dead

adj.死的; 失去生命的; 枯萎的; 不再有人相信(或争取); 过时的; 已废弃的; 不流行的
n.死人; 死者; 死
adv.完全地; 全然地; 确实地; 非常; 绝对; 极度

牛津词典

adj.

不活 not alive

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 / 动物

dead leaves/wood/skin枯叶 / 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。

想法；信念；计划 idea/belief/plan

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.不幸的是仍有人信奉种族歧视。

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。

不用 not used

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）

用完 finished

用完了的；不能再用的finished; not able to be used any more

dead matches擦过的火柴

There were two dead bottles of wine on the table.桌子上有两个空酒瓶。

机器 machine

（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。

地方 place

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。

商业 business

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季节。

疲劳 tired

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。

无感觉 without feeling

（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。

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。

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。

完全；精确 complete/exact

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。

无生命 never alive

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

体育运动 in sport

界外的outside the playing area

noun

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。

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几乎要执政了。

adv.

完全 completely

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（或到达）。

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。

非常 very

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。

柯林斯词典

ADJ 死亡的;去世的A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.Her husband's been dead a year now...她的丈夫已经去世一年了。

The group had shot dead another hostage.该组织又开枪打死了一名人质。

...their dead brother.他们死去的兄弟

...old newspapers and dead flowers.旧报纸和枯死的花

The dead are people who are dead.

The dead included six people attending a religious ceremony.死者包括 6 位参加宗教仪式的人。

...the annual festival when Chinese traditionally honour the dead.中国人每年悼念死者的传统节日

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）。

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

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。

ADJ-GRADED (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....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

This made that holiday week a particularly dead period.这让那一周的假期显得特别沉闷。

ADJ 不再使用的;用尽的Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished.The dead cigarette was still between his fingers...那支已熄灭的香烟仍在他指间。

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。

ADJ (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.It's a dead issue, Baxter...这个问题已经没人再谈论了，巴克斯特。

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。

The deal with Chelsea may not, however, be dead.不过，与切尔西的交易或许还有戏。

ADJ (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.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。

ADJ (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.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。

(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.

ADJ-GRADED (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.'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。

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。

Dead is also a combining form.

The blood drained from his face, leaving the skin dead white.他的脸失去了血色，变得一片死灰。

ADJ 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'.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。

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。

Lila's boat came to a dead stop.莉拉的船猝然停下。

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

Their arrows are dead on target...他们的箭正中靶心。

A fishing boat came out of nowhere, dead ahead.一艘渔船不知从什么地方冒了出来，就在正前方。

ADV 很;非常Dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'.Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to...去梅多霍尔购物中心也非常方便。

His poems sound dead boring, actually...实际上，他的诗听起来非常乏味。

I am dead against the legalisation of drugs.我坚决反对将毒品合法化。

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

PHRASE 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.I thought the whole business was dead and buried...我以为这整件事已经完全了结了。

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。

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

See also: 75% of the firms he called were hostile and told him to 'drop dead.' drop-dead

PHRASE 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.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。

PHRASE 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.You looked half dead after that journey...经过那趟旅程之后,你看上去真是累坏了。

I feel pretty dead right now.我觉得自己现在几乎快要死了。

PHRASE 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.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。

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。

Early one Thursday morning in the dead of winter I awoke to a blizzard.隆冬时节的一个星期四，一大早醒来我就发现外面刮起了暴风雪。

(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.

PHRASE 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.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。

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。

PHRASE 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.I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat.我死也不会戴草帽。

...men who wouldn't be seen dead pushing a pram...死也不会去推婴儿车的男人们

I wouldn't be caught dead in such an old-fashioned place.我绝对不会去那样老土的地方。

PHRASE （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.We all stopped dead and looked at it...我们一下子全都停了下来看着它。

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。

The sight of it stopped them dead.一看见它，他们猝然停住了。

PHRASE 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.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。

