die

詞型變化：

名詞複數:dies 動詞過去式:died 過去分詞:died 現在分詞:dying 第三人稱單數:dies  

詞意辨析：

die, decease, expire, perish, pass away

這些動詞或短語動詞均有“死”或“死亡”之意。
die: 最普通用詞，指某人或某物失去生命而永遠不存在。
decease: 正式用詞，多指法律上的用語。
expire: 委婉用詞。從本義“從肺部吐出氣來”引申為吐出最後一口氣，斷氣而死。
perish: 書面用詞，多指夭折或不幸暴亡。
pass away: 是die的委婉用語。　

英文解釋：

名詞 die:

1. small cubes with 1 to 6 spots on the faces; used to generate random numbers
   同義詞：dice
2. a device used for shaping metal
3. a cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods

動詞 die:

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   同義詞：decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
2. suffer or face the pain of death
3. be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
4. stop operating or functioning
   同義詞：fail, go bad, give way, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
5. feel indifferent towards
6. languish as with love or desire
7. cut or shape with a die
   同義詞：die out
8. to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
9. lose sparkle or bouquet
   同義詞：pall, become flat
10. disappear or come to an end
11. suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)

英文造句：

1. It was so funny, I nearly died laughing.
   太好玩了，我差點笑死了。
2. The moth's habitat is being destroyed and it has nearly died out.
   這種蛾子因棲息地正受到破壞，幾乎絕種了。
3. She's dying to know where you've been.
   她極想知道你到哪兒去了。
4. His secret died with him, for he never told anyone.
   他的秘密至死也不為人知，因為他從未告訴過別人。