单词 | dead |
例句 | dead adjective 1.•my parents are dead:passed on/away, expired, departed, gone, no more | late, lost, lamented | perished, fallen, slain, slaughtered, killed, murdered | lifeless, extinct | informal (as) dead as a doornail, six feet under, pushing up daisies | formal deceased | euphemistic with God, asleep. ANT alive, living. 2.•patches of dead ground:barren, lifeless, bare, desolate, sterile. ANT fertile, lush. 3.•a dead language:obsolete, extinct, defunct, disused, abandoned, discarded, superseded, vanished, forgotten | archaic, antiquated, ancient | literary of yore. ANT modern, current. 4.•the phone was dead:not working, out of order, inoperative, inactive, in disrepair, broken, malfunctioning, defective | informal kaput, conked out, on the blink, on the fritz, bust, busted. ANT in working order. 5.•a dead leg:numb, numbed, deadened, desensitized, unfeeling | paralyzed, crippled, incapacitated, immobilized, frozen. 6.•she has dead eyes:emotionless, unemotional, unfeeling, impassive, unresponsive, indifferent, dispassionate, inexpressive, wooden, stony, cold | deadpan, flat | blank, vacant. ANT passionate. 7.•his affection for her was dead:extinguished, quashed, stifled | finished, over, gone, no more | a thing of the past, ancient history. 8.•a dead town:uneventful, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring, dull, boring, flat, quiet, sleepy, slow, lackluster, lifeless | informal one-horse, dullsville. ANT lively. 9.•dead silence:complete, absolute, total, utter, out-and-out, thorough, unmitigated. ANT partial. 10.•a dead shot:unerring, unfailing, impeccable, sure, true, accurate, precise | deadly, lethal, bang on. ANT poor.▶adverb 1.•he was dead serious:completely, absolutely, totally, utterly, deadly, perfectly, entirely, quite, thoroughly | definitely, certainly, positively, categorically, unquestionably, undoubtedly, surely | in every way, one hundred percent. 2.•flares were seen dead ahead:directly, exactly, precisely, immediately, right, straight, due, squarely | informal smack dab. 3.informal •it's dead easy. See |
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