die
- IPA[dī]
美式
- (of a person, animal, or plant) stop living；be killed for (a cause)
verb: die, 3rd person present: dies, gerund or present participle: dying, past tense: died, past participle: died
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. (of a person, animal, or plant) stop living the king died a violent death she died of cancer 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ be killed for (a cause) they were prepared to die for their country
- ▪ have a specified status at the time of one's death the inventor died a pauper
- ▪ become extinct many species died out
- ▪ be forgotten her genius has assured her name will never die
- ▪ become less loud or strong after a while, the noise died down at last the storm died away 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a plant) decay from the tip toward the root rhubarb dies back to a crown of buds each winter
- ▪ die one after another until few or none are left the original founders died off or retired
- ▪ (of a fire or light) stop burning or gleaming the fire had died and the room was cold
- ▪ informal (of a machine) stop functioning or run out of electric charge three toasters have died on me my cell phone died while I was trying to contact him 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. informal used to emphasize that one wants to do or have something very much they must be dying for a drink he's dying to meet you 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ used to emphasize feelings of shock, embarrassment, amusement, or misery we nearly died laughing when he told us I nearly died when I saw them
- 3. archaic have an orgasm.
