名词

1. 死;死亡
Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.

2. (某种）死法，死亡方式
A particular kind of death is a particular way of dying.

3. 终结;结束;灭亡;破灭
The death of something is the permanent end of it.

4. 病危;行将就木
If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.

5. 斗争到底;誓死捍卫
If you say that you will fight to the death for something, you are emphasizing that you will do anything to achieve or protect it, even if you suffer as a consequence.

6. 生死决斗;殊死决战
If you refer to a fight or contest as a fight to the death, you are emphasizing that it will not stop until the death or total victory of one of the opponents.

7. 生死攸关的;至关重要的
If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately.

8. 被处死;被处决
If someone is put to death, they are executed.

9. (用于动词后）以致死亡
You use to death after a verb to indicate that a particular action or process results in someone's death.

10. (用于形容词或动词后，表示强调)吓得要死/无聊得要命
You use to death after an adjective or a verb to emphasize the action, state, or feeling mentioned. For example, if you are frightened to death or bored to death, you are extremely frightened or bored.

11. 使…累死累活地工作（或劳动）
If you say that someone works another person to death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair.

1. the act of killing

e.g. he had two deaths on his conscience

2. the event of dying or departure from life

e.g. her death came as a terrible shock
upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren

Synonym: deceaseexpiry

3. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism

e.g. the animal died a painful death

4. the absence of life or state of being dead

e.g. he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life

5. a final state

e.g. he came to a bad end
the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end

Synonym: enddestruction

6. the time at which life ends
continuing until dead

e.g. she stayed until his death
a struggle to the last

Synonym: last

7. the time when something ends

e.g. it was the death of all his plans
a dying of old hopes

Synonym: dyingdemise