用作形容词(adj.)

It lay there with its eyes closed, dead as a doornail.它躺在那里眼睛闭著，确实死了。

He has been dead for two years.他已死了两年。

The phone went dead.电话打不通了。

The battery is dead.电瓶没电了。

What a dead place this is!这地方多没意思!

The acting was rather dead.表演十分乏味.

The street seems dead without all the bustle of the children.没有孩子的嬉戏,街道上死气沉沉的。

You seem half dead.你看起来累得半死不活的。

My dead fingers could not untie the knot.我的手指麻木了，解不开结。

My legs had gone completely dead.我的腿完全没知觉了。

She finished speaking, and there was dead silence in the room.她发言之后,屋内变得鸦雀无声。

His love for you is dead.他对你的爱情已不复存在。

The debate is now dead.辩论现已过时。

Latin has become a dead language.拉丁语已成为一种死语言。

Many people say that detente is now a dead letter.很多人说缓和国际紧张局势的论调已是明日黄花。

He fell with a dead thud.他砰的一声倒了下来。

用作副词(adv.)

He was dead asleep.他酣然大睡。

You can be dead sure of my innocence.你绝对可以相信我是无辜的。

The wind was dead against us.风正对着我们吹。

She stopped dead on the stairway.她突然在楼梯上停住了

用作形容词(adj.)用作定语～+ n.

Mary threw away the dead flowers.
玛丽把枯萎的花扔掉了。

You can pass a rope around this dead tree.
你可以把绳子绕在那颗枯树上。

There was a dead silence in the house.
房子里一片死寂。

用作表语S+be+～

He was almost dead.
他几乎死了。

The chief editor has just been dead.Who will succeed him?
主编刚去世,谁将继任他?

She has been dead for three hours.
她已死了三小时。

He has been now dead for many years.
他已死去多年。

It is on record that a person has been restored to pfe several hours after he was thought to be dead.
据记载,有一个人在被认为死去后几小时被救活了。

This mountain town used to be dead after 10 p.m.
这座山城过去晚上十点钟以后就变得万籁俱寂。

It's so cold outside that my fingers feel dead.
外面很冷,我的手指都冻僵了。

After all that work,I'm really dead.
做了这许多工作,我真是累极了。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

My mother was dead from shopping.
我母亲上街买东西累得要死。

He is dead in love with her.
他爱她爱得要命。

His son is dead on radio.
他儿子喜欢搞无线电。

He is dead of a disease.
他病死了。

He was dead with hunger.
他饿死了。

He is dead with sleep.
他睡得很熟。

S+V+O+～

The baby was born dead.
婴儿生下时就已死了。

He was struck dead by electricity.
他触电而死。

He was shot dead in a gunfight.
他在一次枪战中中弹身亡。

用作宾语补足语S+V+O+～

They found him dead.
他们发现他死了。

The rascal struck him dead.
流氓把他打死了。

A bullet struck him dead.
一颗子弹把他击毙了。

They supposed him dead.
他们以为他死了。

其他as n.

They are going to erect a monument in memory of the dead.
他们将立碑纪念死者。

We must finish the work of the dead.
我们必须完成死者未竟的事业。

The villagers were weeping over the dead.
村民们哀悼死者。

To judge from the present information, the dead was still apve at three o'clock.
从目前得到的情况来看,死者3点钟时还活着。

用作副词(adv.)用作状语

You're not coming with us, so drop dead!
你不和我们一起来,去你的!

He was dead tired.
他疲倦极了。

He was dead asleep.
他完全睡着了。

I'm dead sure.
我绝对肯定。

You are dead right.
你完全正确。

I was dead drunk yesterday evening.
昨晚我烂醉如泥。

I don't know how Ann stands for her husband's behaviour; he comes home dead drunk nearly every night.
我不知道安是怎么忍受她丈夫的行为的,他几乎每天晚上回家时都烂醉如泥。

I'm dead keen on Chinese paintings.
我非常喜欢中国画。

The stranger was dead ahead.
那陌生人就在前面。

Close the door, please.The wind is blowing dead against me.
请关上门,风正对着我吹。

The man is dead against me for some reason or the other.
那人以各种理由死命反对我。

Someone is dead against your plan.
有人拼命反对你的计划。

His shot was dead on target.
他射得正中目标。

God heavens, it's dead on eight.I'm only just in time.
天哪,正好8点,我总算及时赶到了。

The deputation to see the Prime Minister arrived dead on time and was received at once.
要求会见首相的代表团准时抵达并立即受到接见。

