resembling or suggestive of death 死一般的 a deathly hush fell over the breakfast table. 早餐桌上忽然死一般的寂静。 [as submodifier]she felt deathly cold. 她感到死一般的寒冷。 ■(archaic or poetic/literary)of,relating to, or causing death (古或诗/文)致命的,致死的 an eagle carrying a snake in its deathly grasp. 鹰以致命的爪子抓着一条蛇。