extinguish是什么意思？

extinguish

英[ɪkˈstɪŋgwɪʃ] 美[ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ]

• vt. 熄灭（火），使（希望、爱情等）不复存在，偿清；

第三人称单数：extinguishes;

过去式：extinguished;

过去分词：extinguished;

现在分词：extinguishing;

例句

• The firefighter put his life in danger to extinguish the forest fire. 消防员冒着生命危险扑灭森林大火.
• Please extinguish your cigarette when the ` no smoking'signs lights up. 当"禁止吸烟 " 的指示灯亮时,请您熄灭香烟.
• It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire. 大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。
• It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire... 大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。

同义词

• vt.
  extinguish的同义词之：熄灭;平息;压碎
  quench, crush, suppress, out, put, smother,
• extinguish的同义词之：其他释义
  quench, put, douse, damp, out, crush, suppress, smother, quell,

反义词

• vt.
  extinguish的反义词之：熄灭
  light, ignite, kindle,
• extinguish的反义词之：其他释义
  light, kindle,

同义词解析

• 以下这3个动词均有"消灭" 的意思
  destroy：指通过杀戮或终止某人某物的机能，使之无用或毁灭。
  exterminate：指大量地、成批地杀害、消灭。
  extinguish：原义指灭火，转义后暗示生命、希望等像火一样地消灭、熄灭。

英语六级真题

This exploitation has reached such extremes that presently it appears that some hundreds of thousands of species will be extinguished before the end of the century.
出自-2013年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  熄灭;扑灭
  If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.
  例句
  It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire... 大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。 The lights are extinguished as soon as the news conference is over. 新闻发布会一结束，灯光就熄灭了。
• VERB
  消除;使破灭
  If something extinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it.
  例句
  The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return. 那条消息使她对理查德归来的希望彻底破灭。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使熄灭, 扑灭
  Water extinguished the fire. 水把火浇灭了。
  使…不复存在
  His discovery extinguished the achievements of his colleague. 他的发现使他同事的成就黯然失色。

英英词典释义

• 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. kill in large numbers;
  "the plague wiped out an entire population"

行业词典

• 医学： 消灭；
  法律： 偿清债务；使无效；