perish
音標['periʃ]中文翻譯:
vi. 毀滅, 喪生, 凋謝, 頹喪, 死亡, 腐爛
vt. 毀壞, 使麻木, 使喪生, 耗盡
詞型變化:
動詞過去式:perished 過去分詞:perished 現在分詞:perishing 第三人稱單數:perishes英文字典
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。
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英文解釋:
動詞 perish:
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life同義詞:die, decease, 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
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相關對話:
- The lumbermen were perished with cold.伐木工人凍僵了。
- Almost a hundred people perished in the hotel fire last night.近百人在昨夜旅館的大火中喪生。