The family name will die with him (=disappear when he dies).
他去世后,家族的姓氏也将随之消失。
He’s one of a dying breed (=a type of person that is no longer common).
他这样的人已经快要绝种了。
3machines 机器 informalTSTOP HAPPENING to stop working 停止运转SYN break down
The engine spluttered and died.
引擎噼啪响了几声就熄火了。
die on somebody (=stop working while they are using it) 在某人用着的时候坏了
The mower just died on me.
我用着用着割草机就坏了。
4be dying for something/to do somethingspokenWANT to want something very much 极想要某物/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.
她很想问他是从哪里弄到的。
I’m dying to see what it is.
我很想看看这究竟是什么。
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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 honestforms 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.
5be dying of hunger/thirst/boredomspoken to be very hungry, thirsty, bored etc 都快要饿死/渴死/厌烦死了
Do you fancy a cup of tea? I’m dying of thirst.
你想喝杯茶吗?我都快渴死了。
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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 hugecorporationsare dying of boredom caused by the inertia of giantism.
6I nearly died/I could have diedspokenEMBARRASSED used to say that you felt very surprised or embarrassed 我太惊讶了,我尴尬死了
I nearly died when I saw it was my ex-husband!
当看清楚那原来是我前夫时,我尴尬死了!
7die of embarrassment/shameto 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.
房间里这么乱,我真是尴尬得要命。
8I’d rather diespokenWANT# used to say very strongly that you do not want to do something 我死也不,我宁愿死〔用来强烈表示不想做某事〕
I’d rather die than work for him!
我死也不替他工作!
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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.
9in the dying minutes/seconds/moments (of something)during the last minutes or seconds before the end of something 在(某事的)最后几分钟/最后几秒钟/结束前的一刻
United scored an equaliser in the dying minutes of the game.
10.old habits/traditions/customs die hardCHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTused to say that it takes a long time to change to a new way of doing something 旧的习惯/传统/习俗很难改变
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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 shrinkinggrossmargins.• Perhaps because it's an islandold customs die hard here.
11.never say diespokenCONTINUE/NOT STOP used to encourage someone to continue doing something that is difficult 别放弃〔用于鼓励某人继续做困难的事〕
12die a/the deathinformalFAIL to gradually fail or be forgotten 慢慢失败[消亡]
The rumour gradually died a death.
谣言慢慢平息了。
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die a/the death• I did not have the courage then to die the death that she died.
to die for• Cowboysfootball changed from something you glanced at between nine-ball shots to something to die for.• They had made some good choices with the kitchendecor, and the hardwood flooring was to die for.• There is nothing there but death, the chanceto 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 preparedto die for her political convictions.• His wife Alcestis offered to die for him.• People are readyto die for making that change.• Are we willing to die foroil?
nCOLLOCATIONS
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.
我想在死之前再去爱尔兰看看。
No wonder your plants always die – you don’t water them enough.
难怪你种的植物总会死掉——你水浇得不够。
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〔委婉语,为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.
我妻子刚去世,我想一个人静一静。
npass on to pass away – use this especially when you believe that the soul has a life after the death of the body
Hundreds of people lost their lives when the ship overturned in a storm.
轮船在暴风雨中倾覆,数百人失去了生命。
perish literary to die in a terrible event – used especially in literature and newsreports 〔在不幸事件中〕死亡,罹难〔尤用于文学作品和新闻报道〕
Five children perished before firefighters could put out the blaze.
五名儿童在消防员扑灭大火之前遇难。
give your life/lay down your life formal to die in order to save someone, or because of something that you believe in 〔为了拯救别人或为了某种信仰〕献出自己的生命,牺牲
We honor the men and women who have given their lives in service of their country.
我们向为国捐躯的英雄儿女致敬。
drop dead informal to suddenly die, when people do not expect you to 猝死,暴毙
One day, he came home from work and dropped dead of a heart attack.
一天,他下班回到家,因心脏病发作而猝然死去。
nkick the bucket/pop your clogsBritish EnglishBrE, buy the farmAmerican 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
15die awayphrasal verbphr vDISAPPEARQUIETif sound, wind, or light dies away, it becomes gradually weaker until you cannot hear, feel, or see it 〔声音、风或光〕慢慢变弱,渐渐消失
Her voice died away as she saw the look on David’s face.
16.die backphrasal verbphr vHBPif a plantdies back, it dies above the ground but remainsalive at its roots 〔植物〕顶梢枯死,回枯〔地面以上部分枯死,根部却仍活着〕
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die back• But a fortnight on, it had turned brown and almost died back.• Later, gum will ooze from the bark and branches will die back.• Cut back any plants around pondedges that are dying back, and compost them before they pollute the water.• During its resting period in Winter, i.e. October-February, the leaves die back, and during Springsprouting takes place.• The frost causes the bracken to die back and thereby opens up the canopy to let in more light.• Banana plants will die back in a freeze but usually return in the spring from the rootstocks.
17die downphrasal verbphr vQUIETSTOP HAPPENINGif something dies down, it becomes less strong, active, or violent 减弱,平息
18.die offphrasal verbphr vDISAPPEARif a group of people or animalsdie off, they die one by one until there are no more of them 相继死去,先后死去〔直至死光〕
19die outphrasal verbphr vDISAPPEARto disappear or stop existing completely 消失;绝迹,灭绝
The wild population of koalas is in danger of dying out.
野生树袋熊濒临灭绝的危险。
There will be outbreaks of rain, gradually dying out later.
先是有阵雨,稍后会逐渐停止。
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die out• Diseases such as leprosy and polio have almost completely died out.• Many of the old villagetraditions are dying out.• The country is changing very quickly and many of the old traditions are dying out.• Unless we do something now, hundreds of plant and animal species will die out.• The nearestcommonancestor of man and the modern great apes died out about 30 million years ago.
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die• Broadway classics like "A Chorus Line" will never die.• The enginecoughed and died.• She said she had ruined her eyes by crying too much when her husbanddied.• 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 dyingalone.• By the time the white petalsdied and the mint-colored berrypoked out, the leafshine was gildedtight and waxy.• I must, I must, I will die if I remainsilent.• 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 perforatedcolon 11 days after completing the trial, despite continuing prednisolone treatment.• His sondied of livercancer 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 Keydied when their parents' car collided with another on a waterlogged road.• Night guardduty 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.
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 playboyracingdriver.