perishing

英 [ˈperɪʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈperɪʃɪŋ]

adj.  冰冷的; 酷寒的; 讨厌的; 可恶的
v.  死亡; 暴死; 丧失; 湮灭; 毁灭; (使橡胶等)老化，脆裂
perish的现在分词

现在分词：perishing　

GRE

牛津词典

adj.

• 冰冷的；酷寒的
  extremely cold
  1. It's perishing outside!
     外边冷极了。
  2. I'm perishing!
     我都快冻死了！
• 讨厌的；可恶的
  used to show that you are annoyed about sth
  1. I've had enough of this perishing job!
     这讨厌的差事，我真受够了！

柯林斯词典

• VERB （人或动物）惨死，猝死
  If people or animalsperish, they die as a result of very harsh conditions or as the result of an accident.
  1. Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.
     大多数蝴蝶会在秋天的第一场霜冻来临时纷纷死去。
  2. ...the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished.
     造成193名乘客丧生的渡船事故
• VERB 湮灭；毁灭；丧失
  If somethingperishes, it comes to an end or is destroyed for ever.
  1. Buddhism had to adapt to the new world or perish...
     佛教必须适应新时代，否则将会消亡。
  2. Civilizations do eventually decline and perish.
     各种文明最后都会衰落、消亡。
• VERB （物质或材料）老化，腐烂，脆裂
  If a substance or materialperishes, it starts to fall to pieces and becomes useless.
  1. Obviously the plaster's just perished and all fallen off...
     很明显灰泥已脆裂老化,全剥落下来了。
  2. Their tyres are slowly perishing.
     他们的车胎在慢慢老化。
• CONVENTION （表示认为建议不可能、荒谬）想都别想，死了心吧，没门儿
  If someone saysperish the thought, they mean that they think that a suggestion or possibility is unpleasant or ridiculous.
  1. Me a policeman! Perish the thought!...
     我当警察！想都别想了，不可能！
  2. We don't have a computer (perish the thought) and have only recently bought an electric typewriter.
     我们没有电脑（死了心吧），只好最近买了台电动打字机。

双语例句

• The note to be sounded was brevity, mystery, and a foretaste of impending doom for Germany. There are telltale symptoms by which history gives warning to a threatened or perishing society.
  措辞应当简短、神秘，而且要预示德国即将灭亡。历史往往借助于一些很能说明问题的迹象来警示一个正面临威胁或即将灭亡的社会。
• Of unknown perishing armies beat about my ears.
  和渐渐消亡的军队的叫喊撞击我的耳鼓。
• The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God and the Church is famishing for want of His Presence.
  这个世界因为缺乏对神的认识而趋向灭亡，同样地，教会因为没有神的同在而濒于生命枯干。
• Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.
  一只快饿死的蚱蜢经过了，诚挚地向蚂蚁乞讨一些食物。
• I can't get in I've lost the perishing key!
  我进不去－－我把该死的钥匙丢了。
• If there is anything more heart-breaking than a body perishing for lack of bread, it is a soul which is dying from hunger for the light.
  如果还有什么比死于饥渴的躯体更能使人痛心的话，那一定是由于得不到光明而死去的灵魂了。
• The old religion is perishing.
  这种旧宗教正在消亡。
• Don't go out without your coat, it's perishing out there!
  穿上大衣再出去，外面非常冷！
• An estimated quarter of its passengers ended up perishing in Nazi concentration camps.
  据估计，其1/4的乘客最后死于纳粹集中营。
• It's really perishing cold this morning!
  今天早晨实在冷得厉害！