| 词汇 | dead to the world |
| 释义 | Idiom dead to the world Theme: EXHAUSTION tired; exhausted; sleeping soundly.I've had such a hard day. I'm really dead to the world.Look at her sleep. She's dead to the world. Slang dead to the world Theme: INTOXICATED - ALCOHOL mod. alcohol intoxicated.Six beers and he was dead to the world.By midnight almost everybody was dead to the world. Theme: SLEEP mod. sound asleep.After all that exercise, he's dead to the world.He's dead to the world, and I can't rouse him. Idiom dead to the world sleeping to the greatest degree possible.Guy was curled up on the sofa, dead to the world. dead to the world adjective unconscious, deeply and soundly asleep; unaware of any outside stimulus. Earlier use may also have connoted 'drunk' UK, 1899dead to the world1. Sleeping very soundly. Don't worry, the vacuum won't wake him—he's dead to the world. 2. Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were dead to the world! dead to the world1. sound asleep. After all that exercise, he's dead to the world. He's dead to the world, and I can't rouse him. 2. . intoxicated. Six beers and he was dead to the world. By midnight almost everybody at the party was dead to the world. dead to the worldSound asleep or unconscious, as in The alarm clock went off but Joseph was dead to the world. [Late 1800s] dead to the worldINFORMALIf someone is dead to the world, they are sleeping very deeply. Sarah was dead to the world by the time I came to bed. Both kids were dead to the world and the house was silent. dead to the worldfast asleep; unconscious. informal 2000 Michael Ondaatje Anil's Ghost The nurse tried to wake him, but he was dead to the world. ˌdead to the ˈworld(informal) deeply asleep: Within two minutes of getting into bed, I was dead to the world.dead to the world1. mod. sound asleep. After all that exercise, he’s dead to the world. 2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. By midnight almost everybody was dead to the world. dead to the world Soundly asleep. dead to the worldAsleep or unconscious, and hence oblivious to one’s surroundings. That deep sleep resembles death was noted in biblical times, but the precise expression does not surface in print until 1899 or so (“Our host is dead to the world,” George Ade, Doc’ Horne). |
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