extinguish
美音:
[ık´stıŋgwıʃ
]英音:
[ık´stıŋgwıʃ
]vt.熄灭,消灭,压制,使黯然失色,偿清
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extinguish为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:extinguishment 动词过去式:extinguished 过去分词:extinguished 现在分词:extinguishing 第三人称单数:extinguishes 形容词:extinguishable
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extinguish
/ɪk'stɪŋgwɪʃ; ɪk`stɪŋˇwɪʃ/
v [Tn]
1 (a) cause (sth) to stop burning; put out 使(某物)熄灭; 扑灭
*Please extinguish your cigarettes. 请将香烟熄灭.
* They tried to extinguish the flames. 他们竭力要把火焰扑灭.
(b) (fig fml 比喻, 文) end the existence of (hope, love, passion, etc) 使(希望、爱情、激情等)不复存在
*His behaviour extinguished the last traces of affection she had for him. 他的这种行为使她对他的最後一丝爱慕之情荡然无存.
2 clear or pay off (a debt) 清偿(债务).> extinguisher = fire extinguisher (fire).
extinguish
v [T]formal[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;Origin: exstinguere, from stinguere
'to extinguish']
to make a fire or light stop burning or shining
=
put out Please extinguish all cigarettes. Firemen were called to extinguish the blaze.to make an idea or feeling stop
All hope was almost extinguished.