dead是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 not now living -- 死的，死亡的，去世的

  • She's been dead for 20 years now. 到現在她已經去世20年了。

  • The motorcyclist was dead on arrival at the hospital. 那位機車騎士被送到醫院時已經死亡。

  • He was shot dead (= killed by shooting) outside his home. 他在家門外被人開搶打死了。

  • I've been sitting with my legs crossed for so long, my right leg has gone dead. 我盤腿坐了很久，結果右腿都麻木了。

• 1 If glasses and bottles that were previously full are dead, they are now empty. -- （杯子、瓶子等）空了的

• 2 If a place is dead, it is too quiet and nothing interesting happens there. -- （地方）沉寂的，死氣沉沉的

  • The city centre is quite lively during the day, but it's totally dead at night. 市中心白天相當熱鬧，晚上卻死氣沉沉。

• 3 If a piece of equipment is dead, it is not working. -- 壞了的，失靈的

  • a dead battery 沒電的電池

  • The phone suddenly went dead. 電話突然不能用了。

• 4 complete(ly) -- 完全的，全然的

  • The conductor waited for dead silence before commencing the performance. 樂隊指揮等觀眾們完全安靜下來後才開始表演。

  • The post office is dead (= straight) ahead. 郵局就在前面。

  • Aim for the dead (= exact) centre of the target. 瞄準靶子的正中心。

  • I always try to arrive dead (= exactly) on time. 我總是盡量準時到達。

  • The exam was dead easy. 這次考試太容易了。

  • I'm dead hungry. 我餓極了。

  • "How was the film?" "It was dead good." 「那齣電影怎麼樣？」「棒極了！」

  • He's dead set against living in the city. 他堅決反對住在城裡。

  • You won't be able to change his mind - he's dead against the plan. 你不可能改變他的想法——他堅決不同意這項計劃。

  • Martha's dead set on having a new bike. 瑪莎一心想要一輛新腳踏車。

• 5 dead people -- 死去的人們，死者

  • Three children were among the dead. 死者中有三名兒童。

  • A ceasefire has been called to allow the survivors to bury their dead. 人們呼籲停火以便倖存者能夠埋葬他們死去的親人。