die of/from sth
死于疾病、饥饿、衰老等内因用 of，死于外伤、事故等外因常用 from。
She died of a heart attack.
她死于心脏病发作。
停止运转；失灵；终止；消亡；灭绝；不复存在；渴望；极想；以…方式死去；失去希望；心灰意冷
to stop living; to become dead
停止生存；死亡；经历死亡。
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
(停止生存并)经历(某种特定的死亡)。
To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
极度渴望。
To yearn intensely.
精神上死亡；失去希望。
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
停止运转；出故障或失去“活力”。
To stop working; to break down or otherwise lose "vitality".
中止,终止(如错误条件)。
To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
立法机构会期结束时未付诸表决而失效。
To expire at the end of the session of a legislature without having been brought to a vote.
消亡；不复存在；遗失或灭绝。
To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
沉没；昏厥；憔悴；因虚弱、沮丧、爱等而萎靡。
To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
变得漠不关心；不再受影响。
To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
在另一个表面上逐渐消失,如线脚在斜面或曲面上隐没。
To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
变得淡而无味、平淡无奇或失去劲头,如酒类。
To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
一般现在时
He dies in the accident.
他死于事故。
一般过去时
Many soldiers died in the war.
许多士兵在战争中死亡。
现在进行时
The patient is dying.
病人正在濒临死亡。
die是规则动词，过去式和过去分词为died，现在分词为dying（去e加ing）。
My grandfather died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 95.
我的祖父在睡梦中安详地去世，享年95岁。
用法提示：这里用过去式died表示死亡动作。
The cat was hit by a car and died instantly.
那只猫被车撞到，当场死亡。
用法提示：这里用过去式died表示瞬间死亡。
If you don't water the plant, it will soon die.
如果你不给植物浇水，它很快就会枯死。
用法提示：这里用原形die表示将来可能的死亡。
死于疾病、饥饿、衰老等内因用 of，死于外伤、事故等外因常用 from。
She died of a heart attack.
她死于心脏病发作。
强调为某种信念或事业牺牲。
He died for his country.
他为国捐躯。
指物种、习俗、语言等逐渐消失。
Many languages are dying out.
许多语言正在消亡。
更委婉，常用于人
较正式，可指非生命，如文明或动植物
委婉，通常指人
较正式，强调生命终止的时刻
法律或正式用语，通常只用于人
grammar · medium
易错句子He died cancer.
正确表达He died of cancer.
中文学习者容易遗漏介词 'of'，因为中文里'死于癌症'不需要介词；但英语中'die'是不及物动词，表原因时需加介词'of'或'from'。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am die.
正确表达I am dead.
中文里'死'既是动词也是形容词，学习者常误用动词形式代替形容词；英语中动词'die'不能做表语，应使用形容词'dead'。
同音异形异义词；die 表示死亡，dye 表示染色
词性不同：die 是动词（死亡的动作），dead 是形容词（死亡的状态）
死于（疾病、饥饿、衰老等）
He died of a heart attack.
他死于心脏病发作。
死于（外伤、事故等外因）
Many people die from traffic accidents every year.
每年许多人死于交通事故。
为…而死；渴望（口语）
Soldiers died for their country.
士兵们为祖国而牺牲。
灭绝；消失
Some languages are dying out.
一些语言正在消亡。
逐渐平息；减弱
The wind died down in the evening.
风在傍晚时平息了。
死亡后用于安放遗体的容器
将死者遗体安放在地下的仪式
因死亡而产生的深切哀伤
宗教或哲学中认为死后脱离肉体的精神实体
宣布死亡消息的公告
难以改变；顽固不化
Old habits die hard.
旧习难改。
笑死
I almost died laughing at his joke.
听了他的笑话我差点笑死。
寿终正寝
The tradition died a natural death over the centuries.
这一传统历经数百年后自然消亡了。
死去，入睡——入睡，或许还会做梦。
From Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' soliloquy, reflecting on death.
出自哈姆雷特的‘生存还是毁灭’独白，思考死亡。
活着并让别人死。
Title of a James Bond film and song, about accepting mortality.
一部詹姆斯·邦德电影和歌曲的标题，关于接受死亡。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.