| 单词 | dying |
| 释义 | dying (once / 118 pages) 1adjn 2adj Something that's dying is about to die or is getting ready to stop existing. A shriveled up plant that hasn't been watered in days is probably dying. Dying is a process that will happen to us all: living things eventually die. But non-living things can be dying, too: a battery that doesn't have much juice left is dying, and so is a TV show that's bombing in the ratings. A craft that's losing popularity can be called a dying art. States of extreme stress or anticipation can also be described as a form of dying, as in "I'm dying to know how this book ends!" WORD FAMILYdying: dyingly, dyings, undying+/death: deathless, deathlike, deathly, deaths/deathless: deathlessly/die: death, died, dies, dying/undying: undyingly USAGE EXAMPLESSidney D. Drell, a Stanford physicist who advised presidents from Nixon to Obama, signed the letter before dying late last month at 90. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) In the first Creek episode, a mother and her children mysteriously dying was lazily put-to-bed with a last-minute mention of a rare blood disease. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Included is one about a woman who holds a dying child’s hand in an ambulance. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be a dying man his dying wish a dying fire a dying civilization Syn|Ant moribund being on the point of death; breathing your last lastoccurring at the time of death nascent being born or beginning emergent, emergingcoming into existence dissilientbursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels parturientgiving birth 2n the time when something ends 2a dying of old hopes Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper death, demise birth the time when something begins (especially life) grave death of a person end, ending the point in time at which something ends adj eagerly desirous dying to hear who won Syn anxious eager having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy |
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