| 单词 | die |
| 释义 | verb | noun diedie1 /daɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (died, dying) [intransitive] 1BECOME DEAD to stop living and become dead: He was very sick and we knew he might die. Her husband had died two years earlier.die of/from My mother died of cancer. The youths died from burns and smoke inhalation.die for Would you die for your faith?die young/happy/poor etc. Franklin died young, at only 32. All four died instantly in the crash.die a hero/martyr/pauper etc. Windrich died a hero in World War II.die a natural/horrible/quick etc. death Did she die a natural death (=did she die naturally, or did someone kill her)? I’ll regret it to my dying day (=until I die).somebody’s dying breath/wish (=someone’s last breath or wish) Her husband’s dying wish was to be buried at sea. → see Word Choice at dead12DISAPPEAR to disappear or stop existing: Our love will never die. Being the only son, the family name will die with him (=disappear or be finished when he dies). Real ranchers are a dying breed (=a type of person that is no longer common).3MACHINES informal to stop working SYN break down: The engine coughed and died. There I was in the middle of the intersection and my car just died on me (=stopped working while I was using it).SPOKEN PHRASES4be dying for something to want something very much: I’m dying for a cup of coffee.5be dying to do something to want to do something very much so that it is difficult to wait: They made a movie out of the book, and I’m dying to see it.6be dying of hunger/thirst to be very hungry or thirsty: I’m dying of thirst. Do you have anything to drink?7I nearly died (also I could have died) said when you felt very surprised, shocked, or embarrassed: I checked prices on new models and nearly died!8I’d rather die used to say very strongly that you do not want to do something: I’d rather die than work for my uncle.9be dying used to say that you are becoming very tired while you are doing something: “I was dying on the last three laps of the race,” Feingold said.10be to die for if something is to die for, it is very good: Their French dip sandwich is to die for.11die laughing to laugh a lot: Rebecca told me this joke on the phone today, and I almost died laughing.12never say die used to encourage someone to continue doing something that is difficult13old habits/prejudices/customs etc. die hard used to say that it takes a long time to change to a new way of doing something14die by somebody’s hand (also die by your own hand) literary to be killed by someone, or to kill yourself15die on the vine literary if an idea, process, or business dies on the vine, it fails, especially at an early stage, because of a lack of support16die without issue law to die before you have any childrendie away phrasal verb if a sound, feeling, wind, or light dies away, it becomes gradually weaker and finally stops: Her footsteps died away.die back phrasal verb if a plant dies back, it dies above the ground but remains alive at its rootsdie down phrasal verb if something dies down, it becomes less strong, active, or violent: I hope the wind has died down. when the excitement had died down Rumors still haven’t died down.die off phrasal verb if a group of people, animals, etc. die off, they die one by one until there are no more of themdie out phrasal verb to disappear or stop existing completely: If the ocean becomes too salty, certain types of marine life die out. He predicted that newspapers would die out.WORD CHOICE: die, be dead• Die is a verb and you use it to talk about when death happens: He died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.• Dead is an adjective. When you are talking about a condition or state of death, use be dead: By the time the ambulance reached the hospital, he was dead. verb | noun diedie2 noun [countable] 1a metal block used to press or cut something into a particular shape2the singular of dice3the die is cast used to say that a decision has been made and cannot now be changed |
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