1.死的；失去生命的；枯萎的no longer alive
My mother's dead; she died in 1987.我母亲不在了，她是 1987 年去世的。
a dead person/animal死人；死去的动物
dead leaves/wood/skin枯叶；枯木；死皮
He was shot dead by a gunman outside his home.他在家门外被持枪歹徒开枪打死。
Catherine's dead body lay peacefully on the bed.凯瑟琳的尸体安详地躺在床上。
He dropped dead(= died suddenly) last week.他上星期突然就死了。
The poor child looks more dead than alive .这孩子看上去半死不活的，真可怜。
In ten years he'll be dead and buried as a politician.他作为从政者十年后就不会有人记得了。
2.[nbn]不再有人相信（或争取）no longer believed in or aimed for
Many believe the peace plan is dead.许多人认为和平计划已成泡影。
Unfortunately racism is not yet dead.不幸的是种族歧视仍未消亡。
Though the idea may be dead, it is far from being buried(= people still talk about it, even though there is nothing new to say) .尽管这种思想可能已无人相信，但还远没被人遗忘。
3.过时的；已废弃的；不流行的belonging to the past; no longer practised or fashionable
Is the Western a dead art form?西部电影这种艺术形式过时了吗？
a dead language(= one that is no longer spoken, for example Latin)死语言（不再通用，如拉丁语）
4.(informal)用完了的；不能再用的finished; not able to be used any more
dead matches划过的火柴
There were two dead bottles of wine on the table.桌子上有两个空酒瓶。
5.（因为缺电）不运行的，不转动的not working because of a lack of power
a dead battery用完的电池
The hard disk is dead.硬盘停止运行了。
Suddenly the phone went dead .电话突然没声音了。
6.(informal)死气沉沉的；无活力的；无趣的very quiet, without activity or interest
There were no theatres, no cinemas, no coffee bars. It was dead as anything.那时既无剧院，又无电影院，也无咖啡馆，死气沉沉。
7.(informal)停滞的；萧条的without activity; with nobody buying or selling anything
‘The market is absolutely dead this morning,’ said one foreign exchange trader.“今天早上市场萧条极了。” 一个外汇交易商说道。
Winter is traditionally the dead season for the housing market.冬天历来是住房市场的萧条期。
8.[nubn](informal)筋疲力尽；身体不好extremely tired; not well
half dead with cold and hunger饥寒交迫，筋疲力尽
She felt dead on her feet and didn't have the energy to question them further.她觉得累死了，没有力气继续审问他们了。
9.[nbn]（由于冷等）失去知觉，麻木unable to feel because of cold, etc.
My left arm had gone dead .我的左胳臂已经麻木了。
10.~ to sth无动于衷；麻木不仁；无感觉unable to feel or understand emotions
He was dead to all feelings of pity.他毫无同情心。
11.无表情的；冷漠的；漠不关心的showing no emotion
She said, ‘I'm sorry, too,’ in a quiet, dead voice.她平静而冷漠地说：“我也很抱歉。”
His usually dead grey eyes were sparkling.他那平日冷漠的灰眼睛突然亮了起来。
12.[obn]完全的；精确的；全然的complete or exact
a dead silence/calm死寂；完全静止
the dead centre of the target靶子正中心
The car gave a sudden jerk and came to a dead stop .汽车猛然一颠，猝然停下。
This horse is a dead cert for(= will certainly win) the race tomorrow.这匹马明天比赛一定能赢。
She crumpled to the floor in a dead faint(= completely unconscious) .她倒在地上全然不省人事。
13.无生命的；非生物的never having been alive
dead matter(= for example rock)无生命物质（如岩石）
a dead planet(= one with no life on it)无生命存在的行星
14.是死球；出界outside the playing area
She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.她酷似我以前认识的一个女孩。
She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.她酷似我以前认识的一个女孩。
You'll be sorry you said that when I'm dead and gone.我死后你会为你说的话感到后悔的。
You'll be sorry you said that when I'm dead and gone.我死后你会为你说的话感到后悔的。
We need to free business from the dead hand of bureaucracy.我们必须摆脱官僚主义对工作的严重影响。
We need to free business from the dead hand of bureaucracy.我们必须摆脱官僚主义对工作的严重影响。
His leadership campaign is dead in the water.他参加领导层竞选无望成功。
His leadership campaign is dead in the water.他参加领导层竞选无望成功。
If anyone finds out, you're dead meat.如果有人发现，你可要倒大霉了。
If anyone finds out, you're dead meat.如果有人发现，你可要倒大霉了。
She was pronounced dead on arrival.她在送达医院时即被宣布死亡。
The bill was dead on arrival in the Senate.这项法案在参议院不可能通过。
The software was DOA.这软件送达时已经损坏。
She was pronounced dead on arrival.她在送达医院时即被宣布死亡。
The bill was dead on arrival in the Senate.这项法案在参议院不可能通过。
The software was DOA.这软件送达时已经损坏。
She moves into our home over my dead body.除非我死了，否则她别想搬进我们家。
She moves into our home over my dead body.除非我死了，否则她别想搬进我们家。
She wouldn't be seen dead in a hat.她最讨厌戴帽子。
He wouldn't be caught dead going to a club with his mother.他死也不愿意跟母亲一起去俱乐部。
She wouldn't be seen dead in a hat.她最讨厌戴帽子。
He wouldn't be caught dead going to a club with his mother.他死也不愿意跟母亲一起去俱乐部。
1.[pl]死人；死者people who have died
The dead and wounded in that one attack amounted to 6 000.仅那一次进攻就死伤达 6 000 人。
2.[sing]死the state of being dead
Christians believe that God raised Jesus from the dead.基督徒相信上帝使耶稣复活。
In nine years he has brought his party back from the dead almost to the brink of power.九年来他使该党起死回生，甚至差点成为执政党。
I crept out of bed in the dead of night and sneaked downstairs.深夜我悄悄地从床上爬起来，蹑手蹑脚地下了楼。
I crept out of bed in the dead of night and sneaked downstairs.深夜我悄悄地从床上爬起来，蹑手蹑脚地下了楼。
1.完全地；全然地；确实地completely; exactly
You're dead right!你完全正确！
a dead straight road笔直的道路
The train was dead on time.火车正点出发。
He's dead against the idea.他坚决反对这个想法。
The sight made him stop dead in his tracks(= stop suddenly) .一看这情景，他惊呆了。
She's dead set on getting(= determined to get) this new job.她打定主意要得到这个新工作。
2.(informal)非常；绝对；极度very; extremely
The instructions are dead easy to follow.这些指令很容易执行。
You were dead lucky to get that job.你得到那份工作，真是太幸运了。
I was dead scared.我怕得要死。
She saw me, recognized me and cut me dead.她看见了我，也认出了我，却不理睬我。
She saw me, recognized me and cut me dead.她看见了我，也认出了我，却不理睬我。
At least six people have been killed in Deraa since the unrest began on Friday; Syrian forces shot dead four on Friday and one on Sunday.
