| 单词 | deadlocks |
| 释义 | dead /ded/adjective
The time of greatest stillness, coldness, etc, eg the dead of night, of winter ORIGIN: OE dēad; Gothic dauths, Ger tot, from root of die1 deadˈen transitive verb
deadˈener noun deadˈening noun and adjective deadˈer noun (informal) A corpse deadˈliness noun deadˈly adjective
deadˈness noun dead air noun An unintentional and undesirable period of silence during a radio broadcast deadˈ-aliveˈ or deadˈ-and-aliveˈ adjective Dull, inactive dead-ball line noun (rugby) A line marked out behind the goal-line at each end of the pitch, beyond which the ball is out of play deadˈbeat noun (informal)
dead-beatˈ adjective (informal) Quite overcome, exhausted dead-beat escapement noun A clock escapement in which there is no recoil to the escape wheel deadˈ-bolt or deadˈ-lock noun One moved by turning the key or knob without intervention of a spring deadˈ-born adjective Stillborn deadˈ-cart noun A cart for collecting the bodies of those who died of a pestilence dead-cat bounce noun (stock exchange sl) A temporary recovery of share prices following a sharp fall, not indicative of a true upturn but merely caused by some reinvestment by speculators who had already sold shares dead centre noun
dead cert noun (slang) Something absolutely certain, eg a certain winner in a horse race deadˈ-clothes plural noun Clothes to bury the dead in deadˈ-colˈouring noun The first broad outlines of a picture deadˈ-deal noun A board for measuring and lifting a corpse deadˈ-doˈing adjective (Spenser) Putting to death, destructive dead drop same as dead-letter box below. dead duck noun (informal) A plan, idea or person, etc that has no chance of success or survival dead end noun
dead-endˈ adjective Leading nowhere (lit and figurative) deadˈeye noun
deadˈ-fall noun A trap with a weight that falls when its support is removed deadˈ-finˈish noun (Aust)
deadˈ-fire noun An appearance of fire taken as an omen of death deadˈ-freight noun Money paid for the empty space in a ship by a person who engages to freight her, but fails to make out a full cargo deadˈ-ground noun (military) Ground that cannot be covered by fire dead hand noun
deadˈ-head or deadˈhead noun
transitive verb To remove the withered heads of (flowers), in order to encourage further growth dead heat noun
dead-heatˈ intransitive verb deadˈhouse noun A mortuary dead language noun One no longer spoken deadˈ-lettˈer noun
dead-letter box or dead-letter drop noun A place where secret messages, etc may be left for later collection deadˈ-lift or deadˈ-pull noun
deadˈlights plural noun
deadˈline noun
dead load noun The weight of a structure, vehicle, etc itself without any burden deadˈlock noun
intransitive verb and transitive verb To reach or bring to a standstill because of difficulties, etc dead loss noun
deadˈ-levˈel noun
deadly nightshade noun Belladonna deadly sin noun A mortal sin (see under seven) dead man's handle noun A device, eg on an electric train, which allows current to pass only so long as there is pressure on it dead man's pedal noun A foot-operated safety device on the same principle, used esp on diesel trains dead march noun A piece of solemn music played at funeral processions, esp of soldiers deadˈ-meat noun The flesh of animals ready for the market dead men plural noun (informal) Empty bottles after a party or drinking bout dead-men's bells noun The foxglove dead men's fingers plural noun
deadˈ-nettle noun Any species of Lamium, labiate plants superficially like nettles but stingless dead-onˈ adjective (informal) Accurate, spot-on (see also dead on below) deadˈpan noun
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adverb In a deadpan manner deadˈ-pay noun Continued pay dishonestly drawn for men who are actually dead dead point noun Another (eg engineering) name for dead centre above deadˈ-reckˈoning noun An estimation of a ship's or aircraft's place simply by the logbook dead ringer noun (slang) A person who, or a thing that, looks exactly like someone or something else deadˈ-rope noun A rope not running in any block Dead Sea apple or Dead Sea fruit noun Another name for apple of Sodom (see under apple).deadˈ-setˈ noun
adjective Absolutely determined dead shot noun An unerring marksman dead's part noun (Scots law) The part of a person's moveable property which may be bequeathed by will, and which is not due to spouse and children dead spit noun (informal) An exact likeness deadˈstock noun Farm equipment deadˈstroke adjective Without recoil dead tree edition noun (comput sl) A paper version of material also available electronically deadˈ-wall noun A wall unbroken by windows or other openings deadˈ-waˈter noun
deadˈ-weightˈ noun
dead white European male noun (informal) Any of the writers, philosophers, etc traditionally studied and seen by some as representing an excessively Eurocentric and masculine view of culture deadˈ-wind noun
dead wood or deadˈ-wood noun
deadˈ-work noun Work, itself unprofitable, but necessary as a preliminary be dead meat (informal) To be in very serious trouble dead against see dead set against below. dead as a dodo, as a doornail, as a herring or as mutton Absolutely dead dead drunk Helplessly drunk dead from the neck up (informal) Impenetrably stupid dead in the water
dead men's shoes Succession to someone who dies dead on (used of time, musical notes, etc) exact or exactly dead set see under set dead set against or dead against Utterly opposed to dead to the world (informal)
I, etc wouldn't be seen dead (informal) I, etc would make sure never to be seen leave for dead
over my dead body (informal) When I am beyond caring, and not until then put the dead wood on (slang) To gain a great advantage over the dead Those who are dead |
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