单词 | deadness |
释义 | deadness (once / 15739 pages) n WORD FAMILY dead: deaden, deader, deadest, deadly, deadness, deads+/deaden: deadened, deadening, deadens/deadening: deadeningly, deadenings/deadly: deadlier, deadliest, deadlily, deadliness USAGE EXAMPLESI hesitate even to ascribe the deadness of “Rogue One” to Edwards’s failure, except perhaps a failure of executive authority rather than of artistry. The New Yorker(Dec 13, 2016) There was a deadness to his stare that should send chills down the spine of anyone contemplating a life of artificiality. Salon(Dec 11, 2016) Peace lay on Devon like a blessing, the summer’s peace, the reprieve, New Hampshire’s response to all the cogitation and deadness of winter. John Knowles, A Separate Peace(1959) 1n the inanimate property of something that has died Hyper inanimateness, lifelessness not having life 2n the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper unresponsiveness responsiveness the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events resistance the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone 3n the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls Hyper inelasticity the lack of elasticity |
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