自上周五动荡爆发以来，德拉已经至少有六人死亡。叙利亚军队上周五开枪打死四人，周日打死一人。
One last question: Suppose, Lord Russell, this film were to be looked at by our descendants like a dead-sea scroll in a thousand years time.
最后一个问题：罗素勋爵，假定这段录像，将被我们的后人看到，如同死海古卷一般，在一千年后被人看见。
Pamela's reaction in London to the news about Henry had indicated that the romance was far from dead.
帕米拉在伦敦听到关于亨利的消息时的反应，说明这种风流韵事远远没有结束。
"He said, 'You go there, and one minute you're with your buddies and the next minute you're dead, ' " Mr. Hoyt recalled.
“他说，‘到了战场，可能前一分钟你还在和弟兄们并肩作战，下一分钟就死了，’”霍伊特回忆说。
Me, a short story! Began to feel terror in the middle is very funny, very sad ending. Once there was a ghost, put the ass, dead.
我来讲一个简短的故事！开始很恐怖，中间很搞笑，结尾很悲伤。从前，有一个鬼，放了个屁，死了。
Fairweather said he did not understand why it happened, because the soldiers in the training process was told to respect the dead enemy.
费尔韦瑟表示，他很不理解为什么会发生这种事，因为士兵们在训练过程中就被告知要尊重已死的敌人。
This had been in the evening when we were all at home, and Mother had come running up the street with the dead, dripping child in her arms.
这事儿发生在傍晚，我们都在家。母亲抱着那个死去的、湿透了的孩子跑到街上。
Her mother, who was traveling with her from Paris to visit relatives in the Comoros, is among those feared dead.
和她一起从巴黎到科摩罗拜访亲戚的母亲恐怕亦已罹难。
If they hadn't found me, I'd be dead now. Harry stuck his wand up its nose and Ron knocked it out with its own club.
如果他们没有我到我，我现在肯定已经死了。哈利把他的魔杖插进了巨怪的鼻孔，罗恩用巨怪自己的木棍把它打昏了过去。
But, alas, by the time George has thought all this, the ants are already dead and mopped up on a wet cloth and rinsed down the sink.
可惜，一切都来不及了，当乔治想完这些，那些蚂蚁也已经被自己喷的杀虫剂杀死了。乔治用一块抹布将蚂蚁抹到水池里，放水冲了下去。
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
看守的人，就因他吓得浑身乱战，甚至和死人一样。
there would not be a trial. -He would have been arrested before. . . -Guaranteed, he'd be dead! -. . . was in the air.
那将没有审判。-他会被逮捕…-肯定，他已经死了！-…在播出前。
Hospitals throughout the city started issuing lists of the dead and wounded as Mumbai began to count the cost of the massacre.
全城的医院开始统计伤亡名单，而孟买，也开始统计这场屠杀带来的伤痛究竟有多深。
The young Bostonian, one of the dead sculptor's pupils who had come with the body, looked about him helplessly.
年轻的波士顿人——送雕塑家遗体过来的学生，无可奈何地举目四顾。
And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.
众人都为这女儿哀哭捶胸。耶稣说：不要哭。他不是死了，是睡著了。
Over the fireplace, there was a picture of my mother kneeling by the coffin of her dead father.
在壁炉上面，有一幅画，上面画着我的母亲跪在她已去世的父亲的棺材旁边。
So once in a while his horse would stop dead in its tracks, because you know animals can sense things people can't.
有一次，马突然停下来，因为我们都知道动物能感觉的我们人感觉不到的东西。
In a grotto strong with the Force, Anakin experienced a haunting vision of his mother and the dead Sith warrior Darth Maul.
在一个原力浓厚的洞穴中，阿纳金目睹了令人不安的幻觉，是他的母亲。还有已死的西斯武士达斯·摩尔。
The girl's face called up in his mind the image of his dead wife.
这个女孩的面貌使他脑海中回忆起他那死去的妻子的形象。
Adai's face was sad. 'He didn't want me to die, 'he said quietly. 'He was a good man. And now he's dead. '
阿岱神情悲切。“他不想让我送死，”他低声说，“他是个好人。可现在他死了。”
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