perish

喪生、死亡、罹難正式

Hundreds of people perished in the earthquake that night.

那天晚上有數百人在地震中喪生。

消亡、毀滅、湮滅

Many ancient languages perished without leaving any written records.

許多古代語言消亡了，沒有留下任何文字紀錄。

枯死、凋萎

Most of the young plants perished during the long drought.

大部分幼苗在長期乾旱中枯死了。

腐壞、劣化、變質英式

The rubber seals had perished after years in the sun.

那些橡膠墊圈曝曬多年後已經劣化了。

想都別想、可別這麼想口語

Me, sing in public? Perish the thought.

要我在大家面前唱歌？想都別想。