n.
    
      - 死,死亡[C][U]
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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
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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
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The criminals were 
put to death.
這些罪犯被處死。
 
    
    to death
    
      - 極度
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He was tired 
to death after a day's work.
工作了一天他累得要死。
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
   - 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
  
  Derivative
  
    - deathless adj.
  - deathlessness n.
  - deathlike adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  OE dēath, of Gmc origin; rel. to die1.