead-set on blasting our biceps and torching our triceps, but fail to place any focus on our forearms. Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 21 July 2022 Sasha is dead set against appearing on the Strange Exits podcast. Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022 Since the firm started streaming in 2007, company leaders have been dead set against ads. Jon Markman, Forbes, 29 June 2022 See More
Adjective
After Ledwell is found dead and Blay wounded, that theory at least is put to rest. Mary Mcnamara, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 He was found dead the following morning at 8:07 a.m., prosecutors said. Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2022 Five people were found dead inside a home in northeastern Maryland on Friday after deputies were called to investigate a report of a shooting, authorities said. Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022 The Cecil County Sheriff's Office said five people were found dead inside the home on a cul-de-sac in Elk Mills, a few miles from the Delaware state line, CBS Baltimore reported. CBS News, 9 Sep. 2022 The man was later found dead in a detached garage with a semiautomatic handgun nearby, according to officials, while the other four victims were found in the residence. Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 The person who was found dead has not yet been identified by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office. The Courier-Journal, 9 Sep. 2022 For her, peace can only be built over Sauron’s dead body, which means that peace is never truly achievable. Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 In the heat of a summer day, Draginja discovers a dead body that resembles her. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 Noun
The man was put in contact with the article's author, who was able to point him to the field where the dead were buried. Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2022 These days, the sidewalks in Creekwood are periodically dotted with memorials to the young dead. Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Western estimates of Russian dead have ranged from more than 15,000 to over 20,000 — more than the Soviet Union lost during its 10-year war in Afghanistan. Inna Varenytsia, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2022 This would lead to an access portal into the more spacious main chamber, which had a diameter of around 16 feet, where the dead would be laid to rest. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Aug. 2022 Their private efforts to remember and honor the dead reveal a grace born of grief, an essential humanity that defies the barbarism unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Aug. 2022 To solve his mystery, Hendershott partnered with the DNA Doe Project, a nonprofit that helps ID the dead. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2022 From crime-scene cleaners to death-mask makers, detectives to reconstruction artists, those who make their living from the dead are legion. Brandy Schillace, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 There is little room for false starts and dead-ends as countries transform their energy, agricultural and industrial systems on the way to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Gaurav Ganti, The Conversation, 16 Aug. 2022 Adverb
Of course, Zelman’s housing bust fears were proved more than correct, and all those at the time who thought demographics would continue to propel ’00s home prices forward were proved dead wrong. Lance Lambert, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 And of course, just like all of their other grandiose claims, this one is dead wrong. Fox News Staff, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2022 The estimates, thanks to the economic upheaval created by the pandemic, proved to be dead wrong in most cases. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 14 July 2022 For now, everything is on the table — and the possibility of all these theories being dead wrong in favor of something even more confounding is equally likely. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 30 June 2022 Those two women are Lissa Dragomir (Daniela Nieves), a royal Moroi vampire, and Rose Hathaway (Sisi Stringer), her Dhampir best friend who is dead set on keeping her safe. Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022 Most of us spend most of our gym time dead-set on blasting our biceps and torching our triceps, but fail to place any focus on our forearms. Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 21 July 2022 Sasha is dead set against appearing on the Strange Exits podcast. Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022 Since the firm started streaming in 2007, company leaders have been dead set against ads. Jon Markman, Forbes, 29 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective, Noun, and Adverb
Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, Old High German tōt dead — more at die
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Adverb
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of dead was before the 12th century Phrases Containing dead
adjective
👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文