dead

1. 死亡的;去世的
A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.

e.g. Her husband's been dead a year now...
她的丈夫已经去世一年了。
e.g. The group had shot dead another hostage.
该组织又开枪打死了一名人质。

Do not confuse dead with died. Died is the past tense and past participle of the verb die, and thus indicates the action of dying. She died in 1934... Two men have died since the rioting broke out. You do not use died as an adjective. You use dead instead. More than 2,200 dead birds have been found.
不要混淆 dead 和 died。died 是动词 die 的过去式和过去分词，因此表示死亡这一动作：She died in 1934（她死于 1934年），Two men have died since the rioting broke out（骚乱发生后已有两人死亡）。形容词不用 died, 而用 dead：More than 2, 200 dead birds have been found（已经发现了 2, 200 多只死鸟）。

2. (土地或水域)无生命存在的
Land or water that is dead contains no living things.

e.g. ...charred land, mountainsides of dead earth and stumps of trees...
烧焦的土地、无一活物的山坡和残存的树桩
e.g. But this water seems dead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant.
但这似乎是一潭死水：受了污染而且恶臭无比。

3. (地方或时期)无生气的，死气沉沉的
If you describe a place or a period of time as dead, you do not like it because there is very little activity taking place in it.

e.g. ...some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies...
某个死气沉沉的小镇，那里最有活力的东西就是苍蝇
e.g. This made that holiday week a particularly dead period.
这让那一周的假期显得特别沉闷。

4. 不再使用的;用尽的
Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished.

e.g. The dead cigarette was still between his fingers...
那支已熄灭的香烟仍在他指间。
e.g. This bottle's dead. But we've got another one.
这一瓶已经空了，不过我们还有一瓶。

5. (想法、计划或话题）不再令人感兴趣的，不值得再考虑的，已停滞的
If you say that an idea, plan, or subject is dead, you mean that people are no longer interested in it or willing to develop it any further.

e.g. It's a dead issue, Baxter...
这个问题已经没人再谈论了，巴克斯特。
e.g. But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying...
但那并不意味着这种政治主张已经或正在消亡。

6. (语言）死的，不再通用的
A dead language is no longer spoken or written as a means of communication, although it may still be studied.

e.g. We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language.
我们过去常常抱怨自己是在浪费时间学一门死语言。

7. (电话等电气设备）不再运转的，没电的
A telephone or piece of electrical equipment that is dead is no longer functioning, for example because it no longer has any electrical power.

e.g. On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.
还有一回，我一接电话，就掉线了。

8. (体育运动中的球）界外的，死的
In sport, when a ball is dead, it has gone outside the playing area, or a situation has occurred in which the game has to be temporarily stopped, and none of the players can score points or gain an advantage.

9. (声音)沉闷的;(颜色)暗淡的，不鲜亮的
A dead sound or colour is dull rather than lively or bright.

e.g. 'That is correct, Meg,' he answered in his cold, dead voice...
“没错，梅格。”他用冰冷、阴沉的声音答道。
e.g. Then he heard a piercing scream echoing down the deep well, ending in a dull, dead thud.
接着他听见深井里回响起一声刺耳的尖叫，然后是砰的一声闷响，再之后就什么也听不见了。

10. 完全的，绝对的（尤用于修饰 centre, silence 和 stop）
Dead is used to mean 'complete' or 'absolute', especially before the words 'centre', 'silence', and 'stop'.

e.g. He adjusted each chesspiece so that it stood dead centre in its square...
他调整每颗棋子，使它们立于格子的正中央。
e.g. They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces...
他们匆匆地走来走去，一言不发，面露焦急之色。

11. 正好;恰好;精确地
Dead means 'precisely' or 'exactly'.

e.g. Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope...
可以看得见火星，就在望远镜的正中央。
e.g. Their arrows are dead on target...
他们的箭正中靶心。

12. 很;非常
Dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'.

e.g. Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to...
去梅多霍尔购物中心也非常方便。
e.g. His poems sound dead boring, actually...
实际上，他的诗听起来非常乏味。

