词典释义：
the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person's or organism's life
死，死亡
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I don't believe in life after death 我不相信阴世生命
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[as modifier]
a death sentence .死刑。
an instance of a person or an animal dying
死去
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there's been a death in his family .他家有人去世。
the state of being dead
死亡（状态）
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even in death, she was beautiful .就是死时，她也是美丽的。
the permanent ending of vital processes in a cell or tissue
（细胞或组织）死亡。
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死神。
[in sing.]
〈喻〉 破灭，终止，结束
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the death of her hopes .她希望的破灭。
〈喻〉 破坏，毁灭
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to be driven to a dance by one's father would be social death .被父亲开车送去参加舞会会毁了社交。
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as sure as death quite certain 确定无疑 -
at death's door （especially in hyperbolic use） so ill that one may die ［尤作夸张用法］濒临死亡，行将就木 -
be the death of （often used hyperbolically or humorously） cause someone's death ［常作夸张或幽默用法］置…于死地you'll be the death of me with all your questions . 你那么多问题要把我问死了 -
be in at the death be present when a hunted animal is caught and killed 目睹猎物被捕获杀死 -
be present when something fails or comes to an end 目睹某事失败（或结束）
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catch one's death （of cold） informal catch a severe cold or chill〈非正式〉 得重感冒 -
die a （或the） death come to an end; cease or fail to be popular or successful 结束；不受欢迎，失败the craze for cycling shorts is dying a death . 骑车短裤的热潮快结束了 -
do someone to death kill someone 杀死某人 -
do something to death perform or repeat something so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar 重复得烦死人a subject that has been done to death by generations of painters . 被世代画家画得让人厌烦的题材 -
a fate worse than death a terrible experience, especially that of seduction or rape 比死还不济的遭遇（尤指受诱奸或强奸） -
like death warmed up （或〈北美〉over ）informal extremely tired or ill〈非正式〉 十分疲惫；病重 -
a matter of life and death 见LIFE .put someone to death kill someone, especially with official sanction （尤指官方批准）杀死，处死 -
till （或until） death us do part for as long as each of a couple live 至死不渝，永不分离 -
［ORIGIN from the marriage service in the
Book of Common Prayer ］ .to death used of a particular action or process that results in someone's death （行动，过程）致命的he was stabbed to death . 他被刺死 -
used to emphasize the extreme nature of a specific action, feeling, or state of mind ［用 于强调某一行动、感情或思想］ 极度
I'm sick to death of you . 我讨厌死你了 -
to the death until dead 到死为止a fight to the death . 战斗到底
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