Stone dead Meaning in English
expression
ˈstoʊn/ /ˈdɛd
STOHN-DED
stˈəʊn/ /dˈɛd
STOHN-DED
释义
Completely and totally dead, with no chance of being alive. Used for dramatic emphasis.
用法与细微差别
Informal and very emphatic. Used mostly in spoken English or dramatic storytelling. Common collocation: 'stone dead' (not 'dead stone'). Sometimes hyperbolic, as in 'the phone was stone dead' (completely out of power).
Spanish: muerto del todo - muerto por completoPortuguese (BR): morto de vez - completamente mortoPortuguese (PT): morto de todo - completamente mortoChinese (Simplified): 彻底死亡 - 死得不能再死Chinese (Traditional): 徹底死亡 - 死得不能再死Hindi: पूरी तरह से मरा हुआArabic: ميت تمامًا - ميت كليًاBengali: একেবারে মৃত - সম্পূর্ণ নিথরRussian: совсем мёртвый - абсолютно мёртвыйJapanese: 完全に死んでいるVietnamese: chết hẳn - chết cứngKorean: 완전히 죽은 - 완전 사망Turkish: tamamen ölü - kaskatı ölüUrdu: بالکل مردہIndonesian: benar-benar mati - mati total
例句
The bird was stone dead when we found it.
basic
He checked the fish and it was stone dead.
basic
After the storm, the tree was stone dead.
basic
By the time help arrived, the battery was stone dead and the car wouldn’t start.
natural
He touched the wires with a stick to make sure they were stone dead before fixing them.
natural
When I checked on the old phone, it was stone dead—not even a flicker of life left.
natural