deadKK [ˋdɛd] /ˈdɛd/形容詞1死的、去世的Her grandfather has been dead for almost ten years.她的祖父已經去世將近十年了。2沒電的、壞掉的My phone was dead, so I couldn't call you back.我手機沒電了,所以沒辦法回你電話。3冷清的、沒生氣的口語This neighborhood is completely dead on Sunday nights.這一帶週日晚上冷清得不得了。4麻木的、發麻的My arm went dead after I slept on it.我壓著手臂睡,整隻手都麻掉了。5熄滅的The campfire was dead by the time we woke up.我們醒來時,營火早就熄了。顯示全部 12 個義項形容詞6作廢的、失效的The proposal is dead now that the funding was cut.經費被砍之後,這項提案已經作廢。7中斷的、斷線的The line went dead in the middle of our conversation.我們講到一半,電話就斷了。8完全的、絕對的僅用於名詞前The truck came to a dead stop at the crossing.卡車在路口完全停了下來。副詞1完全、非常口語I'm dead serious about leaving this job.我要離開這份工作,是說真的。2正好、直直地The station is dead ahead, just two blocks away.車站就在正前方,只有兩個路口遠。名詞1死者、亡者與 the 連用The monument honors the dead from both world wars.這座紀念碑是為了紀念兩次世界大戰的死者。2深夜、隆冬用於 the dead of 結構They slipped out of the village in the dead of night.他們趁著夜深人靜溜出村子。