| 单词 | death ray |
| 释义 | death /deth/noun
ORIGIN: OE dēath; Ger Tod; see dead and die1 deathˈful adjective
deathˈless adjective
deathˈlessness noun deathˈlike adjective
deathˈliness noun deathˈly adjective
deathˈward or deathˈwards adverb deathˈy adjective death adder noun A poisonous Australian elapid snake (Acanthophis antarcticus) deathˈ-agˈony noun The struggle often preceding death death angel noun Death cap deathˈbed noun
deathbed repentance noun Repentance for one's faults, sins, etc when it is too late to reform one's life deathˈ-bell noun The passing bell deathˈblow noun
death cap or death cup noun A very poisonous toadstool (Amanita phalloides) often mistaken for an edible mushroom death cell noun A prison cell for condemned prisoners awaiting execution death certificate noun A legal certificate on which a doctor states the fact and usu the cause of a person's death deathˈ-damp noun A cold sweat preceding death deathˈ-dealing adjective Fatal, likely to cause death death duty noun (often in pl) duty paid on inheritance of property (now replaced by inheritance tax (see under inherit)) deathˈ-fire noun A light supposed to presage death death futures plural noun The life insurance policies of people who are terminally ill, bought for a lump sum by an investor who receives the proceeds of the policy on the death of the insured death house noun (US inf) Death row death knell noun
deathˈ-marked adjective Marked for or by death, destined to die death mask noun A plaster cast taken from the face after death deathˈmatch noun (informal) In computer games, a mode of play in which players deliberately attempt to eliminate one another death metal noun A particularly loud and fast style of heavy metal music, usu characterized by a preoccupation with death, the vocabulary and imagery of horror films and the occult death penalty noun The legal taking of a person's life as punishment for crime deathˈ-pracˈtised adjective (Shakespeare) Threatened with death by malicious arts death rate noun The proportion of deaths to the population death rattle noun A rattling in the throat that sometimes precedes death death ray noun An imaginary ray able to kill death roll noun (obsolete) A death toll death row noun (US) The part of a prison where prisoners who have been sentenced to death are confined death'sˈ-head noun
death's-head moth noun A hawk moth with pale markings on the back of the thorax somewhat like a skull death slide noun Another name for a zipwire deathsˈman noun (Shakespeare) An executioner deathˈ-song noun A song sung before dying death squad noun An unofficial terrorist group who murder those whose views or activities they disapprove of, often operating with the tacit or covert support of the government of the country death star noun A small thin star-shaped metal plate with sharpened points, used as a missile deathˈ-stroke noun A death blow death throe noun The dying agony deathˈ-token noun (Shakespeare) A sign or token of impending death, a plague-spot death toll noun A list of the dead, eg after an accident or a natural disaster deathˈtrap noun An unsafe structure, vehicle or place that exposes one to great danger of death death warrant noun An order from the authorities for the execution of a criminal deathˈwatch noun
deathwatch beetle noun A beetle that produces a ticking noise, found esp in house timbers (genus Xestobium) death wish noun (psychology) A wish, conscious or unconscious, for death for oneself or another deathˈ-wound noun A wound that causes death at death's door Very near to death catch one's death (of cold) (informal) To catch a very bad cold death on Fatal to, fond of, good at do or put to death
gates or jaws of death The point of death in at the death
like death warmed up or over (informal) Very unwell like grim death Tenaciously on one's deathbed About to die sign one's own death warrant To do something that makes one's downfall inevitable to death
to the death To the very end |
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