Chết (người, vật, cây cối)

to strike somebody dead

đánh ai chết tươi

to shoot somebody dead

bắn chết ai

Tắt, tắt ngấm

dead fire

lửa tắt

dead volcano

núi lửa tắt ngấm

dead valve

bóng đèn (rađiô) cháy (không dùng được nữa)

Chết, không hoạt động; không sinh sản; hết hiệu lực; không dùng được nữa

dead money

tiền để nằm chết, không sinh lợi

dead stock

vốn chết; hàng không bán được

a dead spring

lò xo hết đàn hồi

dead axle

trục không xoay được nữa

the motor is dead

động cơ ngừng chạy

dead language

tử ngữ, ngôn ngữ không còn dùng nữa

dead window

cửa sổ giả

Tê cóng, tê bại, tê liệt

my fingers are dead

ngón tay tôi tê cóng đi

Xỉn, không bóng (màu, vàng...); đục, không vang (âm thanh...)

dead gold

vàng xỉn

dead sound

tiếng đục không vang

Không màng đến, không biết đến, chai điếng, điếc đặc không chịu nghe

dead to honours

không màng danh vọng

dead to reason

điếc đặc không chịu nghe lẽ phải

dead to all sense of honour

không còn biết thế nào là danh dự nữa

Thình lình, hoàn toàn

to come a dead stop

đứng sững lại

a dead faint

sự chết ngất

dead calm

sự hoàn toàn lặng gió (biển)

dead silence

sự im phăng phắc

dead failure

thất bại hoàn toàn

dead certainty

sự tin chắc hoàn toàn; điều hoàn toàn chắc chắn

(điện học) không có thế hiệu

( the dead) những người đã chết, những người đã khuất

Giữa

in the dead of winter

giữa mùa đông

in the dead of night

lúc nửa đêm, lúc đêm khuya thanh vắng

Đứng đắn, không đùa

Đúng vào, ngay vào, thẳng vào

dead in the centre

đúng ngay vào giữa

dead on time

đúng giờ

the wind was dead against us

gió tạt thẳng vào mặt chúng tôi

Hoàn toàn

dead asleep

ngủ say như chết

dead drunk

say bí tỉ, say không biết gì trời đất

dead tired

mệt rã rời

Hằn lại, sững lại

to stop dead

đứng sững lại

không điện áp

bị chết

cắt điện

không phóng xạ

bất động

dead water space

vùng nước bất động

không có điện

không hoạt động

dead band error

lỗi dải không hoạt động

không mang điện

lặng (thép)

Deceased, defunct, extinct, gone, departed, late,lifeless, no more, Colloq done for, Slang Brit gone for aburton: Both his parents are dead, and his only brother livesin Australia. Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime. 2 insensate,insensible, numb, paralysed, benumbed, unfeeling: After theaccident, my left thumb was completely dead.

Insensible,unconscious, out, dead to the world, deathlike, deathly: At thenews of her son, she fell in a dead faint.

Insensitive,unemotional, unfeeling, emotionless, apathetic, lukewarm, cool,cold, frigid, unresponsive, unsympathetic, indifferent,unconcerned, uninterested; numb, wooden, callous, hardened,impervious, inured, inert: He has always been dead to others'problems.

Out, smothered, extinguished: The fire is dead.

Inanimate, lifeless, inert, inorganic: Dead stones speakvolumes to the geologist.

Extinct, obsolete, perished, past,outmoded, disused, expired, pass‚: Latin is a dead language.

Barren, unfruitful, infertile, unproductive: That area off thecoast is dead as far as fishing goes.

Tired (out), exhausted,worn out, fatigued, tired out, spent, collapsing, in a state ofcollapse, Slang bushed, beat, Brit knackered, US and Canadianpooped: We were completely dead after the hike into town.

Dull, lustreless, flat, neutral, vapid, empty, bland,colourless, grey, beige, dun: The walls of the prison werepainted a dead white.

Stagnant, motionless, still, standing,static, inert, unmoving, inactive, quiet, calm: There weresmall pools of dead water covered with a green slime. Without abreath of air stirring, the boat was dead in the water. 12boring, dull, tedious, tiresome, monotonous, prosaic,uninteresting, run-of-the-mill, ordinary, commonplace, dry,insipid, bland, flat, two-dimensional, lifeless, stiff, rigid,stony: The play was bad, the performance dead.

Dull,muffled, deadened, anechoic, unresounding, non-resonant: Oneroom in the laboratory was built to be dead to all sound.

