dead [ dedz ]

• n.
  • people who are no longer living

    "they buried the dead"

  • a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense

    "the dead of winter"

• adj.
  • no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

    "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

  • not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat

    "Mars is a dead planet"; "a dead battery"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead"

  • very tired

    "I'm dead after that long trip"

    同义词： all in(p) beat(p) bushed(p)

  • unerringly accurate

    "a dead shot"; "took dead aim"

  • physically inactive

    "Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range"

  • total

    "dead silence"

    同义词： utter(a)

  • not endowed with life

    "dead stones"

    同义词： inanimate nonliving non-living

  • (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

    "passersby were dead to our plea for help"

    同义词： numb(p)

  • devoid of physical sensation; numb

    "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"

    同义词： deadened

  • lacking acoustic resonance

    "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"

  • not yielding a return

    "dead capital"

    同义词： idle

  • not circulating or flowing

    "dead air"; "dead water"

    同义词： stagnant

  • out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown

    "a dead telephone line"; "the motor is dead"

  • not surviving in active use

    "Latin is a dead language"

  • lacking resilience or bounce

    "a dead tennis ball"

  • no longer in force or use; inactive

    "a defunct (or dead) law"

    同义词： defunct

  • no longer having force or relevance

    "a dead issue"

  • sudden and complete

    "came to a dead stop"

  • drained of electric charge; discharged

    "a dead battery"

    同义词： drained

  • lacking animation or excitement or activity

    "the party being dead we left early"

    同义词： lifeless

  • devoid of activity

    "this is a dead town"; "nothing ever happens here"

• adv.
  • quickly and without warning

    同义词： abruptly suddenly short

  • completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

    "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"

    同义词： absolutely perfectly utterly

以上来源于: WordNet