C2 至死，直到死亡
until you die
The animals burned to death in the barn. 那些牲口在牲口棚里被活活烧死了。
He choked to death on a fish bone. 他被一根鱼刺卡死了。
The traitor was put to death (= killed as a punishment). 叛徒被处死了。
He was dragged out of his car and beaten to death.
He was found stabbed to death in what the police are now saying was a robbery.
If a member of the public hadn't acted so quickly, she would almost certainly have bled to death.
Tragically, he starved to death in prison.
See also: death