汉语翻译：
vi. 毁灭, 丧生, 凋谢, 颓丧, 死亡, 腐烂
vt. 毁坏, 使麻木, 使丧生, 耗尽词型变化：
动词过去式:perished过去分词:perished现在分词:perishing第三人称单数:perishes词意辨析：
die, decease, expire, perish, pass away这些动词或短语动词均有“死”或“死亡”之意。
die: 最普通用词，指某人或某物失去生命而永远不存在。
decease: 正式用词，多指法律上的用语。
expire: 委婉用词。从本义“从肺部吐出气来”引申为吐出最后一口气，断气而死。
perish: 书面用词，多指夭折或不幸暴亡。
pass away: 是die的委婉用语。英语解释：
动词 perish:

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life同义词：die, decease, 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

例句：

The lumbermen were perished with cold.伐木工人冻僵了。

Almost a hundred people perished in the hotel fire last night.近百人在昨夜旅馆的大火中丧生。

详细解释：
per.ish
v.（动词）
per.ished,per.ish.ing,per.ish.es
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To die or be destroyed, especially in a violent or untimely manner:
丧生：死或被害，尤指在暴力下或以突然的方式：
例句：
.Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those who have no imaginationô.(George Bernard Shaw)
.那基督必须每年为拯救那些缺乏想象力的人们而受一次死亡的折磨吗ô.(乔治·萧伯纳)
To pass from existence; disappear gradually:
消亡：消失；渐渐消失：
例句：
.Man will go down into the pit, and all his thoughts will perish.(A.J. Balfour)
.人最终会入土，他所有的思想也将随之而消亡.(A.J.贝尔福)
Chiefly British To spoil or deteriorate.
【多用于英国】 毁伤或损毁
v.tr.（及物动词）
To bring to destruction; destroy:
使毁灭；摧毁：
例句：
.Many foul blights/Perish`d his hard won gains.(Thomas Hood)
.多次犯规使他本身有把握的胜利破灭了.(托马斯·胡德)
<习惯用语>perish the thought
Used to express the wish that one not even think about something.
表达一种甚至从未想过的愿望
来源：
Middle English perishen
中古英语 perishen
from Old French perir periss- [to perish]
源自 古法语 perir periss- [破坏]
from Latin perore
源自 拉丁语 perore
per- [per-]
per- [前缀，表示.每….]
ore [to go] * see ei-
ore [去] *参见 ei-

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