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moribund

美音:[´mɔ:rəbənd ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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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

dead  lifeless  deceased  departed  defunct  extinct  late  gone  inanimate  dying  moribund    

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.

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a moribund organization, industry, etc is no longer active or effective and may be coming to an end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.