dead
- adj.死的;死去的;完全的;停滞的;死气沉沉的;枯萎的;过时的;（由于冷等）失去知觉，麻木;用完了的;筋疲力尽;无动于衷;失去生命的;无表情的;（因为缺电）不运行的，不转动的;不流行的;已废弃的;界外的;不再有人相信(或争取)
- n.死;死者;死人
- adv.非常;绝对;极度;完全地;确实地;全然地
deadadj.
不活 not alive
死的；失去生命的；枯萎的
no longer alive
My mother's dead; she died in 1987.
我母亲不在了，她是1987年去世的。
a dead person/animal
死人 / 动物
dead leaves/wood/skin
枯叶 / 木；死皮
He was shot dead by a gunman outside his home.
他在家门外被持枪歹徒开枪打死。
Catherine's dead body lay peacefully on the bed.
凯瑟琳的尸体安详地躺在床上。
He dropped dead (= died suddenly) last week.
他上星期突然就死了。
The poor child looks more dead than alive .
这孩子看上去半死不活的，真可怜。
In ten years he'll be dead and buried as a politician.
他作为从政者十年后就不会有人记得了。
想法；信念；计划 idea/belief/plan
不再有人相信（或争取）
no longer believed in or aimed for
Many believe the peace plan is dead.
许多人认为和平计划已成泡影。
Unfortunately racism is not yet dead.
不幸的是仍有人信奉种族歧视。
Though the idea may be dead, it is far from being buried (= people still talk about it, even though there is nothing new to say) .
尽管这种思想可能已无人相信，但还远没被人遗忘。
不用 not used
过时的；已废弃的；不流行的
belonging to the past; no longer practised or fashionable
Is the Western a dead art form?
西部电影这种艺术形式过时了吗？
a dead language (= one that is no longer spoken, for example Latin)
死语言（不再通用，如拉丁语）
用完 finished
用完了的；不能再用的
finished; not able to be used any more
dead matches
擦过的火柴
There were two dead bottles of wine on the table.
桌子上有两个空酒瓶。
机器 machine
（因为缺电）不运行的，不转动的
not working because of a lack of power
a dead battery
用完的电池
The hard disk is dead.
硬盘停止运行了。
Suddenly the phone went dead .
电话突然没声音了。
地方 place
死气沉沉的；无活力的；无趣的
very quiet, without activity or interest
There were no theatres, no cinemas, no coffee bars. It was dead as anything.
那时既无剧院，又无电影院，也无咖啡馆，死气沉沉。
商业 business
停滞的；萧条的
without activity; with nobody buying or selling anything
‘The market is absolutely dead this morning,’ said one foreign exchange trader.
“今天早上市场萧条极了。” 一个外汇交易商说道。
Winter is traditionally the dead season for the housing market.
冬天历来是住房市场的萧条季节。
疲劳 tired
筋疲力尽；身体不好
extremely tired; not well
half dead with cold and hunger
饥寒交迫，筋疲力尽
She felt dead on her feet and didn't have the energy to question them further.
她觉得累死了，没有力气继续审问他们了。
无感觉 without feeling
（由于冷等）失去知觉，麻木
unable to feel because of cold, etc.
My left arm had gone dead .
我的左胳臂已经麻木了。
无动于衷；麻木不仁；无感觉
unable to feel or understand emotions
He was dead to all feelings of pity.
他毫无同情心。
无表情的；冷漠的；漠不关心的
showing no emotion
She said, ‘I'm sorry, too,’ in a quiet, dead voice.
她平静而冷漠地说：“我也很抱歉。”
His usually dead grey eyes were sparkling.
他那平日冷漠的灰眼睛突然亮了起来。
完全；精确 complete/exact
完全的；精确的；全然的
complete or exact
a dead silence/calm
死寂；完全静止
the dead centre of the target
靶子正中心
The car gave a sudden jerk and came to a dead stop .
汽车猛然一颠，猝然停下。
This horse is a dead cert for (= will certainly win) the race tomorrow.
这匹马明天比赛一定能赢。
She crumpled to the floor in a dead faint (= completely unconscious) .
