物理学家霍金去世 享年76岁 Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has died at 76

Stephen Hawking. [File Photo: IC]

Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind(头脑) ranged across time(时间) and space(空间) though his body(身体) was paralyzed(瘫痪) by disease, has died(去世), a family spokesman said early Wednesday.  

词汇 Words:

[tóu nǎo] 头脑 mind
[shēn tǐ] 身体 body
[shí jiān] 时间 time
[kōng jiān] 空间 space
[tān huàn] 瘫痪 paralyze
[qù shì] 去世 die

去世的同义词 synonym of die

• 去世 [qù shì] <婉语:gentle words>(of grown-ups)die; pass away

• 夭折 [yāo zhé] (of children)die

• 死亡 [sǐ wáng] die
  E.g. tū rán sǐ wáng
  突然死亡
  die a sudden death

• 丧生 [sàng shēng] get killed; lose one's life:
  E.g. Bùduì wúrén sàngshēng。
  部队无人丧生。
  The troop has suffered no loss of life.

• 亡故 [wáng gù] die; pass away; decease 

• 作古 [zuò gǔ] <书面语 written language> <婉语:gentle words>
  E.g. Lǎo xiānshēng yǐ yú zuórì zuògǔ。
  老先生已于昨日作古。
  The old man passed away yesterday.

• 圆寂 [yuán jì] (of buddhist monks or nuns) pass away,die

• 牺牲 [xī shēng] lay down one's life for a just cause
  E.g. wèiguó xīshēng
  为国牺牲
  make the supreme sacrifice for the country

• 升天 [shēng tiān] ( superstition) go to heaven, die