dying 音标拼音: [d'ɑɪɪŋ]
a . 垂死的
垂死的
dying adj 1 :
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be ; "
a dying man "; "
his dying wish "; "
a dying fire "; "
a dying civilization " [
ant : {
nascent }]
2 :
eagerly desirous ; "
anxious to see the new show at the museum "; "
dying to hear who won " [
synonym : {
anxious (
p )},
{
dying (
p )}]
n 1 :
the time when something ends ; "
it was the death of all his plans "; "
a dying of old hopes " [
synonym : {
death }, {
dying },
{
demise }] [
ant : {
birth }]
Die \
Die \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Died };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Dying }.]
[
OE .
deyen ,
dien ,
of Scand .
origin ;
cf .
Icel .
deyja ;
akin to Dan .
d ["
o ]
e ,
Sw .
d ["
o ],
Goth .
diwan (
cf .
Goth .
afd ?
jan to harass ),
OFries .
d ?
ia to kill ,
OS .
doian to die ,
OHG .
touwen ,
OSlav .
daviti to choke ,
Lith .
dovyti to torment .
Cf . {
Dead },
{
Death }.]
1 .
To pass from an animate to a lifeless state ;
to cease to live ;
to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions ;
to become dead ;
to expire ;
to perish ;
--
said of animals and vegetables ;
often with of ,
by ,
with ,
from ,
and rarely for ,
before the cause or occasion of death ;
as ,
to die of disease or hardships ;
to die by fire or the sword ;
to die with horror at the thought .
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To die by the roadside of grief and hunger .
--
Macaulay .
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She will die from want of care . --
Tennyson .
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2 .
To suffer death ;
to lose life .
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In due time Christ died for the ungodly . --
Rom .
v .
6 .
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3 .
To perish in any manner ;
to cease ;
to become lost or extinct ;
to be extinguished .
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Letting the secret die within his own breast .
--
Spectator .
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Great deeds can not die . --
Tennyson .
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4 .
To sink ;
to faint ;
to pine ;
to languish ,
with weakness ,
discouragement ,
love ,
etc .
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His heart died within ,
and he became as a stone . --
1 Sam .
xxv .
37 .
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The young men acknowledged ,
in love letters ,
that they died for Rebecca . --
Tatler .
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5 .
To become indifferent ;
to cease to be subject ;
as ,
to die to pleasure or to sin .
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6 .
To recede and grow fainter ;
to become imperceptible ;
to vanish ; --
often with out or away .
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Blemishes may die away and disappear amidst the brightness . --
Spectator .
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7 . (
Arch .)
To disappear gradually in another surface ,
as where moldings are lost in a sloped or curved face .
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8 .
To become vapid ,
flat ,
or spiritless ,
as liquor .
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{
To die in the last ditch },
to fight till death ;
to die rather than surrender .
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"
There is one certain way ,"
replied the Prince [
William of Orange ] "
by which I can be sure never to see my country '
s ruin , --
I will die in the last ditch ." --
Hume (
Hist .
of Eng . ).
{
To die out },
to cease gradually ;
as ,
the prejudice has died out .
Syn :
To expire ;
decease ;
perish ;
depart ;
vanish .
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Dying \
Dy "
ing \,
a .
1 .
In the act of dying ;
destined to death ;
mortal ;
perishable ;
as ,
dying bodies .
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2 .
Of or pertaining to dying or death ;
as ,
dying bed ;
dying day ;
dying words ;
also ,
simulating a dying state .
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Dying \
Dy "
ing \,
n .
The act of expiring ;
passage from life to death ;
loss of life .
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208 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dying ":
abatement ,
abridgment ,
alleviation ,
annihilation ,
attenuation ,
bad ,
bane ,
biological death ,
brittle ,
burning out ,
burnout ,
capricious ,
cessation of life ,
changeable ,
choking ,
clinical death ,
comedown ,
contraction ,
controlling ,
corruptible ,
crossing the bar ,
curtains ,
dampening ,
damping ,
death ,
death knell ,
debasement ,
debt of nature ,
decadence ,
decadency ,
decease ,
deciduous ,
declension ,
declination ,
decline ,
declining ,
decrease ,
decrement ,
decrescence ,
deduction ,
deflation ,
deformation ,
degeneracy ,
degenerateness ,
degeneration ,
degradation ,
demise ,
demotion ,
departure ,
depravation ,
depravedness ,
depreciation ,
depression ,
derogation ,
descent ,
despaired of ,
deterioration ,
devolution ,
diminishing ,
diminishment ,
diminution ,
dissolution ,
done for ,
doom ,
dousing ,
downtrend ,
downturn ,
downward mobility ,
downward trend ,
drop ,
dwindling ,
dying off ,
ebb ,
ebb of life ,
ebbing ,
effeteness ,
end ,
end of life ,
ending ,
ephemeral ,
eternal rest ,
evanescent ,
exit ,
expiration ,
expiring ,
extenuation ,
extinction ,
extinguishment ,
facing death ,
fade -
out ,
fading ,
failing ,
failure ,
failure of nerve ,
fall ,
falling -
off ,
fickle ,
final summons ,
finger of death ,
fire fighting ,
flame -
out ,
fleeting ,
flitting ,
fly -
by -
night ,
flying ,
fragile ,
frail ,
fugacious ,
fugitive ,
given up ,
going ,
going off ,
going out ,
grave ,
hand of death ,
hopeless ,
impermanent ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
in articulo mortis ,
in extremis ,
incapable of life ,
inconstant ,
insubstantial ,
involution ,
jaws of death ,
knell ,
languishment ,
lapse ,
last debt ,
last muster ,
last rest ,
last roundup ,
last sleep ,
leaving life ,
lessening ,
letup ,
loss of life ,
loss of tone ,
low ,
lowering ,
making an end ,
miniaturization ,
mitigation ,
momentary ,
moribund ,
mortal ,
mutable ,
near death ,
nondurable ,
nonpermanent ,
nonviable ,
parting ,
passing ,
passing away ,
passing over ,
perishable ,
perishing ,
putting out ,
quenching ,
quietus ,
receding ,
reduction ,
regression ,
relaxation ,
release ,
rest ,
retiring ,
retreating ,
retrocession ,
retrogradation ,
retrogression ,
reward ,
sagging ,
scaling down ,
sentence of death ,
shades of death ,
shadow of death ,
short -
lived ,
shrinking ,
simplicity ,
sinking ,
sleep ,
slippage ,
slipping ,
slipping away ,
slump ,
smotheration ,
smothering ,
snuffing ,
somatic death ,
stifling ,
subtraction ,
summons of death ,
temporal ,
temporary ,
terminal ,
terminal case ,
transient ,
transitive ,
transitory ,
undurable ,
unenduring ,
unstable ,
volatile ,
wane ,
waning ,
weakening
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