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出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第316页（1227字）

【释义】：

a．①死的：dead leaves枯叶．Heis dead．他死了．He has been dead for two years．他已死两年了(比较：He died two years ago．他是两年前死的)．wait for a dead man’s shoes等待某人死后取而代之．Dead men tell no tales．【谚】人死口闭(挑唆杀人灭口)．②无生命的：dead matter无机物．③静止的，寂静的：dead water死水．dead air不流通的空气．dead hours深更．the dead Sea死海．④无效的，已废的：dead soil不毛之地．a dead language已废的语言．a dead match已擦过的火柴．a dead letter l)无效的文件．2)无法投递的信．⑤无感觉的：My fingers feel dead．我的手指冻僵了．be dead to对…无感觉：be dead to all feelings of shame恬不知耻．⑥呆滞的，呆板的：a dead season淡季．a dead loan呆帐．dead forms呆板的形式．study dead books and study them in a dead way读死书，死读书．⑦堵死的，无出路的：a dead street不通行的街道．a dead end 1)【铁】支线终点．2)【喻】无前途．⑧完全的，确实的，恰好的：be in dead earnest十分认真．come to a dead stop完全停顿下来．a dead sleep沉睡．a dead loss彻底失败．a dead shot 1)神枪手．2)正中目标．a dead heat不分胜负的赛跑．⑨沉闷的，暗淡的：dead eyes没有神色的眼睛．⑩【电】断开的：dead time空载时间．a dead wire不通电的电线．The telephone went dead．电话不通．deadness n．

－ad．①完全，全然：be dead asleep熟睡．be dead sure确信．The car stopped dead．汽车猛然停住．②直接地，正对着：dead straight一直，对直．The wind was dead against us．风迎面吹来．

－n．①(the dead)死者(总称)：the dead and the living死者和生者．Let the dead bury their dead．【谚】过去的事别提了．②无生气的时候，最寂静的时候：at dead of night在深夜．in the dead of winter在严冬．