| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ˈdead ˈend, n. [countable]- an end of a street, corridor, etc., that has no exit:Our apartment building stands on a dead end.
- a position with no hope of progress;
blind alley:That job was a dead end.
dead--end, adj. [before a noun] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dead′ end′, - something, as a street or water pipe, that has no exit.
- a position that offers no hope of progress;
blind alley;
cul-de-sac:His theory led him to a dead end.
dead-end (ded′end′),USA pronunciation adj. - terminating in a dead end:a dead-end street.
- Also, dead′-end′ed. having no possibility for or hope of progress, advancement, etc.:a low-level, dead-end job.
- leading a life in the slums:growing up as a tough dead-end kid.
v.i. - to come to a dead end:The road dead-ends at the lake.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dead end n - another name for cul-de-sac
- a situation in which further progress is impossible
|