dead
dead的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ded]
KK音标发音： [dɛd]
dead的词性：
adj.（形容词）
1. Having lost life; no longer alive.
死亡的：丧失了生命的；不再活着的
2. Marked for certain death; doomed:
宣告死亡的；注定要死的：
was marked as a dead man by the assassin.
被暗杀而丧生
3. Having the physical appearance of death:
具有死亡的身体外观的：
a dead pallor.
毫无血色的苍白
4. Lacking feeling or sensitivity; numb or unresponsive:
没感觉的：缺乏感觉或反应能力的；麻木的或不反应的：
Passersby were dead to our pleas for help.
路过的人不理睬我们的呼救
5. Weary and worn-out; exhausted.
疲倦的：疲倦的和筋疲力尽的；疲惫的
6. Not having the capacity to live; inanimate or inert.
无生命的：没有生存能力的；无生命的或不活泼的
7. Not having the capacity to produce or sustain life; barren:
贫瘠的：没有能力生产或不能维持生命的；贫瘠的：
dead soil.
贫瘠的土地
8. No longer in existence, use, or operation.
消失的，静止的：不再存在、使用或运转的
9. No longer having significance or relevance.
不再重要的，不再关联的
10. Physically inactive; dormant:
不再活动的；休眠的：
a dead volcano.
死火山
11. Not commercially productive; idle:
闲置的：缺乏商业上活力的；闲置不用的：
dead capital.
闲置的资金
12. Not circulating or running; stagnant:
不流通的：不流通的或不流动的；停滞的：
dead water; dead air.
死水；不流通的空气
13. Devoid of human or vehicular activity; quiet:
罕有人迹的：没有人类或交通工具活动的；安静的：
a dead town.
罕有人迹的城镇
14. Lacking all animation, excitement, or activity; dull:
沉闷的：缺乏充分活力、热情或活动的；乏味的：
The party being dead, we left early.
由于聚会过于沉闷，我们很早就离开了
15. Having no resonance. Used of sounds:
无杂音的：没有共振的，用于声音：
“One characteristic of compact discs we all can hear is dead sound. It may be pure but it has no life”(Musical Heritage Review)
“激光唱片的特点之一就是音质纯净。虽然没有杂音，但是缺乏生命力”(音乐精品回顾)
16. Having grown cold; having been extinguished:
冷却的，熄灭的：变得冷的，已经熄灭的：
dead coals; a dead flame.
冷却的煤炭；熄灭的火焰
17. Lacking elasticity or bounce:
缺乏弹性或反弹的：
That tennis ball is dead.
这个网球没弹力了
18. Out of operation because of a fault or breakdown:
失灵的，出故障的：由于错误或损坏而不能正常使用的：
The motor is dead.
汽车熄火了
19. Sudden; abrupt:
突然的；冒失的：
a dead stop.
突然停住
20. Complete; utter:
完全的；彻底的：
dead silence.
死静
21. Exact; unerring.
正确的；无错误的
22. Sports Out of play. Used of a ball.
【体育运动】 死球的，用来指球
23. Lacking connection to a source of electric current.
没有接上电源的
24. Drained of electric charge; discharged:
电力用完的，放电的：
a dead battery.
电力用完的电池
dead的词性：
n.（名词）
25. One who has died:
死者：
respect for the dead.
对死者的尊重
26. The period exhibiting the greatest degree of intensity:
最高阶段，最强阶段：程度最高或强度最强的阶段：
the dead of winter; the dead of night.
隆冬；深夜
dead的词性：
adv.（副词）
27. Absolutely; altogether:
绝对地；完全地：
You can be dead sure of my innocence.
你绝对可以相信我是无辜的
28. Directly; exactly:
直接地；确切地：
There's a gas station dead ahead.
就在前面有一个加油站
29. Suddenly:
突然地：
She stopped dead on the stairway.
她突然在楼梯上停住了
30. No longer in use or under consideration:
不再使用的，不在考虑的：
All past animosities are dead and buried now.
过去的所有仇恨现在都不考虑而且一笔勾销了
31. Unable to function or move:
不能起作用的，不能移动的：
The crippled ship was dead in the water. With no leadership, the project was dead in the water.
那只坏船停滞在水中不能动了。没有了领导，计划不能实施
32. In the very act of making an error or committing a crime:
现场作案的：正在犯错误或犯罪的那一时候：
The police caught the thief dead to rights with my silverware.
警察抓住了正在偷我银器的小偷
dead的词源：
33. Middle English ded
中古英语 ded
34. from Old English d?ad * see dheu- 2
源自 古英语 d?ad *参见 dheu- 2
dead的词性：
n.（名词）
dead， deceased， departed， extinct， lifeless， inanimate
35. These adjectives all mean without life.
这些形容词均表示无生命的。
36. Dead, which has the widest use, applies in general to whatever once had—but no longer has—physical life (
Dead 用得最广，一般适用于前面所述的——但是现在不再有的——生命(
a dead man;
死者；
a dead leaf), function (The battery is dead ), or force or currency (
枯叶)， 功能(电池没电了 )， 或力量、流通(
a dead issue;
不再流通的文件；
a dead language).
不用的语言)。
37. Deceased —like departed, which is a euphemistic term—refers only to nonliving human beings:
Deceased ——象departed ，委婉的语言——仅指死者：
attended a memorial service for a recently deceased friend;
参加一最近逝世朋友的悼念仪式；
“shedding funereal tears over his departed dog” (Ben Jonson).
“在他的狗的葬礼上落泪” （本·琼森）。
38. Extinct can refer to what has no living successors (
Extinct 可指没有继承者的(
The dodo is extinct) or to what is extinguished or inactive (
渡渡鸟绝种了) 或灭绝的或不活动的(
an extinct volcano).
死火山)。
39. Lifeless applies to what no longer has physical life (
Lifeless 意被不再有生命的(
a lifeless body), to what does not support life (
死尸)， 不能维持生命(
a lifeless planet), and to what lacks animation, spirit, or brightness (
无生命的行星)， 和缺乏生气、精神或欢乐的(
a lifeless performance of the sonata;
奏鸣曲乏味的演出；
lifeless colors).
无生机的颜色)。
40. Inanimate is most often limited to what has never had physical life:
Inanimate 常常仅限于没有生命的：
“He then fell, like an inanimate log, to the earth” (James Fenimore Cooper).
“然后他像一条死狗一样，倒在了地上” （詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀）