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BNC: 443 COCA: 403

die

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die1 /daɪ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (died, dying, dies) [intransitiveI] → dye
1  become dead 死去DIE to stop living and become dead 死去，死亡
He died in 1985 at the age of 76.
他1985年去世，終年76歲。
Her father died suddenly in an accident when she was only ten.
她年僅10歲時父親突然死於一場意外事故。
die of/from
The animals died of starvation in the snow.
這些動物在雪中餓死了。
patients who are dying from cancer
垂危的癌症病人
She died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 98.
她在睡眠中安然辭世，享年98歲。
die for something (=be killed while fighting to defend something) 爲某事物獻出生命
Do you believe in anything enough to die for it?
你有足以讓你爲之獻出生命的信仰嗎？
die young/happy/poor
She died young, at the age of 27.
她27歲英年早逝。
The bullet went straight through his head, and he died instantly.
子彈穿過他的頭部，他當場死亡。
to your dying day/until the day you die (=until you die) 直到你死的時候
It must remain a secret until the day I die.
這事我到死也不能說。
somebody’s dying breath/wish (=someone’s last breath or wish) 某人最後一口氣/臨終遺願
It was his dying wish that the house be opened to the public.
把這幢房子向公衆開放是他的臨終遺願。
die a hero/martyr/rich man etc
My uncle died a hero.
我叔叔死得很英勇。
die a natural/violent/agonizing death
Did she die a natural death? (=did she die naturally, or did someone kill her?)
她是自然死亡嗎？
n GRAMMAR: Prepositions with die
Someone dies of or from a disease or injury:
He died of a heart attack.
He died from a heart attack.
Die of is more common than die from. ✗Don’t say: He died because of a heart attack.
Someone dies in an accident:
He died in a car crash.
✗Don’t say: He died by a car crash.
Someone dies for a person, place, or idea that they want to protect:
These men died for our freedom.
2  disappear 消失DISAPPEAR to disappear or stop existing 消失，不複存在
Our love will never die.
我們的愛始終不渝。
The family name will die with him (=disappear when he dies).
他去世後，家族的姓氏也將随之消失。
He’s one of a dying breed (=a type of person that is no longer common).
他這樣的人已經快要絕種了。
3  machines 機器 informalTSTOP HAPPENING to stop working 停止運轉 SYN break down
The engine spluttered and died.
引擎噼啪響了幾聲就熄火了。
die on somebody (=stop working while they are using it) 在某人用着的時候壞了
The mower just died on me.
我用着用着割草機就壞了。
4  be dying for something/to do something spokenWANT to want something very much 極想要某物/渴望做某事
I’m dying for a cup of tea.
我很想喝杯茶。
She was dying to ask where he’d got it.
她很想問他是從哪裏弄到的。
I’m dying to see what it is.
我很想看看這究竟是什麽。
Examples from the Corpus
be dying for something/to do something• He was dying for a cigarette.• He was dying for a long time, then there was a year of mourning, now we have a new emperor.• My experience in workshops is that people are dying for more honest forms of communication.• She was dying for him to leave so she could get on with business.• The ill are dying for want of medicines.• To know what they might be dying for.
5  be dying of hunger/thirst/boredom spoken to be very hungry, thirsty, bored etc 都快要餓死/渴死/厭煩死了
Do you fancy a cup of tea? I’m dying of thirst.
你想喝杯茶嗎？我都快渴死了。
Examples from the Corpus
be dying of hunger/thirst/boredom• Each note pleaded to love a little longer, longer, as though it was dying of hunger.• I for one am dying of thirst and hot enough to boil over.• These huge corporations are dying of boredom caused by the inertia of giantism.
6  I nearly died/I could have died spokenEMBARRASSED used to say that you felt very surprised or embarrassed 我太驚訝了，我尴尬死了
I nearly died when I saw it was my ex-husband!
當看清楚那原來是我前夫時，我尴尬死了！
7  die of embarrassment/shame to be very embarrassed or ashamed 尴尬得要命/羞愧得要死
The room was such a mess, I just died of embarrassment.
房間裏這麽亂，我真是尴尬得要命。
8  I’d rather die spokenWANT# used to say very strongly that you do not want to do something 我死也不，我甯願死〔用來強烈表示不想做某事〕
I’d rather die than work for him!
我死也不替他工作！
Examples from the Corpus
I’d rather die• Apologize to that creep! I'd rather die!• I'd rather die than eat.• I'd rather die than go back out the way I was.• I'd rather die than work for my uncle.
9  in the dying minutes/seconds/moments (of something) during the last minutes or seconds before the end of something 在（某事的）最後幾分鐘/最後幾秒鐘/結束前的一刻
United scored an equaliser in the dying minutes of the game.
聯隊在比賽的最後時刻射入一球，將比分扳平。
Examples from the Corpus
in the dying minutes/seconds/moments (of something)• Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes.• Sean Farrell popped in the opener and Danny Allsopp made sure of the points in the dying seconds.• And, in the dying seconds, Miklosko blocked Smillie's close-range effort.• The World Champion launched a direct attack in the dying moments of the first session.• Jason Chandler made certain in the dying minutes of the game, Good Sports winning 2-1.• One moment of astonishing creativity in the dying seconds on Saturday transported him to the centre of Arsenal's universe.
10. old habits/traditions/customs die hard CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTused to say that it takes a long time to change to a new way of doing something 舊的習慣/傳統/習俗很難改變
Examples from the Corpus
old habits/traditions/customs die hard• It was probably unnecessary, she thought, but old habits died hard.• Things were going well, but old habits die hard.• This is an area where old customs die hard.• But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.• Perhaps because it's an island old customs die hard here.
11. never say die spokenCONTINUE/NOT STOP used to encourage someone to continue doing something that is difficult 别放棄〔用於鼓勵某人繼續做困難的事〕
12  die a/the death informalFAIL to gradually fail or be forgotten 慢慢失敗[消亡]
The rumour gradually died a death.
謠言慢慢平息了。
Examples from the Corpus
die a/the death• I did not have the courage then to die the death that she died.
13  die laughing spokenLAUGH to laugh a lot 笑死了
We nearly died laughing when he told us.
他跟我們說的時候我們都快笑死了。
Examples from the Corpus
die laughing• Rebecca told me this joke on the phone today, and I almost died laughing.• I just died laughing because it was sick too.
14  to die for informal extremely nice, attractive, or desirable 極好的，非常吸引人的
She had hair to die for.
她的頭發好看極了。
Examples from the Corpus
to die for• Cowboys football changed from something you glanced at between nine-ball shots to something to die for.• They had made some good choices with the kitchen decor, and the hardwood flooring was to die for.• There is nothing there but death, the chance to die for a land that is not even my own.• There are women who have silver hair to die for, great metallic masses of it.• And today he revealed that his wife is now prepared to die for her political convictions.• His wife Alcestis offered to die for him.• People are ready to die for making that change.• Are we willing to die for oil?
n COLLOCATIONS
die + ADVERB
die instantly (=as soon as an accident, injury etc happens)
He was shot in the head and died instantly.
die suddenly
She died suddenly of a heart attack, in Amsterdam.
die young
They had seven children and three of them died young.
die alone
He had a fear of dying alone.
die unmarried
He died unmarried in 1922.
die aged 35/50 etc
Her father died aged 84.
die peacefully (=calmly and without pain)
The nurses said that she died very peacefully.
die tragically
His wife had died tragically in an accident.
die penniless (=without any money)
Van Gogh died penniless because nobody bought his paintings.
phrases
die in your sleep
During the night he died in his sleep.
die in suspicious/mysterious circumstances (=used to say that someone may have been killed)
He got involved with drug dealers and died in mysterious circumstances.
die a natural death (=of natural causes, rather than being killed)
The coroner concluded that Wilkins had died a natural death.
die a sudden/violent/slow etc death
At the end of the play, the main character dies a violent death.
die a hero/rich man etc
He died a hero on the battlefield.
die in childbirth (=giving birth to a baby)
More women died in childbirth in the past.
 THESAURUS
die to stop being alive, as a result of old age or illness 死去,死亡
I want to see Ireland again before I die.
我想在死之前再去愛爾蘭看看。
No wonder your plants always die – you don’t water them enough.
難怪你種的植物總會死掉——你水澆得不夠。
nHis son died of liver cancer three years ago.
pass away to die – used when you want to avoid using the word ‘die’, in order to show respect or to avoid upsetting someone 去世〔委婉語,爲表示尊敬或避免引起某人不快〕
My wife had just passed away, and I didn’t want to be around people.
我妻子剛去世,我想一個人靜一靜。
npass on to pass away – use this especially when you believe that the soul has a life after the death of the body
I’m sorry, Emily, but your mother has passed on.
lose your life to be killed in a terrible event 〔在不幸事件中〕喪生
Hundreds of people lost their lives when the ship overturned in a storm.
輪船在暴風雨中傾覆,數百人失去了生命。
perish literary to die in a terrible event – used especially in literature and news reports 〔在不幸事件中〕死亡,罹難〔尤用於文學作品和新聞報道〕
Five children perished before firefighters could put out the blaze.
五名兒童在消防員撲滅大火之前遇難。
give your life/lay down your life formal to die in order to save someone, or because of something that you believe in 〔爲了拯救别人或爲了某種信仰〕獻出自己的生命,犧牲
We honor the men and women who have given their lives in service of their country.
我們向爲國捐軀的英雄兒女致敬。
drop dead informal to suddenly die, when people do not expect you to 猝死,暴斃
One day, he came home from work and dropped dead of a heart attack.
一天,他下班回到家,因心髒病發作而猝然死去。
nkick the bucket/pop your clogs British EnglishBrE, buy the farm American EnglishAmE informal to die – used when you are not talking seriously about death
It’s not like I’m going to kick the bucket tomorrow.
 PHRASAL VERBS
Examples from the Corpus
die• Broadway classics like "A Chorus Line" will never die.• The engine coughed and died.• She said she had ruined her eyes by crying too much when her husband died.• Yonatan Barnea also was a soldier on his way back to base when he died.• He was very sick and we knew he might die.• I want to see Ireland again before I die.• Many people are worried about growing old and dying alone.• By the time the white petals died and the mint-colored berry poked out, the leaf shine was gilded tight and waxy.• I must, I must, I will die if I remain silent.• In the spring of her 93rd year, Miss Grantley died in her sleep.• The meeting began with a minute's silence for those who had died in Northern Ireland in the past 23 years.• A 72 year old woman died of a perforated colon 11 days after completing the trial, despite continuing prednisolone treatment.• His son died of liver cancer three years ago.• The autopsy said he had died of natural causes, but his family is not convinced.• Her husband had died two years earlier.• Christopher and Matthew Key died when their parents' car collided with another on a waterlogged road.• Night guard duty was killing time that had died while you weren't looking and so it went on for ever.• No wonder your plants always die - you don't water them enough.
die a natural/violent/agonizing death• Company support slipped away and the adhesives programme died a natural death.• His father seemed a more promising candidate for that role and he had died a natural death.• Sometimes I think they just want to let the whole thing die a natural death.• The flower phase died a natural death.• The Revolution remained a military sedition and appeared likely to die a natural death.• Is it surprising that he should die a natural death from a heart attack?
dying breed• He's among the a dying breed.• Little old ladies who had relished home baking were a dying breed and the younger generation simply couldn't relate to them.• There are still a few of this dying breed around.• The truth is that Eddie represents a dying breed of the playboy racing driver.
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die2 noun [countableC]
1. TIa metal block used to press or cut something into a particular shape 金屬模具，鑄模，壓模
2. DGa dice 骰子，色子
3. the die is cast DECIDEused to say that a decision has been taken and cannot now be changed 事情已成定局，覆水難收
Examples from the Corpus
die• A die could survive over a long period of time.• The likely total number of dies can then be multiplied by the average number of coins per die.
Origin die1
(1100-1200) Probably from Old Norse deyja
BNC: 443 COCA: 403
die

