| 单词 | death toll |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath toll death toll n. the number of deaths resulting from a particular cause; also figurative.In quot. 1864 as part of an extended metaphor. ΚΠ 1864 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. London 28 148 These municipal reforms..were completed in 1854; and the death-toll has been levied with less severity ever since. 1916 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 21 July 1/2 The death toll from the floods now stands at from 80 to 90. 1965 Life 28 May 42/2 In the last decade, emphysema's death toll has increased enormously, and the disease may claim 50,000 lives this year. 2001 Premiere Feb. 100/1 With the death toll rising among entertainment dot-coms... staking your survival on an Internet start-up seems risky. 2010 C. Wolmar Engines of War viii. 221 In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, 424 bodies were found, but the best estimate of the final death toll is 675. < as lemmas |
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