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death

KK:[dɛθ] DJ:[dеθ]

名複: deaths

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英語

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死，死亡[C][U]
It was a matter of life and death to them.
對他們來說這是生死攸關的事情。
致死的原因[C][（+of）]
毀滅，破滅，結束[U][S]
（常大寫）死神[U]

片語

at death's door

生命危在旦夕
They were very distressed to hear that their beloved uncle was at death's door.
得知他們愛戴的伯父生命危在旦夕，他們很悲傷。

Death pays all debts/scores.

一死百了。

put to death

處死
The criminals were put to death.
這些罪犯被處死。

to death

極度
He was tired to death after a day's work.
工作了一天他累得要死。

辨析

同義:

n.死亡

decease demise passing end dissolution brain death necrosis rest eternal rest quietus dying expiration mortality curtains lights out fatality

n.死神

angel of death Grim Reaper skull and crossbones death's head the black horse

n.滅亡，毀滅

extinction extermination eradication extirpation destruction annihilation ruin ruination

反義:

n.「死，死亡；毀滅」的反義字

birth life

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

the action or fact of dying or being killed.
▸an instance of a person or an animal dying.
the state of being dead.
▸ (Death) the personification of the power that destroys life, often represented as a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe.
the end of something:
the death of her hopes.

Phrase

as sure as death
quite certain.
at death's door
so ill that one may die.
be the death of someone
cause someone's death.
be in at the death
be present when a hunted animal is caught and killed.
▸be present when something fails or ends.
catch one's death (of cold)
informal catch a severe cold.
do someone to death
kill someone.
do something to death
repeat something so frequently that it becomes tedious.
like death warmed up (or N. Amer. over)
informal extremely tired or ill.
put someone to death
execute someone.
to death
1. until dead.
2. used to emphasize a feeling or action:
  I'm sick to death of you.

Derivative

deathless adj.
deathlessness n.
deathlike adj.

Etymology

OE dēath, of Gmc origin; rel. to die¹.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》

維基百科

死亡，是相對於生命體存在（存活）的生命現象，指維持一個生物存活的所有生物學功能的永久終止。能夠導致死亡的現象一般有：衰老、被捕食、營養不良、疾病、窒息、自殺、受傷（如他殺）、餓死、脫水、意外事故、死刑（如槍斃或電椅）、過敏和藥物過量。

除了燈塔水母等極少數可能的例外之外，已知生物都會不可避免地經歷死亡。而在人類中，達成長生不老或生命延續或許是不可能的，即使有可能，要達到此種狀態可能也相當困難。另外多數人並不希望長生不老，甚至相當數量的人不希望活得太久。

在人類社會中，死亡這自然現象被宗教和哲學關注了幾千年。這些關注中可能包含有一種信念，即某種復活（相關於亞伯拉罕諸教）、轉世（相關於古印度宗教，如婆羅門教、佛教等），或者意識永久消失，被稱為「永眠」。人類死亡之日稱為忌日、死忌。死亡之後的紀念儀式可能包括各種喪禮或葬禮。人的屍體通常被稱為遺體，一般會土葬或火化，但亦有海葬、天葬、冰葬等多種其他方法處理遺體。

雖然在法律上常認為人死後沒有和活人相同的權利，但一些法律制度，其目的是爲了保護死人的權利，因此死人也有人權，不能認為死人沒有人權；另外死亡並非是一個單一的事件而是一個過程，而死亡判定在法律和醫學上有時也有爭議。

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