dead 指已停止呼吸和心脏跳动，与alive(活着的，活的)相对。
dying 指奄奄一息，行将死亡。
参考例句
1. Let the dead Past bury its dead! 让已死的的过去把死的埋葬！
2. Live or Dead? 活的或死的？
3. Let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember. 让它如同我记忆中已死的欲望般沉睡著。
英英解释
n.
1. people who are no longer living
2. a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense adj.
1. no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
2. not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting forc
3. very tired
4. unerringly accurate
5. physically inactive
6. total
7. not endowed with life
8. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
9. devoid of physical sensation; numb
10. lacking acoustic resonance
11. not yielding a return
12. not circulating or flowing
13. out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
14. not surviving in active use
15. lacking resilience or bounce
16. no longer in force or use; inactive
17. no longer having force or relevance
18. sudden and complete
19. drained of electric charge; discharged
20. lacking animation or excitement or activity
21. devoid of activity adv.
1. quickly and without warning
2. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
网络释义
Dead 死球：掉落地点，球不能转动而停止;
具有强吸声特性的房间的静寂;
死的;
十分接近球洞点;
