英语词汇“perish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

perishperish /ˈpɛrɪʃ/ verb

ETYMOLOGYperish

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French perir, from Latin perire to be destroyed

VERB TABLE

perish

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	perish
	he, she, it	perishes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	perished
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have perished
	he, she, it	has perished
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had perished
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will perish
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have perished

Continuous Form
Present	I	am perishing
	he, she, it	is perishing
	you, we, they	are perishing
Past	I, he, she, it	was perishing
	you, we, they	were perishing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been perishing
	he, she, it	has been perishing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been perishing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be perishing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been perishing

1[intransitive] literary to die, especially in a terrible or sudden way: Sanchez perished in a mudslide in 1985.2[intransitive] literary to stop existing or be destroyed: We must make sure that democracy does not perish.3perish the thought! spoken used to say that an unacceptable idea that has just been mentioned would never happen, and often used in a joking way to say that something is actually likely to happen: I’m not trying to criticize his judgment – perish the thought! → see also publish or perish at publish (5)