Dead是什么意思

A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.

Land or water that is dead contains no living things.

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.

Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished.

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.

A dead language is no longer spoken or written as a means of communication, although it may still be studied.

A telephone or piece of electrical equipment that is dead is no longer functioning, for example because it no longer has any electrical power.

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.

A dead sound or colour is dull rather than lively or bright.

Dead is used to mean 'complete' or 'absolute', especially before the words 'centre', 'silence', and 'stop'.

Dead means 'precisely' or 'exactly'.

Dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'.

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.

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.

If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly.

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.

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.

If you say that you feel dead or are half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.