dead-end

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A road with no exit.
    — We turned into the street and realised it was a dead-end.
  2. A position that offers no hope of progress. broadly,figuratively
    — Mary realised her relationship with Jim had hit a dead-end.
动词 v.
  1. To come to a dead-end. US
    — Watch out! The road dead-ends in 200 yards and there's nowhere to turn around!
  2. To come to nothing; to reach a hopeless situation. broadly
    — Dumas' tangle of unrequited, misplaced and dead-ended love
形容词 adj.
  1. Going nowhere; blocked.
    — a dead-end street

词形变化

more dead-end comparative most dead-end superlative deadend alternative dead-ends present,singular,third-person dead-ending participle,present dead-ended participle,past dead-ended past deadend alternative dead-ends plural deadend alternative
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