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    doornail

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++door·nail /ˈdɔːneɪl $ ˈdɔːr-/ noun  (as) dead as a doornail informal completely dead 死翘翘的
    Examples from the Corpus
    doornail• She looked dead as a doornail.• If looks could kill, Dooley Barlowe would have dropped him right there, dead as a doornail.• There we were, messing around with his things, and all the time he was dead as a doornail in Paris.
    door·nail nounChineseSyllable
    completely Corpus dead


    doornail
    door‧nail /ˈdɔːneɪl $ ˈdɔːr-/ noun
    (as) dead as a doornail informal completely dead


    door·nailBrE /ˈdɔːneɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdɔːrneɪl/ 🔊 noun●(as) ˌdead as a ˈdoornail(informal) completely dead 完全死了的；死僵了的