die off
英 [daɪ ɒf]
美 [daɪ ɔːf]
（一组生命体）一个接一个地死去直到死光
英英释义
verb
- become extinct
- Dinosaurs died out
双语例句
- If the snowstorm does not blow over, the cattle will die off.
如果暴风雪不停息，很多牲畜就要死掉了。 - And what are they going to do when all the old ladies die off?
也许你要问了，那这些老太太都驾鹤西归了怎么办呢？ - When insects can't get the right plants to eat and they die off, then the birds don't have enough bugs for their meals.
当昆虫无法得到适合的可食植物时便会死去，这样一来鸟类便没有足够的食物。 - In like manner, because of factors like acidity of rain, weather shock in insects or even bacteria in the soil, even plants and animals familiar to an area may succumb, and die off.
同样地，即使作物和动物处在与过去相似的环境里，但某些象酸雨、遭受病虫害或土壤里微生物的侵害等因素也会令他们无法招架或死亡。 - Initial findings indicate poultry die off in the vicinity of the case's home in the week prior to the onset of illness.
初步结论表明在该病例发病前一周内，其住所附近有禽类死亡。 - Each time it drained, it caused entire species of sea plants and creatures to die off.
每次干涸，它都会造成整个海洋植物和动物的消亡。 - For some reason, people occasionally predict the same outcome from giving away software: Everyone will use the free software, but no one will contribute, and it'll die off from bitrot.
出于某些原因，人们有时会预测出关于白送软件的一个共同结果：所有人都使用自由软件，但是没有人会贡献，而最终它将消失。 - Maybe some day we'll just die off.
也许有一天我们就会死去。 - As sensitive organisms die off, resistant strains may come to dominate, and over time an antimalarial drug can lose its ability to cure infection.
随着敏感生物体相继死亡，耐药株开始占首要地位，并且抗疟药可在一段时间内丧失其治愈感染的能力。 - Pollution from sewage or farm waste can cause excess algae growth, starving the water of oxygen and causing fish and other species to die off.
从下水道或者农场里出来的污染水引起藻类的过度生长，造成水里的氧气严重缺失，以至于鱼类和别的物种相继死去。