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dien. sing. of dice,i.e.small cube with faces bearing1-6 spots thrown in gaming骰子。 △R.III.5.4.9:“Slave,I have set my life upon a cast,/ And I willstand the hazard of the die.”i.e. I will withstand therisk or chance of the die showing a low number. 奴才,我既已拿我這條命孤注一擲,勝敗存亡就在此一舉了。 △Mid. 5.1. 314 (307): “No die,but an ace,” i.e. not a whole die but a single face— the one spot.可不是整個的骰子,只是“一點”。(按:die有“死亡”與“骰子”二義,此處雙關(guān)取笑。譯文無法兼顧。)
dievi. 1. cease to live死亡。 die and live: live and die subsist from the cradle to thegrave,spend one’s whole life,earns one’s whole living從生到死,度過一生,維持生活。 △As.3.5.7:“he that dies andlives by bloody drops?” i.e. he whose whole existence isby means of shedding blood. 這種靠殺人流血為生的人。 die for food: die for want of food因缺食而死,餓死。 △As.2.6.1:“Dear master,I can go no further. O,Idie for food!”好少爺,我再也走不動了。唉,我要餓死了。 die on: die fighting against與…拼命。 △Gent.2.4.115(114):“I’ll die on him that says so”. 誰說這樣的話,我就和他拼命。 die the death: be put to death by judicial sentence依法處死。 △Mid.1.1.65:“Either to die the death,or toabjure / Forever the society of men?!辈皇潜灰婪ㄌ幩溃褪怯肋h(yuǎn)與男人隔絕。 die well:i.e. die as Christians having confessed theirsins to a priest,die a Christian death死得安然,(指)死得像基督徒那樣(先向牧師懺悔了自己的罪過)。 △H.V.4.1.149(141):“I am afeard (= afraid) there are few diewell that die in a battle;”我恐怕在戰(zhàn)場上死的人很少能死得安安然然的。 died every day: lived a life of daily mortification(Cf.1 Corinthians 15: 31:“I die daily. ”)每天過著苦行的生活。(參見《新約·哥林多前書》第15章第31節(jié):“我天天面對著死?!? △Mac.4.3.109:“the queen that bore thee. / Ofte-ner upon her knees than on her feet. / Died every day shelived.”生你的那位王后,跪著(祈禱)比立著的時候多,天天刻苦修行。 2.i.e. vanish消失。 △2H.VI.1.1.96 (95):“And shallthese labours and these honours die?”難道這一切辛勞和這 一切光榮都要化為烏有嗎? 3. i.e. be forgotten 置之不顧。 △1H.IV.1.3.71:“Whate’er Lord Harry Percy then had said / To sucha person. and in such a place. / At such a time. withall the rest retold,/ May reasonably die,”無論哈利·波西爵爺對那么一個人,在那么一個地方,在那么一個時候,當(dāng)時或許曾經(jīng)講過什么,還有別的報告過的什么,都可以 一筆勾銷了。 die[dai]v.死亡,消失,平息n.模子(型),外板,模片,骰子,小片 ◇ as straight as a die絕對真實,非??煽?br/>be dying for非常想做…/die a dog’s death=die like a dog悲慘地死去,勇敢地死去 die a martyr就義 die at one’s post殉職 die away漸漸消失,消逝 die by one’s own hand自殺 die by violence橫死 die by visitation God突然死亡 die down逐漸平息,慢慢熄滅 die for love殉情 die for one’s country殉國 die from死于 die game寧死不屈 die in an accident死難,遇難 die in harness殉職 die in one’s bed死 die in one’s boot(shoes)橫死,暴死 die in the last ditch奮戰(zhàn)而死 die of=die from死于…,因…而死 die of a sudden illness暴死 die off絕種 die on the vine中途夭折,泡湯 die out滅絕,絕種,熄滅 the die is cast木已成舟 upon the die在危急關(guān)頭 ‖ die-engraving n.銅模雕刻技術(shù) die of illness病故,病逝 die young夭折 die intestate無遺囑死亡 die testate留有遺囑的死亡 death n.死(詳見 death) die-away adj. 消沉的,憔悴的 die-cast adj. 壓模的 die-engraving n.銅模雕刻技術(shù) die-hard n.頑固分子adj.頑固的 die-off n.衰耗,衰竭,死光 dying adj.垂死的,快要 ◇ be dying to (for)迫切想…/dying out死,消滅,衰滅 dying out死,消滅,衰減,衰滅 dying without issue死后無子女 ‖ dying declaration 臨終聲明 dying evidence臨死證言 dying testament遺囑 |