death

名词 death:

1. the event of dying or departure from life
   同义词：decease, expiry
2. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
3. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
   同义词：last
4. the personification of death
5. the absence of life or state of being dead
6. the time when something ends
   同义词：dying, demise
7. the act of killing
8. a final state
   同义词：end, destruction

1. That motorbike will be the death of you.
   那辆摩托车就会要了你的命。
2. That defeat meant the death of all my hopes.
   那次失败毁灭了我所有的希望。
3. Car accident caused many deaths.
   车祸造成很多人死亡。

death

n.（名词）
The act of dying; termination of life.
死，死亡：死的动作；生命的终结
The state of being dead.
死亡状态
The cause of dying:
死因：
例句：
Drugs were the death of him.
毒品断送了他的生命

A manner of dying:
死亡的方式：
例句：
a heroine`s death.
英勇的死

Often Death A personification of the destroyer of life, usually represented as a skeleton holding a scythe.
常作 Death 死神：生命的毁灭者的拟人形象，通常是一具手持大镰刀的骷髅

Bloodshed; murder.
流血；谋杀
Execution.
气坏，伤透：压制或激怒（某人）到无法忍耐的程度
Christian Science The product of human belief of life in matter.
【基督教科学派】 （物质的）虚幻：人类对生命存于物质的信仰的产物
Law Civil death.
【法律】 剥夺公民权终身
The termination or extinction of something:
终止，结束：
例句：
the death of imperialism.
帝国主义的灭亡

<习惯用语>at death`s door
Near to death; gravely ill or injured.
行将就木；重病，重伤
be the death of (someone)
To distress or irritate (someone) to an intolerable degree.
处死
put to death
To execute.
处死
to death
To an intolerable degree; extremely:
到无法容忍的程度；极度地：
例句：
worried to death.
担心死了

来源：
Middle English deeth
中古英语 deeth
from Old English dôath * see dheu- 2
源自 古英语 dôath *参见 dheu- 2