'mortal' 的定义
词形 plural mortals
1. 形容词
2. 可数名词
3. 形容词 [ADJECTIVE noun]
4. 形容词 [ADJECTIVE noun]
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mortal in British English
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9.
a mortal being
10. informal
a person
a mean mortal
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mortally (ˈmortally) 副词
mortal 的词源
C14: from Latin mortālis, from mors death
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mortal in American English
形容词
2.
of a human being considered as a being who must eventually die
3.
of this world
4.
of death
5.
causing death; deadly; fatal
6.
to the death
mortal combat
名词
11.
a being who must eventually die; esp., a human being; person
副词
12. Dialectal
extremely
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈfatal
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mortally (ˈmortally)
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mortal 的词源
OFr < L mortalis < mors (gen. mortis), death, akin to mori, to die < IE base *mer-, to die, be worn out > murder, Sans marati, (he) dies
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mortal in American English
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形容词
3.
belonging to this world
7.
to the death
mortal combat
8.
of or pertaining to death
the mortal hour
11.
extreme; very great
in a mortal hurry
12.
conceivable; possible
of no mortal value to the owners
名词
SYNONYMS 6. See fatal.13.
a human being
14.
the condition of being subject to death
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mortal 的词源
[1325–75; ME ‹ L mortālis, equiv. to mort- (s. of mors) death + -ālis -al1]包括 的例句
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What fools these mortals be!A Midsummer Night's Dream
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英式英语: mortal
ADJECTIVE /ˈmɔːtəl/
If you refer to the fact that people are mortal, you mean that they have to die and cannot live for ever.
A man is deliberately designed to be mortal. He grows, he ages, and he dies.
英式英语: mortal
NOUN /ˈmɔːtəl/
You can describe someone as a mortal when you want to say that they are an ordinary person.
Tickets seem unobtainable to the ordinary mortal.
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