adj.死的；不起作用的；无趣的；筋疲力尽的；麻木的；完全的；无效的；沉闷的；（指球）界外的
adv.完全地；直接地；突然地
It lay there with its eyes closed, dead as a doornail. 它躺在那里眼睛闭著，确实死了。
He has been dead for two years. 他已死了两年。
The phone went dead. 电话打不通了。
What a dead place this is! 这地方多没意思!
The acting was rather dead. 表演十分乏味.
The street seems dead without all the bustle of the children. 没有孩子的嬉戏,街道上死气沉沉的。
You seem half dead. 你看起来累得半死不活的。
My dead fingers could not untie the knot. 我的手指麻木了，解不开结。
My legs had gone completely dead. 我的腿完全没知觉了。
She finished speaking, and there was dead silence in the room. 她发言之后,屋内变得鸦雀无声。
His love for you is dead. 他对你的爱情已不复存在。
The debate is now dead. 辩论现已过时。
Latin has become a dead language. 拉丁语已成为一种死语言。
Many people say that detente is now a dead letter. 很多人说缓和国际紧张局势的论调已是明日黄花。
He fell with a dead thud. 他砰的一声倒了下来。
用作副词 (adv.)He was dead asleep. 他酣然大睡。
You can be dead sure of my innocence. 你绝对可以相信我是无辜的。
The wind was dead against us. 风正对着我们吹。
dead的基本意思是“死的”,表示人生命终止或动植物枯萎、枯死。引申可表示“死寂的”“麻木的”“极度疲倦的,累极的”“阴沉的”等,所指的对象可以是人、动物、植物,也可以是抽象的事物。在一些短语里dead还可指“完全的,全然的”。
dead在句中可用作定语、表语或宾语补足语。
dead与定冠词the连用可用作名词,表示“死者”。
dead在逻辑上已表示极限,故不能再用比较级和最高级。
adv.(副词)dead用作副词意思是“突然地,完全地”,也可作“极度地,绝对”“直接地,正对着”解。
dead在句中主要用作状语,可修饰动词、形容词、介词短语或其他副词。
