Extinct是什么意思？

Extinct

英[ɪkˈstɪŋkt] 美[ɪkˈstɪŋkt]

• adj. 灭绝的，绝种的，消逝的，破灭的；

例句

• extinct parakeet 灭绝的鹦鹉
• All hopes were extinct. 所有希望都破灭了。
• Nothing could rekindle her extinct passion. 她激情已逝, 无从心回意转。
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。
• The extinct volcano’s eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city. 死火山又重新喷发,对这座城市来说意味着大难临头。
• In some parts of the country Koalas are nearly extinct. 在澳大利亚的一些地区,考拉几乎灭绝.
• He was one of a class rapidly becoming extinct in Wessex. 在维塞可斯那块地方上,他是属于眼看就要完全绝迹了那种行业中的一员.
• We should protect gannets, which are almost extinct. 我们要保护已经为数不多的鲣鸟.
• Certain extinct cephalopods have an unusual coiling shape. 某些绝种的头足类动物具有特殊的旋卷形态.
• And he used the extinct volcano as a footstool. 而且,他还把那座死火山当作脚凳.

同义词

• adj.
  extinct的同义词之：死的;灭绝的
  gone, past, dead, obsolete,
• extinct的同义词之：其他释义
  gone, antiquated, over, dead, out, past, exanimate, obsolete,

英语六级真题

Some polar animals will soon become extinct.
出自-2010年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  灭绝的;绝种的
  A species of animal or plant that is extinct no longer has any living members, either in the world or in a particular place.
  例句
  It is 250 years since the wolf became extinct in Britain. 狼在英国已经灭绝250年了。 ...the bones of extinct animals. 灭绝动物的骨骼
• ADJ
  （某类劳动者、生活方式或活动）不复存在的，废除了的
  If a particular kind of worker, way of life, or type of activity is extinct, it no longer exists, because of changes in society.
  例句
  If the current trend continues, black farmers in the United States may be extinct by the end of this decade... 如果当前趋势继续发展下去，美国的黑人农民将在这个十年末不复存在。 Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world. 草药医术在西方已经成了一门几乎绝迹的技艺。
• ADJ
  （火山）死的
  An extinct volcano is one that does not erupt or is not expected to erupt any more.
  例句
  Its tallest volcano, long extinct, is Olympus Mons. 它最高的火山是早已熄灭的奥林波斯山。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  （动植物，物种灭）灭绝的, 绝种的
  Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。
  （某种类型的人或者生活方式，工作）消逝的, 破灭的
  Nothing could rekindle her extinct passion. 她激情已逝, 无从心回意转。 All hopes were extinct. 所有希望都破灭了。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives;
  "an extinct species of fish""an extinct royal family""extinct laws and customs"
  2. of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive;
  "an extinct volcano"
  3. of a fire; being out or having grown cold;
  "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream""the fire is out"