perish
US: /ˈpɛɹɪʃ/
UK: /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
UK: /pˈɛɹɪʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
perish /'periʃ/
- nội động từ
- diệt vong; chết; bỏ mạng, bỏ mình
- tàn lụi, héo rụi; hỏng đi
- ngoại động từ
- (thường) dạng bị động làm chết; làm bỏ mạng
- to be perished with cold: rét chết đi được
- to be perished with hunger: đói chết đi được
- làm tàn lụi, làm héo rụi; làm hỏng
- the heat has perished all vegetation: nóng làm cây cối héo rụi hết
- (thường) dạng bị động làm chết; làm bỏ mạng
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
1 [V] (formal or literary) (of people or animals) to die, especially in a sudden violent way: A family of four perished in the fire. + Thousands perished at the hands of the invading forces.
2 [V] (formal) to be lost or destroyed: Early buildings were made of wood and have perished.
3 [V, VN] (BrE) if a material such as rubber perishes or is perished, it becomes damaged, weaker or full of holes
Idioms: perish the thought (spoken) used to say that you find a suggestion unacceptable or that you hope that sth will never happen: Me get married? Perish the thought!
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
die, expire, lose (one's) life, be killed, be lost, meet (one's) death, be destroyed:
Three gnus perished in the fire at the zoo.
Concise English dictionary
perishes|perished|perishing'perɪʃ
verb
+pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
