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
- Dinosaurs died out
双语例句
- When birds began to die off, People began to criticize the use of chemical pesticides.
当鸟类开始相继死去时,人们就开始对使用化学杀虫剂提出批评。 - When in the laboratory bacteria outrun the substances on which they feed, they die off.
无需在远远的实验室里等到细菌生长就可以得到测试结果。 - • will location-based check-ins, one of the latest tech trends pioneered by services like foursquare, Gowalla, and Loopt, die off this year?
•基于位置的签到是最新技术趋势之一,Foursquare、Gowalla和Loopt等服务是该领域的领跑者,不过,这项技术会在今年消亡吗? - Initial findings indicate poultry die off in the vicinity of the case's home in the week prior to the onset of illness.
初步结论表明在该病例发病前一周内,其住所附近有禽类死亡。 - Pollution from sewage or farm waste can cause excess algae growth, starving the water of oxygen and causing fish and other species to die off.
从下水道或者农场里出来的污染水引起藻类的过度生长,造成水里的氧气严重缺失,以至于鱼类和别的物种相继死去。 - 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。 - In like manner, because of factors like acidity of rain, weather shock in insects or even bacteria in the soil, even plants and animals familiar to an area may succumb, and die off.
同样地,即使作物和动物处在与过去相似的环境里,但某些象酸雨、遭受病虫害或土壤里微生物的侵害等因素也会令他们无法招架或死亡。 - 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。 - Contrary to the accepted wisdom that humans don't make new fat cells, scientists have found that our bodies constantly generate fresh cells each year to replace those that naturally die off.
人体不再产生新的脂肪细胞,与这个广泛接受的结论相反,科学家们发现:我们的体内每年都在不断的产生新的细胞来替代自然衰老死亡的细胞。 - And what are they going to do when all the old ladies die off?
也许你要问了,那这些老太太都驾鹤西归了怎么办呢?
