lifeless
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++life·less /ˈlaɪfləs/ adjective 1 literaryDEAD dead or appearing to be dead 死的；看似无生命的 Anton’s lifeless body was found floating in the lake. 安东的尸体被发现漂浮在湖里。2 BORINGlacking the positive qualities that make something or someone interesting, exciting, or active 单调的，无生气的，无活力的 OPP lively The actors’ performances were lifeless. 演员的表演了无生气。3 LIVING/ALIVEnot living, or not having living things on it 无生机的，没有生命的；没有活物的 The surface of the Moon is arid and lifeless. 月球表面干旱，没有生命。4. lifeless hair or skin is in bad condition and does not look healthy 〔头发或皮肤〕干枯的，不光润的 SYN dull —lifelessly adverb —lifelessness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpus
lifeless• Under the bright lights in the train, both boy and man look pale, lifeless.• He took the dead girl's hand. It felt cold and lifeless.• The men found Dunlap's lifeless body slumped in the front seat of his car.• Anton's lifeless body was found floating in the lake.• But performance is poor, the steering light and lifeless, ergonomics messy and the gearbox jerky.• My hair always seems to look lank and lifeless, even though I make sure that I wash and condition it regularly.• The old and the young, the sick and the healthy, all limp and lifeless in the morning heat.• But tonight, she is not just silent, she is lifeless, inert, hollowed out.• They stood there lifeless on tiptoes.• a lifeless performance• Dad keeps videotapes of depositions, people explaining how their lives became empty, lifeless planets.lifeless body• Every day she visited his bedside to chat and search for signs of response in his lifeless body.• Whiplash's head rolled away from her lifeless body, mouth contorted in a hideous grin.• It might have been carrying Sergei's lifeless body: so thin a line divides the dead and the living.• His lifeless body was eventually taken from the river.life·less adjectiveChineseSyllable
dead dead be or Corpus to appearing
lifeless
life‧less /ˈlaɪfləs/
adjective
Anton’s lifeless body was found floating in the lake.
2. lacking the positive qualities that make something or someone interesting, exciting, or active
OPP lively:
The actors’ performances were lifeless.
3. not living, or not having living things on it:
The surface of the Moon is arid and lifeless.
4. lifeless hair or skin is in bad condition and does not look healthy
SYN dull
—lifelessly adverb
—lifelessness noun [uncountable]
▪ dead no longer alive: the bodies of three dead soldiers | Is her father dead?
▪lifeless literary dead or seeming to be dead: their lifeless bodies
▪late [only before noun] formal dead – use this as a polite way of talking about someone who has died, especially recently: Mrs Lombard’s late husband | a gold Cartier bracelet that once belonged to the late American artist Andy Warhol
▪deceased formal dead: Her parents, now deceased, disapproved of her marriage. | her deceased husband | They were friends of the deceased (=the person who died).
▪departed [only before noun] dead – used in order to be polite and avoid saying the word ‘dead’: They paid their respects to their departed uncle. | his dear departed wife
▪gone [not before noun] informal dead – used especially when someone was alive not long before: ‘Is she gone?’ ‘I’m afraid so.’
life‧less /ˈlaɪfləs/
adjective Word Family: noun: life, lifelessness, lifer; adjective: lifeless, lifelike, lifelong; adverb: lifelessly
1. literary dead or appearing to be dead: 2. lacking the positive qualities that make something or someone interesting, exciting, or active
OPP lively:
3. not living, or not having living things on it:
4. lifeless hair or skin is in bad condition and does not look healthy
SYN dull
—lifelessly adverb
—lifelessness noun [uncountable]
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