她倒在地上，全然不省人事。
无生命 never alive
无生命的；非生物的
never having been alive
dead matter (= for example rock)
无生命物质（如岩石）
a dead planet (= one with no life on it)
无生命存在的行星
体育运动 in sport
界外的
outside the playing area
to look very like sb
她酷似我以前认识的一个女孩。
She's a dead ringer for a girl I used to know.
completely dead; no longer interesting or valid
completely dead
a plan, an event, etc. that has failed or is certain to fail and that is therefore not worth discussing
to be dead
我死后你会为你说的话感到后悔的。
You'll be sorry you said that when I'm dead and gone.
an influence that controls or restricts sth
我们必须摆脱官僚主义对工作的严重影响。
We need to free business from the dead hand of bureaucracy.
a person or plan that is dead in the water has failed and has little hope of succeeding in the future
他参加领导层竞选无望成功。
His leadership campaign is dead in the water.
in serious trouble
如果有人发现，你可要倒大霉了。
If anyone finds out, you're dead meat.
fast asleep
used to show you are strongly opposed to sth
除非我死了，否则她别想搬进我们家。
She moves into our home over my dead body.
used to say that you would not like to wear particular clothes, or to be in a particular situation
她最讨厌戴帽子。
She wouldn't be seen dead in a hat.
He wouldn't be caught dead going to a club with his mother.
他死也不愿意跟母亲一起去俱乐部。
to waste your effort by trying to do sth that is no longer possible
to impress sb very much
你看上去漂亮极了——今晚肯定把他们迷倒。
You look fabulous─you'll knock 'em dead tonight.
noun
死人；死者
people who have died
The dead and wounded in that one attack amounted to 6 000.
仅那一次进攻就死伤达6 000人。
死
the state of being dead
Christians believe that God raised Jesus from the dead.
基督徒相信上帝使耶稣复活。
In nine years he has brought his party back from the dead almost to the brink of power.
九年来他使该党起死回生几乎要执政了。
in the quietest part of the night
深夜我悄悄地从床上爬起来，蹑手蹑脚地下了楼。
I crept out of bed in the dead of night and sneaked downstairs.
in the coldest part of winter
adv.
完全 completely
完全地；全然地；确实地
completely; exactly
You're dead right!
你完全正确！
a dead straight road
笔直的道路
The train was dead on time.
火车正点出发（或到达）。
He's dead against the idea.
他坚决反对这个想法。
The sight made him stop dead in his tracks (= stop suddenly) .
一看这情景，他惊呆了。
She's dead set on getting (= determined to get) this new job.
她打定主意要得到这个新工作。
非常 very
非常；绝对；极度
very; extremely
The instructions are dead easy to follow.
这些指令很容易执行。
You were dead lucky to get that job.
你得到那份工作，真是太幸运了。
I was dead scared.
我怕得要死。
to pretend not to have seen sb; to refuse to say hello to sb
她看见了我，也认出了我，却不理睬我。
She saw me, recognized me and cut me dead.
dead
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ADJ 死亡的;去世的
A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.Her husband's been dead a year now...
她的丈夫已经去世一年了。
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不要混淆 dead 和 died。died 是动词 die 的过去式和过去分词，因此表示死亡这一动作：She died in 1934（她死于 1934年），Two men have died since the rioting broke out（骚乱发生后已有两人死亡）。形容词不用 died, 而用 dead：More than 2, 200 dead birds have been found（已经发现了 2, 200 多只死鸟）。
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ADJ (土地或水域)无生命存在的
Land or water that is dead contains no living things....charred land, mountainsides of dead earth and stumps of trees...
烧焦的土地、无一活物的山坡和残存的树桩
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ADJ-GRADED (地方或时期)无生气的，死气沉沉的
If you describe a place or a period of time as dead, you do not like it because there is very little activity taking place in it....some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies...
某个死气沉沉的小镇，那里最有活力的东西就是苍蝇
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ADJ 不再使用的;用尽的
Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished.The dead cigarette was still between his fingers...
那支已熄灭的香烟仍在他指间。
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ADJ (想法、计划或话题）不再令人感兴趣的，不值得再考虑的，已停滞的
If you say that an idea, plan, or subject is dead, you mean that people are no longer interested in it or willing to develop it any further.It's a dead issue, Baxter...
这个问题已经没人再谈论了，巴克斯特。
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ADJ (语言）死的，不再通用的
A dead language is no longer spoken or written as a means of communication, although it may still be studied.We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language.
我们过去常常抱怨自己是在浪费时间学一门死语言。
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ADJ (电话等电气设备）不再运转的，没电的
A telephone or piece of electrical equipment that is dead is no longer functioning, for example because it no longer has any electrical power.On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.
