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dead 作动词时是及物动词,表示使失去生命或活力;这种用法较古旧,多见于文学作品,日常英语更常说 deaden。
A hard frost deaded the young shoots overnight.
一场严霜一夜之间使幼苗失去了生机。
使停止;使失效
deading — present participle of dead
使死亡;使麻木;使失去活力;使失效;阻止;使失去活力;削弱;死的;不活泼的
to stop or disable something so that it no longer works or moves
使失效;阻止
To prevent by disabling; to stop.
使失去活力;削弱
To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigour.
一般现在时
The harsh winter deads the young plants.
严酷的冬天使幼苗失去生机。
一般过去时
The frost deaded the flowers overnight.
霜冻一夜之间使花朵枯死。
present progressive
These chemicals are deading the soil.
这些化学物质正在使土壤失去活力。
dead 作动词时比较少见,意思是“使失去生命、使失去活力”,按规则动词变化:第三人称单数 deads,现在分词 deading,过去式和过去分词都是 deaded。
A thick rug deads the sound of footsteps in the hallway.
厚地毯使走廊里脚步声的声音变轻了。
用法提示:deads 是动词 dead 的第三人称单数现在式,这里表示“使(声音)减弱、消失”。
The cold deaded the feeling in my fingers.
寒冷使我的手指失去了知觉。
用法提示:deaded 是动词 dead 的过去式,这里表示“使(感觉)麻木、失去活力”。
Soft curtains can dead the noise from the busy road.
柔软的窗帘能减弱繁忙马路上的噪音。
用法提示:情态动词 can 后接动词原形 dead,这里表示“使(噪音)减弱”。
dead 作动词时是及物动词,表示使失去生命或活力;这种用法较古旧,多见于文学作品,日常英语更常说 deaden。
A hard frost deaded the young shoots overnight.
一场严霜一夜之间使幼苗失去了生机。
表示“使停止、使失效”时,常用 with 引出所使用的手段或工具。
He deaded the alarm with a single switch.
他按下一个开关就让警报器失效了。
被动语态中,常用 by 引出使某事物失去活力的原因。
The campfire was deaded by the heavy rain.
篝火被大雨浇灭了。
grammar · medium
易错句子My grandfather deaded two years ago.
正确表达My grandfather died two years ago.
dead 作动词是及物动词,意思是“使死亡、使失去活力”(相当于 deaden),后面必须接宾语;表示人去世要用不及物动词 die。汉语的“死”一个词兼作及物和不及物,容易把 dead 当成“死”来用,所以这里应为 died。
grammar · medium
易错句子The thick carpet dead the sound.
正确表达The thick carpet deaded the sound.
英语规则动词的过去式要加 -ed,dead 的过去式是 deaded,表示过去发生的事不能保留原形。汉语动词没有时态变化,容易漏掉 -ed,故须改为 deaded。
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