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extinguish

美[ɪk'stɪŋɡwɪʃ]  英[ɪk'stɪŋɡwɪʃ]
vt.  熄灭;扑灭;消灭;使破灭;偿清
  形容词:extinguishable  名词:extinguishment  过去式:extinguished  过去分词:extinguished  现在分词:extinguishing  第三人称单数:extinguishes
  近义词:quench,smother,douse,stubout,snuffout,destroy,doawaywith,snuff,end,takeaway,terminate,eclipse,overshadow,outshine,obscure,showup,surpass,crush,suppress,damp,quell,put,out,putout,eliminate,pressout,crushout,blowout,decimate,annihilate,wipeout,exterminate,getridof,eradicate,carryoff,ignite,light,kindle,

双解释义

v.(动词)
  1. vt. 使熄灭,扑灭 stop burning; put out
  2. vt. 使…不复存在 end the existence of hope, love, passion, etc.

英英释义

Verb
  1. put an end to; kill;

    "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

  2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights;

    "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained" "quench the flames" "snuff out the candles"

  3. extinguish by crushing;

    "stub out your cigar"

  4. terminate, end, or take out;

    "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics" "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs" "eliminate my debts"

  5. kill in large numbers;

    "the plague wiped out an entire population"

组词搭配

~+名词
  1. extinguish a cigarette熄灭香烟
  2. extinguish fire灭火
~+副词
  1. extinguish finally终于破灭
  2. extinguish promptly迅速破灭
  3. extinguish quickly很快扑灭
  4. extinguish sadly可悲地破灭
  5. extinguish swiftly迅速地破灭

例句

用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.吸烟是禁止的,请你把烟熄掉。
  2. They tried to extinguish the flames.他们竭力要把火焰扑灭。
  3. The dictator wanted to extinguish all of his opposition in one go.这位独裁者想一口气消灭所有对手。
  4. Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.没有什么能使他丧失对人性的信心。
  5. We have to extinguish the memory of the defeat.我们必须抹去对那次失败的记忆。

词语用法

v.(动词)
    extinguish的基本意思是用窒息、闷死、水浇等方法“使熄灭”“扑灭”。extinguish还可引申表示如同吹灭一支蜡烛或用水浇灭一堆火一样使某事物突然和完全结束、不复存在或销声匿迹。 extinguish是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
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