noun

 (especially NAmE)  ➡ see dice
die

verb

ADVERB | VERB + DIE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤peacefully平靜地離世▸➤suddenly, unexpectedly突然／意外死亡▸➤tragically慘死◇Her father died tragically in a car crash.她的父親在一場車禍中慘死。➤in infancy, prematurely夭折於襁褓中；早逝◇One of their children died in infancy.他們有一個孩子夭折於襁褓中。➤in childbirth分娩時死亡▸➤nearly差點兒死去◇I nearly died when they told me the price.他們告訴我價格的時候，我差點死過去。VERB + DIE➤be going to將要死亡◇I thought I was going to die.我以為我要死了。➤be allowed to讓⋯離世◇She should be allowed to die peacefully.應該讓她平靜離世。PREPOSITION➤for為⋯而死◇to die for your country為國捐軀➤from因⋯而死◇The accident victim died from her injuries.事故中的傷者傷重死亡。➤of死於⋯◇He died of a heart attack.他死於心臟病發作。PHRASES➤die a natural, violent, etc. death自然死亡、橫死等
BNC: 443 COCA: 403
die verb
⇨ die (die of cancer) ⇨ be dying for sth/to do sth ⇨ long die

verb

die ♦︎ perish ♦︎ pass awayThese words all mean to stop living. 這些詞均表示死亡。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to die / perish of / from sth◆to die / perish in an accident, a fire, etc.◆to die / pass away peacefully■ die [intransitive, transitive] to stop living 死；死亡；凋謝；枯萎◆Her father died of cancer.她父親死於癌症。◆He died for his beliefs.他爲信仰獻身了。◆That plant's died.那株植物已經枯萎。◆She died young.她年紀輕輕就死了。◆He died a poor man.他去世時很窮困。◆I'll never forget it to my dying day (= until I die).這件事我終生難忘。◆She died a natural death.她盡其天年了。  see also dead ⇨ dead ■ perish ˈperɪʃ [intransitive] (formal or literary) to die, especially in a sudden violent way 死亡（尤指暴死或慘死）◆A family of four perished in the fire.有一家四口在火災中喪生。◆Thousands perished at the hands of the invading forces.數千人慘死在侵略軍手裏。ⓘ Perish is usually used in texts describing the results of war and accidents. * perish通常指死於戰爭或事故。■ ˌpass aˈway

phrasal verb

to die 亡故；去世◆His mother passed away last year.他母親去年亡故。ⓘ People say pass away to avoid saying 'die'. * pass away是“死”的委婉說法。
BNC: 443 COCA: 403

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