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

dead account死账

dead air广播停止期间

dead angle死角

dead beat非周期的,无振荡的

dead block缓冲板

dead calms极平静

dead capital非流动资本

dead cat猛烈的指责

dead centre死点,静点

dead certainty确信无疑

dead clothes寿衣

dead coal不成焦煤

dead colour暗色

dead contact空接点

dead cotton不能染色的纤维

dead dog已经失去价值或重要性的人或事物

dead door假门

dead duck失去使用价值的人物

dead earth固定接地,直通地

dead end死巷,僵局

dead failure完全失败

dead fall捕兽陷阱

dead fingers麻木的手指

dead finish无法通过的丛林

dead fire桅头电光

dead flat船的中部

dead floor隔音地板

dead gold无光泽的金

dead ground无矿岩层,射击死角

dead hand永远营业

dead heat同时到达终点的比赛

dead hole死洞

dead horse预付的工资,旧债

dead hour深夜

dead house太平间

dead labour无生命的劳动力

dead letter无法投递的信件

dead level静态

dead pft全力以赴地工作

dead pght关死的天窗

dead loss糟粕

dead mail无法投递的信件

dead march送葬曲

dead matter无机物

dead money为死者举行弥撒所付的款

dead number一条街道的末一号

dead oil重油

dead oil well废油井

dead pan无表情的面孔

dead picture呆板的画

dead reckoning推测,推算

dead secret未泄漏的秘密

dead season淡季

dead shot神枪手

dead soil贫瘠的土地

dead space静区,死水域

dead spot死点,盲区

dead stop完全停止

dead time空载时间

dead wall暗墙

dead wind逆风

dead wood无用人员

dead work尚在手中未完成的工作

dead zone空区,恒域

～+介词

dead from starvation饿死

dead of a disease病死

dead of a heart attack因心脏病发作而死亡

dead to对…无感觉的,对…无反应的

dead to all sense of shame全无羞耻之心

dead to pity麻木不仁

dead to the world在酣睡

dead with cold冻得失去知觉

用作副词 (adv.)～+形容词

dead asleep沉睡

dead keen非常喜欢

dead right完全正确

dead sure绝对肯定

adj.(形容词)

dead的基本意思是“死的”,表示人生命终止或动植物枯萎、枯死。引申可表示“死寂的”“麻木的”“极度疲倦的,累极的”“阴沉的”等,所指的对象可以是人、动物、植物,也可以是抽象的事物。在一些短语里dead还可指“完全的,全然的”。

dead在句中可用作定语、表语或宾语补足语。

dead与定冠词the连用可用作名词,表示“死者”。

dead在逻辑上已表示极限,故不能再用比较级和最高级。

adv.(副词)

dead用作副词意思是“突然地,完全地”,也可作“极度地,绝对”“直接地,正对着”解。

dead在句中主要用作状语,可修饰动词、形容词、介词短语或其他副词。

adj.(形容词)他在两年前死了。

误 He was dead two years ago.

正 He died two years ago.

正 He has been dead for two years.

析 dead作形容词表示状态,不能和表示某一过去时间的状语连用,而died是动词,表示瞬间动作,可以和表示某一过去时间的状语连用。

用作形容词(adj.)

It lay there with its eyes closed, dead as a doornail.它躺在那里眼睛闭著，确实死了。

He has been dead for two years.他已死了两年。

The phone went dead.电话打不通了。

The battery is dead.电瓶没电了。

What a dead place this is!这地方多没意思!

The acting was rather dead.表演十分乏味.

The street seems dead without all the bustle of the children.没有孩子的嬉戏,街道上死气沉沉的。

You seem half dead.你看起来累得半死不活的。

My dead fingers could not untie the knot.我的手指麻木了，解不开结。

My legs had gone completely dead.我的腿完全没知觉了。

She finished speaking, and there was dead silence in the room.她发言之后,屋内变得鸦雀无声。

His love for you is dead.他对你的爱情已不复存在。

The debate is now dead.辩论现已过时。

Latin has become a dead language.拉丁语已成为一种死语言。

Many people say that detente is now a dead letter.很多人说缓和国际紧张局势的论调已是明日黄花。

He fell with a dead thud.他砰的一声倒了下来。

用作副词(adv.)

He was dead asleep.他酣然大睡。

You can be dead sure of my innocence.你绝对可以相信我是无辜的。

The wind was dead against us.风正对着我们吹。

She stopped dead on the stairway.她突然在楼梯上停住了

用作形容词(adj.)用作定语～+ n.

Mary threw away the dead flowers.
玛丽把枯萎的花扔掉了。

You can pass a rope around this dead tree.
你可以把绳子绕在那颗枯树上。

There was a dead silence in the house.
房子里一片死寂。

用作表语S+be+～

He was almost dead.
他几乎死了。

The chief editor has just been dead.Who will succeed him?
主编刚去世,谁将继任他?

