| 词组 | dead |
| 释义 | dead ◊ used as an adjective Dead is usually used as an adjective. Someone who is dead is no longer living. You can use dead to talk about someone who has just died, or about someone who died a long time ago. The dead peasant woman was lying in an open coffin. He was shot dead in a gunfight. He misses his dead sister in Maidenhead. You can also say that animals or plants are dead. The disease was caused by using protein from dead sheep in cattle feed. Mary threw away the dead flowers. ◊ WARNING Do not confuse dead with died. Died is the past tense and past participle of the verb 'die'. You do not use died as an adjective. ◊ used as a noun You can refer to a group of people who have died as the dead. Among the dead was a five-year-old girl. |
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