dead

相關對話：

1. Many people say that detente is now a dead letter.
   很多人說緩和國際緊張局勢的論調已是明日黃花。
2. It fell with a dead thud.
   它砰的一聲倒了下來。
3. She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.
   她酷似以前我認識的一個女孩。
4. He's dead set on getting a new job.
   他打定主意要找個新工作。
5. It lay there with its eyes closed, dead as a doornail.
   它躺在那裡眼睛閉著，確實死了。
6. He was dead asleep.
   他酣然大睡。
7. His love for you is dead.
   他對你的愛情已不復存在。

dead

詞型變化：

名詞:deadness 形容詞比較級:deader 最高級:deadest 

詞意辨析：

dead, dying

這兩個形容詞都有“死”之意。
dead: 指已停止呼吸和心臟跳動，與alive(活著的，活的)相對。
dying: 指奄奄一息，行將死亡。

dead, deadly

deadly用作形容詞時，很易和另一形容詞dead混淆不清。
dead: 意思是“死的”、“已死去的”（no longer living）；用作副詞時，其意為“完全地”、“非常地”，如：dead drunk； dead tired； dead dull； dead right.

• He is dead.
  他死了。
• I found a dog howling over the dead body.
  我看到有條狗對著死屍嚎叫。
• The baby was born dead.
  嬰孩一生下來就死了。
• He was dead drunk in the New Year Eve party.
  他在除夕晚會上喝得爛醉如泥。
• I'm dead tired!
  我累極了！

deadly: 用作形容詞時，其意為“致命的”：“不共戴天的”（likely to cause death or filled with intense hatred）。與之經常搭配使用的詞有：poison、weapon、wound、enemy。deadly用作副詞時，也是表示“非常”、“極其”的意思，一般用於負面意義，相當於very much和extremely.

• Be careful!This is a deadly poison.
  小心！這是致命的毒藥。
• He is our deadly enemy.
  他是我們的死敵。
• His face turned deadly pale.
  他的臉色變得非常灰白。
• The show is deadly boring.
  那場表演非常沉悶。

英文字典

英文解釋：

名詞 dead:

1. people who are no longer living
2. a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

形容詞 dead:

1. no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
2. not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
3. very tired
   同義詞：all in, beat, bushed
4. unerringly accurate
5. physically inactive
6. total
   同義詞：utter
7. not endowed with life
   同義詞：inanimate, nonliving, non-living
8. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
   同義詞：numb
9. devoid of physical sensation; numb
   同義詞：deadened
10. lacking acoustic resonance
11. not yielding a return
    同義詞：idle
12. not circulating or flowing
    同義詞：stagnant
13. out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
14. not surviving in active use
15. lacking resilience or bounce
16. no longer in force or use; inactive
    同義詞：defunct
17. no longer having force or relevance
18. sudden and complete
19. drained of electric charge; discharged
    同義詞：drained
20. lacking animation or excitement or activity
    同義詞：lifeless
21. devoid of activity

副詞 dead:

1. quickly and without warning
   同義詞：abruptly, suddenly, short
2. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
   同義詞：absolutely, perfectly, utterly