動詞 perish:

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   同義詞：die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

1. He's too perishing mean to pay his share.
   他小氣極了，連自己的那份錢也不付。
2. I can't get in I've lost the perishing key!
   我進(jìn)不去－－我把該死的鑰匙丟了。