dying

dead, dying

这两个形容词都有“死”之意。
dead: 指已停止呼吸和心脏跳动，与alive(活着的，活的)相对。
dying: 指奄奄一息，行将死亡。

名词 dying:

1. the time when something ends
   同义词：death, demise

动词 die:

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   同义词：die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
2. suffer or face the pain of death
   同义词：die
3. be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
   同义词：die
4. stop operating or functioning
   同义词：fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
5. feel indifferent towards
   同义词：die
6. languish as with love or desire
   同义词：die
7. cut or shape with a die
   同义词：die, die out
8. to be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
   同义词：die
9. lose sparkle or bouquet
   同义词：die, pall, become flat
10. disappear or come to an end
    同义词：die
11. suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
    同义词：die

形容词 dying:

1. in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
2. eagerly desirous
   同义词：anxious

1. It was a race against time to stop people dying from starvation.
   为抢救那些即将饿死的人而分秒必争。
2. Dying is as natural as living.
   [谚]有生必有死。
3. He was filled with remorse for having refused to visit his dying father.
   他因不肯去看他垂死的父亲而深怀内疚。
4. The dying leaves became brown and curled up.
   快死的叶子发黄而卷曲。
5. The act of dying; termination of life.
   死，死亡死的动作; 生命的终结
6. Do you remember the heart-rending scene in the film where the hero says his final farewells to his dying wife?
   你还记得那部电影中主人公向他临终的妻子诀别的那个令人心碎的镜头吗？
7. The dying were rushed to the hospital.
   垂死的人被急速送往医院。
8. The little girl cried when she saw her dying cat.
   看到快死的小猫，小女孩哭了。