1. 语义差异:
-- Dead house(名词短语)
核心义:字面意义的"停尸房",指医疗机构或太平间临时存放遗体的场所
语义特征:[+临时性][+医疗关联][+中性色彩]
例证:The hospital's dead house was at full capacity after the accident.
-- Death house(复合名词)
核心义:隐喻用法的"死囚牢房",特指监狱中关押待执行死刑犯的区域
语义特征:[+司法关联] ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
word-vs-word-cn
【dead house】 —
1. (dated) a mortuary; a morgue:
- When they reached the Ferry Beach they made all speed to the hospital and to the “ 【dead house】 ,” which held seven coffins.
2. (sl.) an uninhabited house:
- We thought it was a “dead” house, but we walked into a girl’s room and she squealed.
【death house】 —(U.S. Prison) a group of death cells for persons awaiting execution:
- He has three murders behind him, and the grey doors of the death-house in front of him.
网络相关图 Death_house Dead_house
组词比对 Death_house Dead_house