mother any money to take care of them (不与子女同 住，也不支付抚养费的>无良父亲，失职父亲 dead-bolt /'dedbault; NAmE -boult/ noun {especially NAm£) = deadlock(2)

,dead cat 'bounce noun a temporary and small upward movement in share prices after a large fall, often before they start to fall again 死猫式反弹（指股价 遭重挫后出现的小幅反弹，常继而下跌） dead-en /'dedn/ verb [VN] to make sth such as a sound, a feeling, etc, less strong 使（声音、感觉等）减弱， 缓和，迟钟 S3C1 dull: He was given drugs to deaden the pain.给了他止痛药。► dead.en.ing aa；/. [only before noun] ： the deadening ejfect of alcohol on your reactions 酒精对反应的抑制作用

.dead 'end noun 1 a road, passage, etc. that is closed at one end —头封死的道路（或通道等）：The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end.我们想走的头 一条路结果是条死胡同。2 a point at which you can make no further progress in what you are doing 绝境； 僵局：We had come to a dead encHn our research.我们 的研究工作已陷入绝境。◊ He’s in a dead-end job m t/ie local factory (= one with low wages and no hope of promotion).地在当地工厂的工作是没有前途的。oTTiese negotiations are a dead-end street (= they have reached a point where no farther progress is possible).谈判陷入 僵局。

dead-head /'dedhed/ verb [VN] (6r£) to remove dead flowers from a plant摘掉（邊物）的奋花 .dead 'heat noun 1 [especially Br£) a result in a race when two of those taking part finish at exactly the same time (速度比赛中两个参赛者）同时到达终居，并 列的成绩 2     a situation during a race or competi­

tion, etc. when two or more people are at the same level势均力敌；:不分胜负；不相上下：The two candidates are in a dead heat in the polls.

民意测验中势均力敌6

丨dead 'letter 1 [usually sing.] a law or an agree­ment that still exists but that is ignored 无人遵 守的法 律；形同虚设的规定；空文2 (espec/'fl//y       a letter

that cannot be delivered to an address or to the person who s$nt it死信；无法投递（或退回）的邮件 dead.line /_dedlam/ now/7 〜（for sth) a point in time by which sth must be done 最后期限；截It 日期7pre/er to work to a deadHne.我喜欢按规定的期限完成工作。◊ 77ie deadhne/or appZi.carions is SO April.交宁请书的截止 日期是 4 月 30 日。◊ the January J5 deadZi'ne set by the [MtedAfations联合国规定的1月15日最后期限 dead-lock /'dedlDk; NAmE -la:k/ noun 1 [sing., U] a complete failure to reach agreement or settle an argu- ment 僵持；僵局；相持不下        stalemate ： Euro­

pean agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over/arm subsidies.欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上 未能打破僵局 6 ◊ (8r£) The strike appeared to have

reached )eadtocfc.罢工好像已陷入僵局。◊ (AMmf，8r£) TTie strike has reached a deadlock•'罢i 已 _ 入僵局 p 2 [C] (fir£) (also dead-bolt NAmE, 8r£) a type of lock on a door that needs a key to open or dose it 需用钥匙开关 的门锁► dead.locked [not. before noun]: Despite months of discussion the negotiations remained dead- iocfced.尽管已讨论数月，谈判仍僵持不下^:

.dead 'loss noun [usually sing.] (BrE, informal) a person or thing that is not helpful or useful 无用的人（或物.）•， 废物：He may be a very talented designer, but as a manager he’s a dead kws.他可能是一个很有天賦的设计 师，但作为经理他却很无能。 dead-ly /'dedli/ adj., adv.

madj. (dead-lier, dead-li-est) lilljliy More deadly and deadliest are the usual forms. You can also use most deadly.常用 more deadly 和 deadliest,亦可用 most deadly。1 causing or likely to cause death (可致 命的，致死的.0Qd lethal： a deadly weapon/disease 的滅器 / 疾病◊ deadly poison 剧毒◊ The cobra is one 〇/the worid’s deadest snakes.眼镜蛇是世界上毒性 最剧知的蛇类之一。◊ rhe terrorists .have chosen to pZay a deadly game with the civilian population.

