extinguish
英 [ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ]
美 [ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ]
v. 熄灭; 扑灭; 毁灭; 消灭; 使破灭
过去分词：extinguished 现在分词：extinguishing 过去式：extinguished 第三人称单数：extinguishes
Collins.1 / BNC.11132 / COCA.11906
同义词辨析
extinguishdousequench【导航词义：熄灭】
extinguishv. 〈正式〉熄灭，扑灭
〔辨析〕
指熄灭火、香烟、灯光等。
〔例证〕
Please extinguish the cigarette.
请熄灭香烟。
The firemen tried hard to extinguish the fire.
消防队员竭尽全力扑灭大火。
Faint smoke came from the extinguished candle.
熄灭的蜡烛冒出缕缕轻烟。
请熄灭香烟。
The firemen tried hard to extinguish the fire.
消防队员竭尽全力扑灭大火。
Faint smoke came from the extinguished candle.
熄灭的蜡烛冒出缕缕轻烟。
dousev. 浇灭，熄灭
〔辨析〕
指用水等把火泼灭。
〔例证〕
Rain poured down and doused the fire.
大雨倾盆，浇灭了大火。
Tom doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.
汤姆用灭火器把火焰扑灭。
大雨倾盆，浇灭了大火。
Tom doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.
汤姆用灭火器把火焰扑灭。
quenchv. 〈正式〉熄灭
〔辨析〕
指用水或其他方法灭火，含抑制之意。
〔例证〕
Water will quench a fire.
水可以灭火。
The fire was quenched with a bucket of water.
火被一桶水浇灭了。
水可以灭火。
The fire was quenched with a bucket of water.
火被一桶水浇灭了。
牛津词典
verb
- 熄灭；扑灭
to make a fire stop burning or a light stop shining- Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
消防队员奋力救火。 - All lights had been extinguished.
所有灯光都熄灭了。
- Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
- 毁灭；消灭；使破灭
to destroy sth- News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace.
轰炸的消息使和平的希望全部破灭。
- News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 熄灭;扑灭
If youextinguisha fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.- 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。
- It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire...
- VERB 消除;使破灭
If somethingextinguishesa feeling or idea, it destroys it.- 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。
- The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return.
英英释义
verb
- kill in large numbers
- the plague wiped out an entire population
- terminate, end, or take out
- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
- Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
- eliminate my debts
- put an end to
- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
- extinguish by crushing
- stub out your cigar
- 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
双语例句
- Firemen fought for hours to extinguish the blaze.
消防员战斗了几个小时才把大火扑灭。 - It seemed to extinguish some sort of anxiety in her.
似乎是浇熄了她躁动不安的渴望。 - Please extinguish all cigarettes before takeoff.
请在起飞前把所有的香烟熄灭。 - The surroundings helped extinguish any idealistic fervour that might have existed.
会议的气氛也彻底浇灭了任何可能存在过的理想主义热情。 - The Scout can use the Mad Milk to extinguish himself or his teammates.
注意著火的敌方侦查兵会用疯狂牛奶帮自己、或是帮他的队友灭掉身上的火。 - They tried to extinguish the flames.
他们竭力要把火焰扑灭。 - Whatever may come, the flames of French resistance must never be extinguished; and it will not extinguish.
无论出现什么情况，我们都不容许法兰西抗战烽火被扑灭，而且它也永不会被扑灭。 - To take actions, extinguish fire immediately with extinguisher and water strip or squirt gun to prevent fire.
立即行动，扑灭火灾，用灭火剂或水枪、水带等进行灭火，并阻止火势蔓延。 - To take actions, extinguish fire, save person around danger or wounded and also transfer critical property.
立即行动，救出处于危险中的人或伤员并转移重要财物。 - 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。