v.死；枯竭；消失；渴望
n.骰子；印模；金属模子
Nowadays many people die of cancer. 现在有很多人死于癌症。
Many people die from famine in Africa. 在非洲许多人死于饥荒。
My grandfather died at the age of 86. 我爷爷在86岁时去世了。
Flowers soon die if they are left without water. 如果不给花儿浇水,很快它们就会枯死。
Coal mining is dying in this area. 这个地区的煤矿正日渐消失。
These rumors will soon die away. 这些谣言不久就会逐渐消失。
die的基本意思是指动植物因生命终止而“死亡”。引申可表示“消失,停止运行”“枯萎”等。
die主要用作不及物动词,也可用作系动词,接名词或形容词作表语,表示死时的身份或状态。die有时也可用作及物动词,但必须接同源名词death作宾语, death前常可有形容词修饰。die不用于被动结构。
die和副词小品词连用可组成短语如die away, die down, die out,均表示由大到小,由近到远,由有到无,指灯光、火光、声音等逐渐消失。
die后接介词可组成短语表示死于某种原因。如接介词from表示“死于非命”等,接of表示因“疾病或年老”等而死亡。
在口语中, die往往作“渴望、切望”或“强烈地感受到”解,表示一种极度状态,此时用现在进行时,其后可接介词for〔of, to〕或动词不定式。
die偶尔可用于进行体,表示“就要死去,渐渐死去”。
die的现在分词dying可用作形容词,在句中作定语。
下面各句都是“他死了”的委婉说法:He is no more.It is all over for him.He has passed away.He departed from this life.He slept the final sleep.He was numbered among the dead.He has breathed his last.He fell in the battle.在英美军人的俚语里,还可以用:He's had it,He's bought it,He's had his time,He's handed in his chips等。