She has been dead for three hours.
她已死了三小时。

He has been now dead for many years.
他已死去多年。

It is on record that a person has been restored to pfe several hours after he was thought to be dead.
据记载,有一个人在被认为死去后几小时被救活了。

This mountain town used to be dead after 10 p.m.
这座山城过去晚上十点钟以后就变得万籁俱寂。

It's so cold outside that my fingers feel dead.
外面很冷,我的手指都冻僵了。

After all that work,I'm really dead.
做了这许多工作,我真是累极了。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

My mother was dead from shopping.
我母亲上街买东西累得要死。

He is dead in love with her.
他爱她爱得要命。

His son is dead on radio.
他儿子喜欢搞无线电。

He is dead of a disease.
他病死了。

He was dead with hunger.
他饿死了。

He is dead with sleep.
他睡得很熟。

S+V+O+～

The baby was born dead.
婴儿生下时就已死了。

He was struck dead by electricity.
他触电而死。

He was shot dead in a gunfight.
他在一次枪战中中弹身亡。

用作宾语补足语S+V+O+～

They found him dead.
他们发现他死了。

The rascal struck him dead.
流氓把他打死了。

A bullet struck him dead.
一颗子弹把他击毙了。

They supposed him dead.
他们以为他死了。

其他as n.

They are going to erect a monument in memory of the dead.
他们将立碑纪念死者。

We must finish the work of the dead.
我们必须完成死者未竟的事业。

The villagers were weeping over the dead.
村民们哀悼死者。

To judge from the present information, the dead was still apve at three o'clock.
从目前得到的情况来看,死者3点钟时还活着。

用作副词(adv.)用作状语

You're not coming with us, so drop dead!
你不和我们一起来,去你的!

He was dead tired.
他疲倦极了。

He was dead asleep.
他完全睡着了。

I'm dead sure.
我绝对肯定。

You are dead right.
你完全正确。

I was dead drunk yesterday evening.
昨晚我烂醉如泥。

I don't know how Ann stands for her husband's behaviour; he comes home dead drunk nearly every night.
我不知道安是怎么忍受她丈夫的行为的,他几乎每天晚上回家时都烂醉如泥。

I'm dead keen on Chinese paintings.
我非常喜欢中国画。

The stranger was dead ahead.
那陌生人就在前面。

Close the door, please.The wind is blowing dead against me.
请关上门,风正对着我吹。

The man is dead against me for some reason or the other.
那人以各种理由死命反对我。

Someone is dead against your plan.
有人拼命反对你的计划。

His shot was dead on target.
他射得正中目标。

God heavens, it's dead on eight.I'm only just in time.
天哪,正好8点,我总算及时赶到了。

The deputation to see the Prime Minister arrived dead on time and was received at once.
要求会见首相的代表团准时抵达并立即受到接见。

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

dead account死账

dead air广播停止期间

dead angle死角

dead beat非周期的,无振荡的

dead block缓冲板

dead calms极平静

dead capital非流动资本

dead cat猛烈的指责

dead centre死点,静点

dead certainty确信无疑

dead clothes寿衣

dead coal不成焦煤

dead colour暗色

dead contact空接点

dead cotton不能染色的纤维

dead dog已经失去价值或重要性的人或事物

dead door假门

dead duck失去使用价值的人物

dead earth固定接地,直通地

dead end死巷,僵局

dead failure完全失败

dead fall捕兽陷阱

dead fingers麻木的手指

dead finish无法通过的丛林

dead fire桅头电光

dead flat船的中部

dead floor隔音地板

dead gold无光泽的金

dead ground无矿岩层,射击死角

dead hand永远营业

dead heat同时到达终点的比赛

dead hole死洞

dead horse预付的工资,旧债

dead hour深夜

dead house太平间

dead labour无生命的劳动力

dead letter无法投递的信件

dead level静态

dead pft全力以赴地工作

dead pght关死的天窗

dead loss糟粕

dead mail无法投递的信件

dead march送葬曲

dead matter无机物

dead money为死者举行弥撒所付的款

dead number一条街道的末一号

dead oil重油

dead oil well废油井

dead pan无表情的面孔

dead picture呆板的画

dead reckoning推测,推算

dead secret未泄漏的秘密

dead season淡季

dead shot神枪手

dead soil贫瘠的土地

dead space静区,死水域

dead spot死点,盲区

dead stop完全停止

dead time空载时间

dead wall暗墙

dead wind逆风

dead wood无用人员

dead work尚在手中未完成的工作

dead zone空区,恒域

～+介词

dead from starvation饿死

dead of a disease病死

dead of a heart attack因心脏病发作而死亡

dead to对…无感觉的,对…无反应的

dead to all sense of shame全无羞耻之心

dead to pity麻木不仁

dead to the world在酣睡

dead with cold冻得失去知觉

用作副词 (adv.)～+形容词

dead asleep沉睡

dead keen非常喜欢

dead right完全正确

dead sure绝对肯定

【近义词】

adj.
• barren
• boring
• cold
• extinct
• flat
• indifferent
• obsolete
• perished
• still
• tired
• wooden
• worn out

【反义词】

adj.
• active
• alive