perish
美音:[´perıʃ
]
英音:[´perıʃ
]
vi.毁灭,死亡,腐烂,枯萎 vt.毁坏,使麻木
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动词过去式:perished 过去分词:perished 现在分词:perishing 第三人称单数:perishes
词根
it＝to go（走）
近义词, 同义词
not exist not to be have no existence be null and void cease to exist pass away perish be extinct become extinct die out disappear melt away dissolve leave no trace go be no more die annihilate render null nullify abrogate destroy take away remove obliterate extirpateunborn unbegotten unconceived unproduced unmade perished annihilated extinct exhausted gone lost vanished departed gone with the wind defunct dead fabulous ideal imaginary
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perish
/'perɪʃ; `pɛrɪʃ/
v
1 [I] (fml 文) be destroyed; die 毁灭; 死亡
*Thousands of people perished in the earthquake. 那次地震死者数以千计.
* We shall do it or perish in the attempt. 我们将拚死一试.
2 [I, Tn] (esp Brit) (cause sth to) rot; (cause rubber to) lose its elasticity （使某物）腐烂; （使橡胶）失去弹性, 老化
*The seal on the bottle has perished. 瓶子的封记已经腐烂.
* If any oil gets on the car tyres, it will perish them. 汽车胎沾上油就会毁坏.
3 (idm 习语) ,perish the `thought (infml 口) may it never happen 但愿别这样
*The neighbours' children want to learn to play the trumpet, perish the thought! 邻居的孩子想学吹小号, 但愿他们别学!
v
1 [I] (fml 文) be destroyed; die 毁灭; 死亡
*Thousands of people perished in the earthquake. 那次地震死者数以千计.
* We shall do it or perish in the attempt. 我们将拚死一试.
2 [I, Tn] (esp Brit) (cause sth to) rot; (cause rubber to) lose its elasticity （使某物）腐烂; （使橡胶）失去弹性, 老化
*The seal on the bottle has perished. 瓶子的封记已经腐烂.
* If any oil gets on the car tyres, it will perish them. 汽车胎沾上油就会毁坏.
3 (idm 习语) ,perish the `thought (infml 口) may it never happen 但愿别这样
*The neighbours' children want to learn to play the trumpet, perish the thought! 邻居的孩子想学吹小号, 但愿他们别学!
perish
v
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: perir, from Latin perire 'to be destroyed']
[I]formal or literary to die, especially in a terrible or sudden way
Hundreds perished when the ship went down.
[I and T]especially BrE if rubber or leather perishes, it decays
perish the thought!
spoken old-fashioned used to say that you hope what someone has suggested will never happen
If we lose, perish the thought, Watford will take first place.
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: perir, from Latin perire 'to be destroyed']
[I]formal or literary to die, especially in a terrible or sudden way
Hundreds perished when the ship went down.
[I and T]especially BrE if rubber or leather perishes, it decays
perish the thought!
spoken old-fashioned used to say that you hope what someone has suggested will never happen
If we lose, perish the thought, Watford will take first place.
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