transcription, транскрипция: [ mɔ:(r)t(ə)l ]
( mortals)
1.
If you refer to the fact that people are mortal , you mean that they have to die and cannot live for ever.
A man is deliberately designed to be mortal. He grows, he ages, and he dies.
≠ immortal
ADJ
• mor‧tal‧ity
She has suddenly come face to face with her own mortality.
N-UNCOUNT : usu poss N
2.
You can describe someone as a mortal when you want to say that they are an ordinary person.
Tickets seem unobtainable to the ordinary mortal.
= human
N-COUNT
3.
You can use mortal to show that something is very serious or may cause death.
The police were defending themselves and others against mortal danger...
ADJ : ADJ n
• mor‧tal‧ly
He falls, mortally wounded.
ADV : usu ADV -ed / adj / adv
4.
You can use mortal to emphasize that a feeling is extremely great or severe.
When self-esteem is high, we lose our mortal fear of jealousy.
ADJ : ADJ n [ emphasis ]
• mor‧tal‧ly
Candida admits to having been ‘mortally embarrassed’.
ADV : ADV -ed / adj / adv