dead的基本意思是“死的”,表示人生命終止或動植物枯萎、枯死。引申可表示“死寂的”“麻木的”“極度疲倦的,累極的”“陰沉的”等,所指的對象可以是人、動物、植物,也可以是抽象的事物。在一些短語里dead還可指“完全的,全然的”。

dead在句中可用作定語、表語或賓語補(bǔ)足語。

dead與定冠詞the連用可用作名詞,表示“死者”。

dead在邏輯上已表示極限,故不能再用比較級和較高級。

用作adv.(副詞)

dead用作副詞意思是“突然地,完全地”,也可作“極度地,”“直接地,正對著”解。

dead在句中主要用作狀語,可修飾動詞、形容詞、介詞短語或其他副詞。

常見句型

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語

Mary threw away the dead flowers.

瑪麗把枯萎的花扔掉了。

You can pass a rope around this dead tree.

你可以把繩子繞在那顆枯樹上。

There was a dead silence in the house.

房子里一片死寂。

用作表語

He was almost dead.

他幾乎死了。

The chief editor has just been dead.Who will succeed him?

主編剛?cè)ナ?誰將繼任他?

She has been dead for three hours.

她已死了三小時。

He has been now dead for many years.

他已死去多年。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

My mother was dead from shopping.

我母親上街買東西累得要死。

He is dead in love with her.

他愛她愛得要命。

His son is dead on radio.

他兒子喜歡搞無線電。

S+V+O+～

The baby was born dead.

嬰兒生下時就已死了。

He was struck dead by electricity.

他觸電而死。

He was shot dead in a gunfight.

他在一次槍戰(zhàn)中中彈身亡。

用作賓語補(bǔ)足語

They found him dead.

他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他死了。

The rascal struck him dead.

流氓把他打死了。

A bullet struck him dead.

一顆子彈把他擊斃了。

They supposed him dead.

他們以為他死了。