perish

英[ˈperɪʃ]美[ˈperɪʃ]

vi.死亡，丧生，毁灭，腐烂，枯萎，老化；

vt.使麻木，使毁坏；

第三人称单数：perishes;

过去式：perished;

过去分词：perished;

现在分词：perishing;

例句

He that trusts in a lie shall perish in truth.相信谎话的人必将在真理前灭亡。出自：英语谚语

Crowns and thrones may perish.王权不会永存.

Me a policeman! Perish the thought!我当**！想都别想了，不可能！

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。

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*近买了台电动打字机。

Me a policeman! Perish the thought!...我当**！想都别想了，不可能！

Civilizations do eventually decline and perish.各种文明*后都会衰落、消亡。

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。

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。

英语六级真题

More than paradise lost, a perishing rain forest could trigger a domino effect - sending winds and rains kilometers off course and loading the skies with even greater levels of greenhouse gases - that will be felt far beyond the Amazon basin.

The domino effect triggered by the perishing rain forests

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

（人或动物）惨死，猝死

If people or animals perish, they die as a result of very harsh conditions or as the result of an accident.

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VERB

湮灭；毁灭；丧失

If something perishes, it comes to an end or is destroyed for ever.

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VERB

（物质或材料）老化，腐烂，脆裂

If a substance or material perishes, it starts to fall to pieces and becomes useless.

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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 says perish the thought, they mean that they think that a suggestion or possibility is unpleasant or ridiculous.

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英汉词典释义

vi.

丧生; 消亡; 死亡

损坏, 腐烂

橡胶等的老化脆裂

英英词典释义

Verb

1. pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;