to flog a dead horse → see: flog

双语例句

Her husband's been dead a year now 她的丈夫已经去世一年了。

The group had shot dead another hostage. 该组织又开枪打死了一名人质。

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。

This made that holiday week a particularly dead period. 这让那一周的假期显得特别沉闷。

The dead cigarette was still between his fingers 那支已熄灭的香烟仍在他指间。

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。

It's a dead issue, Baxter 这个问题已经没人再谈论了，巴克斯特。

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。

The deal with Chelsea may not, however, be dead. 不过，与切尔西的交易或许还有戏。

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。

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。

'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。

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。

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。

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。

Lila's boat came to a dead stop. 莉拉的船猝然停下。

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。

Their arrows are dead on target 他们的箭正中靶心。

A fishing boat came out of nowhere, dead ahead. 一艘渔船不知从什么地方冒了出来，就在正前方。

Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to 去梅多霍尔购物中心也非常方便。

I thought the whole business was dead and buried 我以为这整件事已经完全了结了。

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

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。

You looked half dead after that journey 经过那趟旅程之后，你看上去真是累坏了。

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。

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。

I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat. 我死也不会戴草帽。

We all stopped dead and looked at it 我们一下子全都停了下来看着它。

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。

同义词辨析

deaddeceasedlate【导航词义：死亡的】

dead adj. 死的，去世的

〔辨析〕普通用词，指人和物失去生命的。

〔例证〕She is dead.她死了。The dead tree was cut down.那棵枯树被砍倒了。His dead body lay peacefully on the bed.他的尸体安静地躺在床上。

deceased adj. 〈正式〉亡故的，已死的

〔辨析〕法律术语，指人已死亡的；常用作 the deceased, 尤指新近去世的人。

〔例证〕the graves of deceased relatives已故亲属的坟墓The deceased left a large sum of money to his grandson.死者给他的孙子留下一大笔钱。

late adj. 已故的

〔辨析〕只作定语，只用于人而不用于物。

〔例证〕Following his late father's will, he was given the right to take over all businesses.遵照已故父亲的遗嘱，他有权接管所有的企业。The late master of the estate was named Bill Brown.已故庄园主叫比尔·布朗。

习惯用语

adj.

be a dead ringer for sb

酷似，极像（某人）；（和某人）一模一样to look very like sb

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。

(as) dead as a/the dodo

完全过时；不再引人注目；失效completely dead; no longer interesting or valid

(as) dead as a doornail

完全死了的；死僵了的completely dead

a dead duck

已失败，注定要失败，毫无讨论价值（的计划或事情等）a plan, an event, etc. that has failed or is certain to fail and that is therefore not worth discussing

be dead and gone

死了；不存在了to be dead

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。

the dead hand of sth

（控制或阻碍事物发展的）影响an influence that controls or restricts sth

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。

dead in the water

（人或计划）失败，无成功希望a person or plan that is dead in the water has failed and has little hope of succeeding in the future

His leadership campaign is dead in the water.他参加领导层竞选无望成功。

dead meat

处境艰难；倒大霉in serious trouble

If anyone finds out, you're dead meat.如果有人发现，你可要倒大霉了。

dead to the world

熟睡；沉睡；酣睡fast asleep

over my dead body

（表示强烈反对）除非我死了，我死也不used to show you are strongly opposed to sth

She moves into our home over my dead body.除非我死了，否则她别想搬进我们家。

sb wouldn't be seen/caught dead…

（表示不愿穿戴某物或处于某种环境）死也不愿意used to say that you would not like to wear particular clothes, or to be in a particular situation

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。

flog a dead horse

鞭策死马；做徒劳无益的事to waste your effort by trying to do sth that is no longer possible

knock sb dead

使某人倾倒to impress sb very much

You look fabulous─you'll knock 'em dead tonight.你看上去漂亮极了——今晚肯定把他们迷倒。

n.

in the dead of night

深夜；在夜晚万籁俱寂时in the quietest part of the night

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。

in the dead of winter

在隆冬；在严冬in the coldest part of winter

adv.

cut sb dead

假装没看见，不理睬（某人）to pretend not to have seen sb; to refuse to say hello to sb

She saw me, recognized me and cut me dead.她看见了我，也认出了我，却不理睬我。

bang to rights

证据确凿；肯定无疑with definite proof of having committed a crime, so that you cannot claim to be innocent

We've got you bang to rights handling stolen property.你在销赃时被我们抓了个正着。

英英释义

noun

people who are no longer living

they buried the dead

a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

the dead of winter

adj

devoid of activity

this is a dead tow

physically inactive

Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

the nerve is dead

a dead pallor

he was marked as a dead man by the assassin

not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life

Mars is a dead planet

dead soil

dead coals

the fire is dead

drained of electric charge

a dead battery

left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained

Synonym:drained

no longer having force or relevance

a dead issue

out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

a dead telephone line

the motor is dead

lacking resilience or bounce

a dead tennis ball

not surviving in active use

Latin is a dead language

unerringly accurate

a dead shot

took dead aim

not yielding a return

dead capital

idle funds

Synonym:idle

lacking acoustic resonance

dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs

the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio

devoid of physical sensation

his gums were dead from the novocain

she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth

a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities

Synonym:deadened

adv

completely and without qualification

an absolutely magnificent painting

a perfectly idiotic idea

you're perfectly right

utterly miserable

you can be dead sure of my innocence

was dead tired

dead right

Synonym:absolutelyperfectlyutterly

quickly and without warning

he stopped suddenly

Synonym:abruptlysuddenlyshort