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单词 dying
释义

dying

/ˈdʌɪɪŋ /
adjective
1On the point of death: he visited his dying mother...
  • What is set up as a life and death struggle, a dying father at the mercy of experimental science, is left unresolved.
  • The bright sky shone down on the dying beast as its death knell rang in my ears.
  • So how do you write a letter to your dying mother - a letter which both you and she know is basically a goodbye?

Synonyms

terminally ill, at death's door, on one's deathbed, in the jaws of death, on the point of death, near death, passing away, fading fast, sinking fast, expiring, moribund, breathing one's last, not long for this world;
Latin in extremis
informal on one's last legs, with one foot in the grave, giving up the ghost
1.1Occurring at or connected with the time that someone dies: he strained to catch her dying words...
  • His dying words and writing helped police catch the man suspected of killing him.
  • The dying words of a young woman were a description of her killer whispered to a policeman as he cradled her in his arms.
  • Renato murders him, but with his dying words Riccardo declares Amelia innocent and pardons his former friend.

Synonyms

final, last, departing;
deathbed
1.2Gradually ceasing to exist or function; in decline and about to disappear: the making of valves is a dying art the dying embers of the fire...
  • But contrary to being a dying art, brewing is flourishing north of the Border.
  • A piece of wood dropped on the dying embers in the fire soon burst into flame.
  • Once upon a time there was a petty bourgeois intellectual born into the dying culture of a declining empire.

Synonyms

declining, vanishing, fading, passing, ebbing, waning;
in decline
informal on the way out, on its last legs
1.3(Of a period of time) final; closing: the dying moments of the match...
  • Reid was very close to doubling the lead in the dying moments when he hit a fierce shot following a Whatmore knock down.
  • The various candidates had been busy rallying support in the dying moments before the polls closed.
  • Australia closed down the defending champions in the dying moments of the first quarter despite some wayward shooting.

Phrases

to (or until) one's dying day

Origin

Late 16th century: present participle of die1.

Rhymes

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