/daɪ ||; daɪ/verb (
present participle dying third person singular present dies;past tense past participle died)
1 [I,T] die (from/of sth) to stop living 死去；死亡: My father died when I was three. 我父亲在我三岁时死去。Thousands of people have died from this disease. 已经有数以千计的人死于这种疾病。 [I] to die of hunger 死于饥饿 [I] to die for what you believe in 为信仰而死 [T] to die a natural/violent death 自然死；暴力致死 ☞adjective dead, noun death. 形容词为dead，名词为death
2 [I] to stop existing; to disappear 不复存在；消失: The old customs are dying. 旧的习俗正在消亡。Our love will never die. 我们的爱情天长地久。
be dying for sth/to do sth(
spoken 口语) to want sth/to do sth very much 极想；渴望:
I'm dying for a cup of coffee. 我真想喝杯咖啡。 die hard to change or disappear only slowly or with difficulty 难改变；难消灭:
Old attitudes towards women die hard. 对女性的旧观念很难改过来。 to die for(
informal 非正式) if you think that sth is to die for, you really want it and would do anything to get it 竭力想弄到手的；极好的:
They have a house in town that's to die for. 他们在城里有一幢好得要命的房子。 die laughing to find sth very funny 觉得很有趣:
I thought I'd die laughing when he told that joke. 他讲的那个笑话我觉得好笑得要命。 die away to slowly become weaker before stopping or disappearing 变弱；渐渐停止；逐渐消失:
The sound of the engine died away as the car drove into the distance. 那辆汽车越走越远，引擎的声音也随之逐渐消失。 die down to slowly become less strong 变弱；渐渐平息；缓和:
Let's wait until the storm dies down before we go out. 我们等到风暴平息以后再出去吧。 die off to die one by one until there are none left 相继死去
die out to stop happening or disappear 不再发生；消失:
The use of horses on farms has almost died out in this country. 这个国家的农场几乎已不再用马帮助农务。