还有一回，我一接电话，就掉线了。
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ADJ (体育运动中的球）界外的，死的
In sport, when a ball is dead, it has gone outside the playing area, or a situation has occurred in which the game has to be temporarily stopped, and none of the players can score points or gain an advantage. -
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ADJ-GRADED (声音)沉闷的;(颜色)暗淡的，不鲜亮的
A dead sound or colour is dull rather than lively or bright.'That is correct, Meg,' he answered in his cold, dead voice...
“没错，梅格。”他用冰冷、阴沉的声音答道。
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ADJ 完全的，绝对的（尤用于修饰 centre, silence 和 stop）
Dead is used to mean 'complete' or 'absolute', especially before the words 'centre', 'silence', and 'stop'.He adjusted each chesspiece so that it stood dead centre in its square...
他调整每颗棋子，使它们立于格子的正中央。
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ADV 正好;恰好;精确地
Dead means 'precisely' or 'exactly'.Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope...
可以看得见火星，就在望远镜的正中央。
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ADV 很;非常
Dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'.Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to...
去梅多霍尔购物中心也非常方便。
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CONVENTION （表示强烈反对）除非我死了
If you reply 'Over my dead body' when a plan or action has been suggested, you are emphasizing that you dislike it, and will do everything you can to prevent it.'Let's invite her to dinner.' — 'Over my dead body!'
“我们请她来吃晚饭吧。”——“除非我死了！”
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PHRASE 完全了结的;彻底过去的
If you say that something such as an idea or situation is dead and buried, you are emphasizing that you think that it is completely finished or past, and cannot happen or exist again in the future.I thought the whole business was dead and buried...
我以为这整件事已经完全了结了。
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PHRASE 突然死亡;猝死
If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly.He dropped dead on the quayside.
他猝死在码头区。
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PHRASE 去死吧;见鬼去吧;别再烦人
If you tell someone to drop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you.75% of the firms he called were hostile and told him to 'drop dead.'
在他电话联系的公司里，75% 都怀有敌意，让他“见鬼去吧”。
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PHRASE 不在人世的;去世的
If you say that someone is dead and gone, you are emphasizing that they are dead, and thinking about what happened or will happen after their death.Often a genius is recognized only after he is dead and gone.
天才往往在离开人世之后才得到认可。
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PHRASE 累得要命;病得半死
If you say that you feel dead or are half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak.You looked half dead after that journey...
经过那趟旅程之后,你看上去真是累坏了。
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PHRASE 在夜晚万籁俱寂之时/在隆冬
If something happens in the dead of night ,at dead of night, or in the dead of winter, it happens in the middle part of the night or the winter, when it is darkest or coldest.I couldn't fly illegally into a country in the dead of night...
我不能在深夜乘飞机非法进入一个国家。
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PHRASE (耶稣）复活/使…复活
When Christians say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead or raised someone from the dead, they mean that Jesus came back to life after he had died, or brought a dead person back to life. -
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PHRASE 卷土重来;重新活跃起来（或获得成功）
If you say that someone or something rises or comes back from the dead, you mean that they become active or successful again after being inactive for a while.This was a company that, by all appearances, had risen from the dead...
从一切迹象来看，这是一家已经起死回生的公司。
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PHRASE 死也（不会），绝对（不会）（穿某种衣服、去某个地方或处于某种境地)
If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat.
我死也不会戴草帽。
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PHRASE （使）突然停止（发生或移动）
To stop dead means to suddenly stop happening or moving. To stop someone or something dead means to cause them to suddenly stop happening or moving.We all stopped dead and looked at it...
我们一下子全都停了下来看着它。
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PHRASE 败局已定的;不太可能成功的
If you say that someone or something is dead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future.A 'no' vote would have left the treaty dead in the water.