Complete, entire, total, absolute, downright, thorough, throughand through, utter, all-out, out-and-out, unqualified,unrelieved, unbroken, categorical, outright: My investment inthe anti-gravity pill has so far been a dead loss. 15 profound,deep: I fell into a dead sleep.

Sudden, abrupt, complete,full: The train came to a dead stop.

Certain, sure,unerring, exact, precise, accurate, crack: According to therecords, Calamity Jane was a dead shot.

Adv.

Completely, entirely, absolutely, totally, utterly,categorically, thoroughly, unconditionally, unqualifiedly: Youare dead right about Pontefract.

Completely, entirely,absolutely, totally; abruptly, suddenly: He stopped dead in histracks and stared at me.

Directly, exactly, precisely: Anenormous maelstrom lay dead ahead of the fragile craft.

N.

Depth(s), extreme, midst, middle: She used to visithis room in the dead of night.

Adj.

No longer alive.

Colloq.extremely tired or unwell.

Benumbed; affected by loss ofsensation (my fingers are dead).

(foll. by to) unappreciativeor unconscious of; insensitive to.

No longer effective or inuse; obsolete, extinct.

(of a match, of coal, etc.) no longerburning; extinguished.

Inanimate.

A lacking force orvigour; dull, lustreless, muffled. b (of sound) not resonant.c (of sparkling wine etc.) no longer effervescent.

A quiet;lacking activity (the dead season). b motionless, idle.

A(of a microphone, telephone, etc.) not transmitting any sound,esp. because of a fault. b (of a circuit, conductor, etc.)carrying or transmitting no current; not connected to a sourceof electricity (a dead battery).

(of the ball in a game) outof play.

Abrupt, complete, exact, unqualified, unrelieved(come to a dead stop; a dead faint; a dead calm; in deadsilence; a dead certainty).

Without spiritual life.

Adv.1 absolutely, exactly, completely (dead on target; dead level;dead tired).

Colloq. very, extremely (dead good; dead easy).

Atime of silence or inactivity (the dead of night).

Dead-and-alive Brit. (of a place, person, activity, etc.)dull, monotonous; lacking interest. dead as the dodo see DODO.dead as a doornail see DOORNAIL. dead bat Cricket a bat heldloosely so that it imparts no motion to the ball when struck.dead beat 1 colloq. exhausted.

Physics (of an instrument)without recoil. dead-beat n.

Colloq. a penniless person.

US sl. a person constantly in debt. dead centre 1 the exactcentre.

The position of a crank etc. in line with theconnecting-rod and not exerting torque. dead cert see CERT.dead duck sl. an unsuccessful or useless person or thing. deadend 1 a closed end of a road, passage, etc.

(often (withhyphen) attrib.) a situation offering no prospects of progressor advancement. dead-eye Naut. a round flat three-holed blockfor extending shrouds. dead from the neck up colloq. stupid.dead hand an oppressive persisting influence, esp. posthumouscontrol. dead heat 1 a race in which two or more competitorsfinish exactly level.

The result of such a race. dead-heatv.intr. run a dead heat. dead language a language no longercommonly spoken, e.g. Latin. dead letter a law or practice nolonger observed or recognized. dead lift the exertion of one'sutmost strength to lift something. dead loss 1 colloq. auseless person or thing.

A complete loss. dead man's fingers1 a kind of orchis, Orchis mascula.

Any soft coral of thegenus Alcyonium, with spongy lobes.

The finger-like divisionsof a lobster's or crab's gills. dead man's handle (or pedaletc.) a controlling-device on an electric train, allowing powerto be connected only as long as the operator presses on it.dead march a funeral march. dead men colloq. bottles after thecontents have been drunk. dead-nettle any plant of the genusLamium, having nettle-like leaves but without stinging hairs.dead-on exactly right. dead reckoning Naut. calculation of aship's position from the log, compass, etc., when observationsare impossible. dead ringer see RINGER. dead shot one who isextremely accurate. dead time Physics the period after therecording of a pulse etc. when the detector is unable to recordanother. dead to the world colloq. fast asleep; unconscious.dead weight (or dead-weight) 1 a an inert mass. b a heavyweight or burden.

A debt not covered by assets.

The totalweight carried on a ship. dead wood colloq. one or moreuseless people or things. make a dead set at see SET(2).wouldn't be seen dead in (or with etc.) colloq. shall havenothing to do with; shall refuse to wear etc.

Deadness n.[OE dead f. Gmc, rel. to DIE(1)]