故意要同平民百姓做死亡游戏。2 [only before noun] extreme; complete 极度的；’十足的；_彻底的  J’m_ fn

deadly earnest.我善.非常认真的V/e sat in deadZy

I 511    deafening

silence.我们;默不作声地坐着。◊ They are deadZy enemies (= are full of hatred for each other).他们是木 共戴天的仇敌。3 extremely effective, so that no defence is possible非常有效的；无法防御的：His aim is deadly (= so accurate that he can kill easily).他弹无虚 发0 ◊ Jt was the deadfy striker’s th goaf 〇/ the season, k是杀手前锋本赛季的第11个进球。4 (/n/o/wfl/) very boring枯燥的；令人厌烦的：rhe〖ecture was deadly.那场讲座简直无聊透了。

■ adv. 1 {informal) extremely ® ^;非常 deatHyser- fous/duH 极其—肃认真 / 乏淼 2 = deathly: deadly paZe/coW$—般地苍白；冷得要死 dead-ly night-shade /.dedli 'naitjeid/ (also bella­donna) noun [U] a very poisonous plant with purple flowers and black berries颠茄（有毒、开紫花、结黑色 浆果）_

.deadly 'sin noun one of the seven actions for which you can go to hell, in Christian tradition 七罪宗之一^ 大罪（基督教指罪恶的根源>:Greed is one 〇/the seven deadiysfns.贪婪是七罪宗之一。 dead-pan /'dedpaen/ adj. without any expression or emotion; often pretending to be serious when you are joking面无表情的；不带感情色彩的；假装正经的： deadpan humour 冷面幽默

dead-weight /.ded'weit/ noun [usually sing.] 1 a thing that is very heavy and difficult to lift or move (难以搬 动的）重兩 2 a person or thing that makes it difficult for sth to succeed or change 重负；累赘 .dead white European 'male noun {informal, disap­proving) a writer, scientist or other famous figure from the past that some people may consider more important than other writers，etc, just because he belongs to the group of people who have most power in society旧时欧洲白人男性（只因权势而被认为比其他 同行更声要的旧时的作家、科学家等名人）

,dead 'wood noun [U] people or things that have become useless or unnecessary in an organization % 员；废物

'dead zonci noun 1 a place or a period of time in which nothing happens空白地带，空白期（没有事情发生）： 77ie town is a cu〖turaZ dead zone.这个镇子是个文化荒 原。2 an area which separates two places, groups of people, etc.隔离带：The UN is trying to maintain a zone between the warring groups.联合国正试图在 交战方之间保留隔离带。3 a place where a mobile phone/cellphone does not work because no signal can be received盲区，静区（无手机信号）4 (加o/ogy 4) an area of water in which animals. cannot live because there is not enough oxygen死水.〈因缺氧而使动物无 法生存）

deaf 〇*w /def/ adj. (deaf-er, deafest)

1                  unable to hear anything or unable to hear very well

聋的：to becom^/go dea/变聋◊ She was bom dea/•她 Si耳聋。一see also stone deaf, tone-deaf 2 the deaf A7〇t/A7 [pi.] people who cannot Lear 耳聋的人；聋 子：television subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing 夫耳聋和耳背者做的电嘁字幕3 [not before nounj ~ to sth not willing to listen or pay attention to sth-.不愿听；.不 去注意：i* was dea/ to my requests /or help.■他知■我 求助充耳不闻。► deafness [U]   (as),deaf as a

_ post (/n/omw/) very deaf 全聋；聋得什么也 不见 fall on deaf ears to be ignored or not noticed by other people不被理睬；不被注意；被置若罔闻：Her advfce ieZZ on dea/ears■她的忠告没有受到重视。turn a deaf 'ear (to sb/sth) to ignore or refuse to listen to sb/sth (对…'...）置之不理，充耳不闻：He timwdat deaf ear4〇 the rumours...他对这些谣言置去1罔闻。

deafen /'defn/ verb [VN] [usually passive] 1 to make sb unable to hear the sounds around them because there is _ too much, noise 使震得耳朵发聋：rhe noise 〇/ the siren was dea/ening her. S备声M得她耳朵都快聋了丨，

2                  to make sb deaf使聋；使听不见

deaf.en.ing /.defnm/ very loud 震耳欲聋的；极喧 闹的：dea/ening appkzuse 掌声如雷◊ 77ie noise 〇/ the machine was dea/ening.机器A轰鸣声震耳欲聋。◊ The governments response to the report has been a deafening