die a thousand deaths

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To die many times over (usually as preferred over some other undesirable action or occurrence).
    — Mor[timer] iu[nior]. Crie quittance Madam then, & loue not him. / Qu[een]. No, rather will I die a thousand deaths, / And yet I loue in vaine, heele nere loue me.
  2. To suffer repeatedly (often mentally rather than physically); to suffer extreme embarrassment or anxiety. idiomatic
    — [S]ince I knovv no greater Pleaſure than the Love of you, I ſhould too vvillingly run the Riſque of any Diſadvantage that could happen by it. I die a thouſand Deaths every Hour, and ſtill revive, to die them over again: Adieu.

词形变化

dies a thousand deaths present,singular,third-person dying a thousand deaths participle,present died a thousand deaths participle,past died a thousand deaths past
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