一张否决票可能就会使这个条约胎死腹中。
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to flog a dead horse→ see:flog
noun
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- people who are no longer living
- they buried the dead
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- a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense
- the dead of winter
adj
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- devoid of activity;nothing ever happens here"
- this is a dead tow
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- physically inactive
- Crater Lake is in the crater of a dead volcano of the Cascade Range
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- no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
- the nerve is dead
- a dead pallor
- he was marked as a dead man by the assassin
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- not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life;no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
- Mars is a dead planet
- dead soil
- dead coals
- the fire is dead
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- drained of electric charge;discharged
- a dead battery
- left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained
- Synonym: drained
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- no longer having force or relevance
- a dead issue
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- out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
- a dead telephone line
- the motor is dead
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- lacking resilience or bounce
- a dead tennis ball
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- not surviving in active use
- Latin is a dead language
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- unerringly accurate
- a dead shot
- took dead aim
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- not yielding a return
- dead capital
- idle funds
- Synonym: idle
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- lacking acoustic resonance
- dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs
- the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio
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- devoid of physical sensation;numb
- his gums were dead from the novocain
- she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
- a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities
- Synonym: deadened
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- completely and without qualification;used informally as intensifiers
- an absolutely magnificent painting
- a perfectly idiotic idea
- you're perfectly right
- utterly miserable
- you can be dead sure of my innocence
- was dead tired
- dead right
- Synonym: absolutely perfectly utterly
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- quickly and without warning
- he stopped suddenly
- Synonym: abruptly suddenly short
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She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman 's finger .
她无法相信真有人会龌龊到这种地步，竟然从一个死去的女人手指上偷戒指。
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They are still grieving for their dead child .
他们还在为死去的孩子伤心。
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We had come to a dead end in our research .
我们的研究工作已陷入绝境。
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She 's dead set on getting this new job .
她打定主意要得到这个新工作。
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She could be dead for all I know .
她说不定已经死了。
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Why are you so dead set against the idea ?
你为什么那样死命地反对这个主意呢？
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Why study Latin ? It 's a dead language .
为什么学拉丁语？它已经不再有人说了。
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We don 't know whether he 's alive or dead .
我们不知道他是死是活。
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We need to free business from the dead hand of bureaucracy .
我们必须摆脱官僚主义对工作的严重影响。
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Is the Western a dead art form ?
西部电影这种艺术形式过时了吗？
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They cut away all the dead branches from the tree .
他们把这棵树上的枯枝全都砍掉了。
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There were two dead bottles of wine on the table .
桌子上有两个空酒瓶。
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She moves into our home over my dead body .
除非我死了，否则她别想搬进我们家。
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The train was dead on time .
火车正点出发。
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The first street we tried turned out to be a dead end .
我们想走的头一条路结果是条死胡同。
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Winter is traditionally the dead season for the housing market .
冬天历来是住房市场的萧条季节。
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Many believe the peace plan is dead .
许多人认为和平计划已成泡影。
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Remove the dead heads to encourage new growth .
把枯萎了的残花除掉以促使新的生长。
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Remove dead leaves to encourage new growth .
去掉枯叶以促进新叶生长。
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She saw me , recognized me and cut me dead .
她看见了我，也认出了我，却不理睬我。
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You were dead lucky to get that job .
你得到那份工作，真是太幸运了。
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Though the idea may be dead , it is far from being buried .
尽管这种思想可能已无人相信，但还远没被人遗忘。
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If he carries on driving like that , he 'll end up dead .
如果他继续这样开车，总有一天会把命都丢掉。
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Three people were shot dead during the robbery .
抢劫过程中有三人被开枪打死。
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This treatment involves scrubbing off the top layer of dead skin .
这种治疗需要把死皮的表层除去。
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The two candidates are in a dead heat in the polls .
两名候选人在民意测验中势均力敌。
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My mother 's dead ; she died in 1987 .
我母亲不在了，她是1987年去世的。
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The town is a cultural dead zone .
这个镇子是个文化荒原。
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He pulled the plastic covering off the dead body .
他拉掉了盖在尸体上的塑料布。
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Urgh ! There 's a dead fly in my coffee !
呸！我的咖啡里有只死苍蝇！
普通用词，指人和物失去生命的。
She is dead.
她死了。
The dead tree was cut down.
那棵枯树被砍倒了。
His dead body lay peacefully on the bed.
他的尸体安静地躺在床上。
法律术语，指人已死亡的；常用作 the deceased, 尤指新近去世的人。
the graves of deceased relatives
已故亲属的坟墓
The deceased left a large sum of money to his grandson.
死者给他的孙子留下一大笔钱。
只作定语，只用于人而不用于物。
Following his late father's will, he was given the right to take over all businesses.
遵照已故父亲的遗嘱，他有权接管所有的企业。
The late master of the estate was named Bill Brown.
已故庄园主叫比尔·布朗。
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