"dead as a doornail" 怎么发音

expression

US

DED-uhz-uh DOR-nayl

UK

DED-az-uh DAW-nayl

释义

Completely, unquestionably dead or lifeless. This is a very old English idiom used to emphasize that something is no longer alive or active in any sense.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈdɛd/ /ˈæz/, /ˈɛz/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈdɔɹˌneɪɫ

英式英语

dˈɛd/ /ˈæs/ /æɪ/ /dˈɔːneɪl

简化发音

美式

DED-uhz-uh DOR-nayl

英式

DED-az-uh DAW-nayl

语境中听

After not watering it for weeks, my plant was dead as a doornail.

The battery in my phone is dead as a doornail.

That old computer is dead as a doornail now.

After the big storm, the city was dead as a doornail at night.