die off

英 [daɪ ɒf]

美 [daɪ ɔːf]

（一组生命体）一个接一个地死去直到死光

英英释义

verb

• become extinct
  1. Dinosaurs died out
  Synonym:die out

双语例句

• Each time it drained, it caused entire species of sea plants and creatures to die off.
  每次干涸，它都会造成整个海洋植物和动物的消亡。
• When insects can't get the right plants to eat and they die off, then the birds don't have enough bugs for their meals.
  当昆虫无法得到适合的可食植物时便会死去，这样一来鸟类便没有足够的食物。
• There have been reports of poultry die off in her village and the case is reported to have had exposure to dead poultry.
  有报告称，病人所在的村庄有家禽死亡情况。据报告，病人曾与病禽有过接触。
• Thos who can't adapt die off, while those who survive are of the best stock.
  不能适应的都死掉了，能够活过来的，就是优良的品种。
• By then, Japan's population will have shrunk by around 20 million people, an unprecedented die off for a nation neither at war or blighted by famine.
  到那时日本人口将缩减至2000万人，对于一个期间既没有经历战争也没有遭遇饥荒的国家来说，这种人口缩减是史无前例的。
• Natural selection allowed those early tribes to either learn and grow or fail to learn and die off as a culture.
  物竞天择迫使那些代表一种文化的早期部落要么学会适应并发展起来，或者学不会适应而堕落灭亡。
• If its stem cells are eradicated, the rest of a tumour may die off.
  若肿瘤干细胞被消灭，则其余部分也会相继死亡。
• As sensitive organisms die off, resistant strains may come to dominate, and over time an antimalarial drug can lose its ability to cure infection.
  随着敏感生物体相继死亡，耐药株开始占首要地位，并且抗疟药可在一段时间内丧失其治愈感染的能力。
• Basil is a tender annual, and will die off quickly in cold weather.
  罗勒是每年招标，并将迅速没落寒冷天气。
• If the snowstorm does not blow over, the cattle will die off.
  如果暴风雪不停息，很多牲畜就要死掉了。