extinguish是什么意思_extinguish怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

extinguish by crushing;"stub out your cigar"

terminate, end, or take out;"Let"s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
"Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"
"eliminate my debts"

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

中英词源

extinguish 熄灭，扑灭WWw.WENTIYI.coM

词源同extinct, 灭绝的。

extinguish (v.): 1540s, from Latin extinguere/exstinguere "quench, put out (what is burning), wipe out, obliterate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + stinguere "quench," apparently an evolved sense from PIE *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). But see distinguish (v.). Related: extinguishable (c. 1500); extinguished; extinguishing.

词态变化

第三人称单数 extinguishes;
过去式 extinguished;
过去分词 extinguished;
现在分词 extinguishing;

权威造句

1. Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.: 消防队员奋力救火。

2. You may extinguish a nation, but not the love of liberty.: 你可以消灭一个国家, 但不能消灭对自由的热爱.

3. It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.: 大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。

4. 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.

5. 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.

近反义词

quench 熄灭

smother 窒息

douse 浸入

stub out 踩熄

snuff out 掐灭

destroy 破坏

do away with 废除，去掉

snuff 鼻烟

end 结束

take away 拿走

terminate 结束

eclipse 日或月食

overshadow 遮阴

outshine 优于

obscure 难解的

show up 揭露

surpass 超越

crush 压碎

suppress 镇压

damp 潮湿的

quell 压制

put 放

out 出

put out 熄灭

eliminate 除去

press out 压紧

crush out 榨出

blow out 吹灭(突然爆裂...

decimate 毁掉大部分

annihilate 消灭

wipe out 消灭

exterminate 消灭

get rid of 摆脱

eradicate 根除

carry off 带走

相似短语

extinguish material 灭火材料，灭火料

extinguish a claim 【法】使一项要求无效

extinguish(ing) material 【化】灭火料; 灭火材料

arc extinguish chamber 灭弧室

arc extinguish device 灭弧器

单词分析

这3个动词均有“消灭”之意。
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。

记忆方法

1. 相当于将其全部都刺死，自然就熄灭、灭绝了。
2. 构词原理与 expunge 差不多。

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