moribund
美音:[´mɔ:rəbənd
]
英音:[´mɔ:rəbənd
]
adj.垂死的 n.垂死的人
难易程度:
moribund为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:moribundly 名词:moribundity
词根
mort＝death（死）
近义词, 同义词
moribund
/'mɒrɪbʌnd; [US] 'mɔ:r-; `mɔrə,bʌnd/
adj (fml 文) at the point of death; about to come to an end 垂死的; 行将消亡的
*a moribund civilization, industry, custom 日趋消亡的文明、工业、习惯.
adj (fml 文) at the point of death; about to come to an end 垂死的; 行将消亡的
*a moribund civilization, industry, custom 日趋消亡的文明、工业、习惯.
moribund
adj
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin;Origin: moribundus, from mori 'to die']
a moribund organization, industry, etc is no longer active or effective and may be coming to an end
The region's heavy industry is still inefficient and moribund.
A cut in interest rates will help the country's moribund housing market.
literary slowly dying
The patient was moribund by the time the doctor arrived.
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Latin;Origin: moribundus, from mori 'to die']
a moribund organization, industry, etc is no longer active or effective and may be coming to an end
The region's heavy industry is still inefficient and moribund.
A cut in interest rates will help the country's moribund housing market.
literary slowly dying
The patient was moribund by the time the doctor arrived.
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