13. （表示强烈反对）除非我死了
If you reply 'Over my dead body' when a plan or action has been suggested, you are emphasizing that you dislike it, and will do everything you can to prevent it.

e.g. 'Let's invite her to dinner.' — 'Over my dead body!'
“我们请她来吃晚饭吧。”——“除非我死了！”

14. 完全了结的;彻底过去的
If you say that something such as an idea or situation is dead and buried, you are emphasizing that you think that it is completely finished or past, and cannot happen or exist again in the future.

e.g. I thought the whole business was dead and buried...
我以为这整件事已经完全了结了。
e.g. In two years, the British coal industry will be dead and buried.
英国煤炭工业只消两年就将彻底瓦解。

15. 突然死亡;猝死
If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly.

e.g. He dropped dead on the quayside.
他猝死在码头区。

16. 去死吧;见鬼去吧;别再烦人
If you tell someone to drop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you.

e.g. 75% of the firms he called were hostile and told him to 'drop dead.'
在他电话联系的公司里，75% 都怀有敌意，让他“见鬼去吧”。

17. 不在人世的;去世的
If you say that someone is dead and gone, you are emphasizing that they are dead, and thinking about what happened or will happen after their death.

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e.g. Often a genius is recognized only after he is dead and gone.
天才往往在离开人世之后才得到认可。

18. 累得要命;病得半死
If you say that you feel dead or are half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak.

e.g. You looked half dead after that journey...
经过那趟旅程之后,你看上去真是累坏了。
e.g. I feel pretty dead right now.
我觉得自己现在几乎快要死了。

19. 在夜晚万籁俱寂之时/在隆冬
If something happens in the dead of night ,at dead of night, or in the dead of winter, it happens in the middle part of the night or the winter, when it is darkest or coldest.

e.g. I couldn't fly illegally into a country in the dead of night...
我不能在深夜乘飞机非法进入一个国家。
e.g. We buried it in the garden at dead of night...
我们在夜深人静的时候把它埋到了花园里。

20. (耶稣）复活/使…复活
When Christians say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead or raised someone from the dead, they mean that Jesus came back to life after he had died, or brought a dead person back to life.

21. 卷土重来;重新活跃起来（或获得成功）
If you say that someone or something rises or comes back from the dead, you mean that they become active or successful again after being inactive for a while.

e.g. This was a company that, by all appearances, had risen from the dead...
从一切迹象来看，这是一家已经起死回生的公司。
e.g. Faldo came back from the dead to win his third Open golf championship.
福尔多重整旗鼓，赢得了他的第三个高尔夫球公开赛冠军。

22. 死也（不会），绝对（不会）（穿某种衣服、去某个地方或处于某种境地)
If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.

e.g. I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat.
我死也不会戴草帽。
e.g. ...men who wouldn't be seen dead pushing a pram...
死也不会去推婴儿车的男人们

23. （使）突然停止（发生或移动）
To stop dead means to suddenly stop happening or moving. To stop someone or something dead means to cause them to suddenly stop happening or moving.

e.g. We all stopped dead and looked at it...
我们一下子全都停了下来看着它。
e.g. She had meant to make a discreet entrance, but conversation stopped dead...
她本打算悄悄进去，但谈话却突然中断了。

24. 败局已定的;不太可能成功的
If you say that someone or something is dead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future.

e.g. A 'no' vote would have left the treaty dead in the water.
一张否决票可能就会使这个条约胎死腹中。

25. to flog a dead horse -> see flog
a dead loss -> see loss
a dead ringer -> see ringer
to stop dead in your tracks -> see track

1. 死亡的：当一个生命死亡,其灵魂进入了亡者的国度,但只要加以引导,死亡的(dead)肉体则会被负面能量操纵,在邪恶的意志下行动;其中的一些特例被允许拥有自己思考能力.

2. 死的：被占据的单元称为活的(alive),未占据的单元称为死的(dead). 哪一个单元是活的要根据其周围活的邻居单元(neighbor)的数目而一代代(generation)地发生变化,规则如下:这似乎是个解决的办法:随时缩少数组的规模.