stone dead

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Utterly dead. idiomatic
    — 'I congratulate you; it was a lovely shot, and mine were vile.' We got out of the boat and ran to the buck, which was shot through the spine and stone dead.

词形变化

stone-dead alternative

词源

From Middle English stone-dede, stan-ded, standed, equivalent to stone + dead. Compare English stone-cold, stonehard, etc.
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