| 词汇 | die off |
| 释义 | Idiom die off to die one after another until no members of a particular group are left.She was ninety-two and said all her friends had died off. Phr V die off dies, dying, died die off if a group of people, animals, or plants dies off, all of that group dies over a period of timeThe ground and climate isn't right for growing grass so after a few years it dies off. die off if a group of people or animals die off, they die over a period of time until none of them are left: Most of the old people had died off, and the young ones had moved to the towns. In the Yangtze river, dolphins are dying off at an alarming rate. die offTo become extinct gradually, as of a group of people or animals. That species of birds will die off if we keep destroying their habitat. die off[for a living thing] to perish one by one until there are no more. Most of the larger lizards died off eons ago. It would be really bad if all the owls died off. The cucumber blossoms all died off. die offPerish one by one, as in A celibate community, the Shakers are dying off. [Late 1600s] die offv. To become extinct gradually: The dodo died off in the 1600s. Wolves were dying off in the formerly rural area as new subdivisions were built. |
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