perish

die, decease, expire, perish, pass away

动词 perish:

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   同义词：die, decease, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

1. The lumbermen were perished with cold.
   伐木工人冻僵了。
2. Almost a hundred people perished in the hotel fire last night.
   近百人在昨夜旅馆的大火中丧生。

per.ish

v.（动词）
per.ished,per.ish.ing,per.ish.es
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To die or be destroyed, especially in a violent or untimely manner:
丧生：死或被害，尤指在暴力下或以突然的方式：
例句：
.Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those who have no imaginationô.(George Bernard Shaw)
.那基督必须每年为拯救那些缺乏想象力的人们而受一次死亡的折磨吗ô.(乔治·萧伯纳)

To pass from existence; disappear gradually:
消亡：消失；渐渐消失：
例句：
.Man will go down into the pit, and all his thoughts will perish.(A.J. Balfour)
.人最终会入土，他所有的思想也将随之而消亡.(A.J.贝尔福)

Chiefly British To spoil or deteriorate.
【多用于英国】 毁伤或损毁
v.tr.（及物动词）
To bring to destruction; destroy:
使毁灭；摧毁：
例句：
.Many foul blights/Perish`d his hard won gains.(Thomas Hood)
.多次犯规使他本身有把握的胜利破灭了.(托马斯·胡德)

<习惯用语>perish the thought
Used to express the wish that one not even think about something.
表达一种甚至从未想过的愿望
来源：
Middle English perishen
中古英语 perishen
from Old French perir periss- [to perish]
源自 古法语 perir periss- [破坏]
from Latin perore
源自 拉丁语 perore
per- [per-]
per- [前缀，表示.每….]
ore [to go] * see ei-
ore [去] *参见 ei-