dead

死んだ

すでに命を失っている。

やさしい英語で： No longer alive.

• The bird is dead.
• They found several dead fish in the lake.
• Her grandfather has been dead for years.

類義語： deceased

反対語： alive, living

よく使う表現： dead body, dead bird, dead plants, dead relatives

切れた、動かない

電気や電力、信号がなくて動かない。

やさしい英語で： Unable to work because there is no electricity, power, or signal.

• My phone is dead.
• The car had a dead battery.
• We tried calling, but the line was dead.

類義語： flat, unpowered

反対語： live

よく使う表現： dead battery, dead phone, dead line

しびれた、感覚のない

体の一部で何も感じられない。

やさしい英語で： Unable to feel anything in a part of your body.

• My arm feels dead.
• She woke up with a dead leg.
• His hand was dead after he slept on it.

類義語： numb

よく使う表現： dead arm, dead leg, dead hand

生命のない、不毛の

生きた植物や動物などが存在しない。

やさしい英語で： Having no living plants, animals, or other forms of life.

• They explored a dead planet.
• The pollution left a dead landscape behind.
• Could anything grow in this dead soil?

類義語： lifeless, barren

よく使う表現： dead planet, dead landscape, dead world

完全に、ちょうど

表現を強め、完全に、またはちょうどという意味を表す。

やさしい英語で： Completely or exactly, used to make a description stronger.

• You are dead right.
• The village is dead ahead.
• She stopped dead when she saw the snake.

類義語： completely, exactly, totally

よく使う表現： dead wrong, dead ahead, dead serious

すっかり、ひどく

死を思わせるほど極端な疲れ、静けさ、動きのなさ、青白さを表す。

やさしい英語で： In a way that seems like death, with extreme tiredness, silence, stillness, or lack of color.

• I was dead tired.
• The children were dead asleep.
• She stood dead still behind the door.

類義語： utterly, completely

よく使う表現： dead tired, dead asleep, dead still

死者

亡くなった人々をひとまとめにした呼び方。

やさしい英語で： People who have died, considered as a group.

• They buried the dead.
• A memorial honors the dead from the war.
• The living gathered to remember the dead.

使い方： the dead + plural verb (The dead are remembered each year.)

類義語： the deceased

反対語： the living

よく使う表現： the dead, bury the dead, honor the dead

真夜中、真冬

夜が最も暗い時間、または冬が最も寒く静かな時期。

やさしい英語で： The time when night is darkest or winter is coldest and quietest.

• A door opened in the dead of night.
• We visited the cabin in the dead of winter.
• She heard footsteps during the dead of night.

使い方： in the dead of night/winter (They arrived in the dead of night.)

類義語： depths

よく使う表現： dead of night, dead of winter