2022-02-06 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D – die & dye
2022-02-06
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – D – die & dye
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Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
Die of & die from & die with
In its customary sense of “to cease living,”
die is preferably followed by of:
“He died of (not from) a coronary attack.”
Die with expresses an idea not related to a cause of death:
“He died with courage.”
Dictionary.com:
ออกเสียง die & dye = “DAHY”
Dictionary.com:
SYNONYM STUDY FOR DIE
Die, pass away ( pass on; pass ), perish
mean to relinquish life.
To die is to become dead from any cause and in any circumstances.
It is the simplest, plainest, and most direct word for this idea,
and is used figuratively of anything that has once displayed activity:
An echo, flame, storm, rumor dies.
Pass away (or pass on or pass ) is a commonly used euphemism
implying a continuation of life after death:
Grandfather passed away ( passed on or passed ).
Perish, a more literary term,
implies death under harsh circumstances
such as hunger, cold, neglect, etc.;
figuratively, perish connotes utter extinction:
Hardship caused many pioneers to perish.
Ancient Egyptian civilization has perished.
Dictionary.com:
MORE ABOUT DIE
What is a basic definition of die?
Die is a verb that means to stop living, to stop existing,
or to stop functioning.
Die has several other senses as a verb and a noun.
When somebody dies, they are no longer alive.
They have become dead.
All living things will eventually die.
Someone can die from disease, violence,
or anything else that causes their vital organs
(heart, brain, liver, kidneys, and lungs) to stop working.
- Real-life examples:
Everyone who is dead has died.
Plants die when they don’t get enough sunlight and water. Animals die from many of the same things as humans.
Antibiotics are designed to cause disease-causing bacteria to die.
- Used in a sentence:
I forgot to water my sunflower, so it died.
For non-living things, the word die means to stop existing.
If your hope dies, for example, you don’t have hope anymore. It’s gone.
- Used in a sentence:
My dreams of being a rock star will never die.
For machinery or electronics,
to die means to stop working or functioning.
Often, this sense is used to refer to batteries or an engine dying,
that is losing their power.
It can also be used to describe something that is broken beyond repair.
- Used in a sentence:
I managed to upload all of my files before my laptop died.
Die is also used in several different idioms
that have nothing to do with death.
For example,
the idiom to die for means to want something a lot.
To die laughing means to be very amused.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Die
It's your turn in the game.
You pick up the two small cubes
marked on each surface with spots numbering between one and six,
and throw them gently to the table.
You're rolling the dice.
But what if the game requires only one?
Well, technically speaking, in that case
you don't roll the dice, you roll the die.
The word dates to the 14th century,
coming from the Middle English dee,
and before that the Anglo-French dé.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Die – noun – plural = dice or dies
Definition of die
plural dice :
a small cube marked on each face
with from one to six spots
and used usually in pairs in various games
and in gambling by being shaken
and thrown to come to rest at random on a flat surface
—often used figuratively in expressions
concerning chance or the irrevocability of a course of action
the die was cast
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
plural dies, architecture : DADO sense 1a
plural dies : any of various tools or devices
for imparting a desired shape, form, or finish to a material
or for impressing an object or material:
such as
a (1): the larger of a pair of cutting or shaping tools that
when moved toward each other produce a desired form
in or impress a desired device
on an object by pressure or by a blow.
(2): a device composed of a pair of such tools
b: a hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool
used for forming screw threads.
c: a mold into which molten metal or other material is forced.
d: a perforated block through which metal or plastic is drawn or
extruded for shaping.
Collins COBUILD English Usage:
die
When a person, animal, or plant dies, they stop living.
When a person, animal, or plant is dying,
they are so ill or injured that they will not live much longer.
The other forms of die are dies, dying, died.
Blake died in January, aged 76.
The elm trees are all dying.
When someone dies as a result of a disease or injury,
you can say that they die of the disease or injury or die from it.
An old woman dying of cancer was taken into hospital.
Simon Martin died from brain injuries caused by blows to the head.
Don't use any preposition
except of or from after die in sentences like these.
You say that someone dies of hunger or thirst, or dies of natural causes.
Don't use 'die from'.
Millions of children are dying of hunger.
Collins COBUILD English Usage:
Die & dye
These words are both pronounced (/daɪ/).
1. 'die'
Die is a verb.
When a person, animal, or plant dies, they stop living.
The other forms of 'die' are dies, dying, died.
See die, dead
2. 'dye'
Dye is both a noun and a verb.
If you dye something such as hair or cloth,
you change its colour by soaking it in a coloured liquid.
This liquidis called a dye.
The other forms of the verb 'dye' are dyes, dyeing, dyed.
She mixed finely pounded indigo leaves to dye her cloth deep blue.
Dip them in a yellow dye.
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