death
noun [ C or U ] uk/deθ/ us/deθ/
B1 死，死亡
the end of life
The disease causes thousands of deaths a year. 这种疾病每年导致数千人死亡。
Do you believe in life after death? 你相信死后还有来世吗？
He never got over the death of his daughter. 他一直没有从女儿去世的阴影中走出来。
death threats 死亡威胁
bored, frightened, etc. to deathB2 无聊（吓等）得要死的
extremely bored, frightened, etc.
She's frightened to death of snakes.
I was frightened to death she was going to hear us.
I was scared to death he was going to fall.
His students were nearly bored to death by his dull lecture.
These kids have literally nothing to do - they're bored to death.
to deathC2 至死，直到死亡
until you die
The animals burned to death in the barn. 那些牲口在牲口棚里被活活烧死了。
He choked to death on a fish bone. 他被一根鱼刺卡死了。
The traitor was put to death (= killed as a punishment). 叛徒被处死了。
He was dragged out of his car and beaten to death.
He was found stabbed to death in what the police are now saying was a robbery.
If a member of the public hadn't acted so quickly, she would almost certainly have bled to death.
Tragically, he starved to death in prison.
the death of someone/something …的死因；…的末路，…的毁灭
the cause of the end of life, or the end or destruction of something
The failure of the family business was the death of him. 家族企业的落败把他送上了末路。
That child will be the death of me (= is always doing something which upsets me)! 这孩子非把我烦死不可！
I honestly think the stress of the situation will be the death of her.
He always said that the internet would be the death of the record industry.
The introduction of the refrigerator was the death of the old-fashioned larder.
- More examples
- She reacted surprisingly calmly to the news of his death.
- Following her son's death, she became quiet and withdrawn and rarely went out.
- He was jailed for 15 years for stabbing his wife to death.
- He gave a slight shudder as he considered how near he had come to death.
- The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
Idioms
be at death's dooridiom informal 病入膏肓
to be very sick
be in at the deathidiom UK 目睹了…的结束，目睹了…的终结
to be present at the important time when something comes to an end
catch your death of coldidiom informal （因穿着单薄等原因）染上重感冒
to catch a very bad cold because you are not wearing warm or dry clothes, etc.
look/feel like death warmed upidiom UK informal (US look/feel like death warmed over) 看起来／感觉病得不轻
to look or feel very ill
He shouldn't be working when he's so ill - he looks like death warmed up! 他那么不舒服就不应该上班——看样子他病得不轻！