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perishing

/per-i-shing/US // ˈpɛr ɪ ʃɪŋ //UK // (ˈpɛrɪʃɪŋ) //

灭亡,消亡,殒落,殒命

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing destruction, ruin, extreme discomfort, or death: lost in the perishing cold.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdie, decline, decay
Forms: perished

Examples

  • In "the haste of the workers, the feeling for form itself, the ear and eye for the melody of movements are [. . .] perishing."

  • His soul was tossed on the billows of a tempestuous ocean, in the midst of which he saw his father perishing.

  • A perishing formation loses moral force in more rapid progression than the mere loss of members would seem to warrant.

  • The claims of countrymen perishing for lack of knowledge, on those who know the truth, are strong.

  • It is easy to imagine the gratitude and joy of the nine perishing men who were rescued from an awful death!

  • She had the fixed look of one who watches the perishing under her eyes of a beloved dream.