英汉词典

death 基本解释

• n. 死；死亡；死神；毁灭
• n. (Death)人名；(英)迪阿思

death 词态变化

death 中文词源

来自dead的名词形式。

death 英文词源

death

death: [OE] Like dead, death comes from a Germanic verb base *dau-, which also produced English die. To it was added the abstract noun suffix *-tus, later *-thuz, meaning ‘act, process, condition’. This produced prehistoric Germanic *dauthuz, source of Gothic dauthus, Old Norse dauthr, and Old English dēath. Its modern English descendant, death, thus means literally ‘act or process of dying’, in the same way as birth means ‘act or process of bearing’ and strength means ‘condition of being strong’.
=> dead, die

death (n.)

Old English deað "death, dying, cause of death," in plura, "ghosts," from Proto-Germanic *dauthuz (cognates: Old Saxon doth, Old Frisian dath, Dutch dood, Old High German tod, German Tod, Old Norse dauði, Danish død, Swedish död, Gothic dauþus "death"), from verbal stem *dheu- (3) "to die" (see die (v.)) + *-thuz suffix indicating "act, process, condition."

I would not that death should take me asleep. I would not have him meerly seise me, and onely declare me to be dead, but win me, and overcome me. When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a sea, where mine impotencie might have some excuse; not in a sullen weedy lake, where I could not have so much as exercise for my swimming. [John Donne, letter to Sir Henry Goodere, Sept. 1608]

Death's-head, a symbol of mortality, is from 1590s. Death row first recorded 1940s. Death knell is attested from 1814; death penalty from 1875; death rate from 1859. Slang be death on "be very good at" is from 1839. Death wish first recorded 1896. The death-watch beetle (1660s) inhabits houses, makes a ticking noise like a watch, and was superstitiously supposed to portend death.

FEW ears have escaped the noise of the death-watch, that is, the little clickling sound heard often in many rooms, somewhat resembling that of a watch; and this is conceived to be of an evil omen or prediction of some person's death: wherein notwithstanding there is nothing of rational presage or just cause of terror unto melancholy and meticulous heads. For this noise is made by a little sheathwinged grey insect, found often in wainscot benches and wood-work in the summer. [Browne, "Vulgar Errors"]

death 词组搭配

death 英文释义

1. the event of dying or departure from life;

"her death came as a terrible shock"

"upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"

2. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism;

"the animal died a painful death"

3. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead;

"she stayed until his death"

"a struggle to the last"

4. the absence of life or state of being dead;

"he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"

5. the time when something ends;

"it was the death of all his plans"

"a dying of old hopes"

6. the act of killing;

"he had two deaths on his conscience"

7. a final state;

"he came to a bad end"

"the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

death 双语例句

1. It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.

这是间谍罪，应判死刑。

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2. A young man plunged from a sheer rock face to his death.

一名男青年从陡峭的岩壁上坠崖身亡。

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3. Bishop Daly said he was devastated by news of the Cardinal's death.

戴利主教说他听到红衣主教去世的消息后感到极为震惊和难过。

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4. Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans.

交通事故仍然是造成美国人过早死亡的头号因素。

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5. The auguries of death are fast gathering round his head.

死亡凶兆迅速地在他脑海中盘旋。

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death 实用场景例句

Police are trying to establish the cause of death .

警方在设法确定死因。

牛津词典

Do you believe in life after death ?

你相信来世吗？

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a death camp (= a place where prisoners are killed, usually in a war)

死亡集中营（常指战争中杀害俘虏的地方）

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He was sentenced to death (= to be executed ) .

他被判处死刑。

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a sudden/violent/peaceful, etc. death

猝死、横死、安详的死等

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the anniversary of his wife's death

他妻子的忌日

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an increase in deaths from cancer

癌症死亡人数的增加

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He died a slow and painful death.

他缓慢而痛苦地死去。

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Two children were burnt to death in the fire (= they died as a result of the fire) .

两个孩子被大火烧死。

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He's drinking himself to death (= so that it will kill him) .

他这样喝酒非醉死不可。

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He scares teams to death with his pace and power...

他的速度之快、力量之大让其他队胆战不已。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Whereas 10 years ago I would have worried myself to death about it, now I accept it is part of the game...

10 年前我会为此担心得要命，但现在我接受了它是游戏的一部分。

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They worked themselves to death but never lost their humour.

他们累死累活地干活，但却从没有丢掉幽默感。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He was stabbed to death.

他被刀刺中身亡。

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...relief missions to try to keep the country's population from starving to death...

努力确保该国人民不被饿死的救援任务

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He now faces a fight to the death to reach the quarter-finals.

他现在面临一场杀入四分之一决赛的殊死决战。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death...

好了，约翰，别太在意了。这又不是什么生死攸关的大事。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We're dealing with a life-and-death situation here...

我们正面临一个生死关头。

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Those put to death by firing squad included three generals.

行刑队处决的那些人里有 3 名将军。

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...the thirtieth anniversary of her death...

她逝世 30 周年的纪念日

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They made sure that he died a horrible death...

他们让他死得很惨。

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He would rather have a decent death which served some purpose than a meaningless death.

他宁愿死得其所，也不想无谓地死去。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It meant the death of everything he had ever been or ever hoped to be.

这意味着他过去的一切存在或曾经希望的存在均已终结。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the death of pop music.

流行音乐的死亡

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He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door...

他向老板谎称自己的母亲病危。

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My dad was the same. He could be at death's door but wouldn't say a word.

我爸爸也一样。他就算已经病得快不行了也还是会一声不吭。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He said they did not want war—but if attacked they would fight to the death...

他说他们不希望有战争——但一旦遭到攻击，定会战斗到底。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She'd have fought to the death for that child.

她会为了那个孩子抗争到底。

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...an eleven-hour fight to the death between a baboon and leopard...

一只狒狒和一头美洲豹之间长达 11小时的殊死搏斗

柯林斯高阶英语词典

1.5 million people are in immediate danger of death from starvation.

150 万人正面临着被饿死的急迫危险。

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