ˌstone ˈdead adjectiveadj 1. DEADused to emphasize that a person or animal is dead 完全死了的
2 kill something stone dead to completely destroy something or prevent it from being successful 彻底破坏某物;完全阻止某事 The wrong music can kill a commercial stone dead. 不合适的音乐会把一个广告彻底毁掉。
kill something stone dead• Indeed, as expectations can kill the magic stone dead, such occasions are often evoked by going somewhere completely new.