die out

/daɪ aʊt/· phrasal verb

人文/文化/社会B1

die out
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Chinese meaning

(语yǔ言yán/物wù种zhǒng/习xí俗sú等děng)消xiāo亡wáng,灭miè绝jué

逐zhú渐jiàn消xiāo亡wáng,灭miè绝jué

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指zhǐ西xī拉lā雅yǎ语yǔ在zài近jìn200年nián前qián逐zhú渐jiàn无wú人rén使shǐ用yòng而ér消xiāo失shī

Example

In search of “who she is,” as she puts it, the Siraya activist decided to bring her language back to life nearly 200 years after it died out.

用yòng她tā自zì己jǐ的de话huà说shuō,为wèi了le寻xún找zhǎo「自zì己jǐ是shì谁shuí」,这zhè位wèi西xī拉lā雅yǎ族zú活huó动dòng人rén士shì决jué定dìng,在zài她tā的de语yǔ言yán消xiāo亡wáng近jìn200年nián后hòu让ràng它tā重chóng新xīn焕huàn发fā生shēng机jī。

Source: Mongabay · 29 Aug 2026

Background ✎

台tái湾wān西xī拉lā雅yǎ族zú活huó动dòng人rén士shì在zài母mǔ语yǔ消xiāo亡wáng近jìn200年nián后hòu,致zhì力lì让ràng这zhè门mén语yǔ言yán重chóng新xīn复fù活huó。

Roots · etymology

die 源自古诺尔斯语,out 为独立小品词

  • die(死亡)+ out(表示“彻底/到尽头“的副词小品词)

Collocations

  • language dying out / species dying out / tradition died out

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