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 damp slack quench smother put out stamp out douse snuff snuff out blow outbe dark darken obscure shade dim overcast overshadow eclipse obfuscate adumbrate becloud extinguish put out blow out snuff out turn out the lights
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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).
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.
[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.
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