extinguish中文什么意思

vt.
1.熄(灯)，灭(火)，熄灭(希望等)。
2.消灭，扑灭。
3.废除；压制；使沉默。
+更多解释...4.使销声匿迹；使暗淡；使失色。
5.【法律】偿清。
6.使失效，废除，取消。
短语和例子
extinguish one's hope 使希望破灭。 She was extinguished by her sisters. 她的姐妹使她相形见绌。 extinguish one's opponents with a single word 一句话把对方说得哑口无言。adj.
-able
可熄的；会绝灭的；可扑灭的。n.
-er
1. 消灭者。 2. 消除器；熄灯器；灭火器。n.
-ment
消灭；熄灭；绝灭；偿清。

• extg =extinguish:    灭火
• exting = extinguish:    灭火；熄火
• extinguish - kindle:    熄灭

例句与用法

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1. Many of the lamps were already extinguished .
   许多路灯已经熄灭。
2. With him a bright flame was extinguished .
   一团明亮的火焰和他一起熄灭了。
3. As he spoke, he extinguished the candle .
   他说着，把蜡烛吹灭。
4. He considers himself fairly extinguished .
   他还满以为自己已经一命呜呼了呢。
5. She was extinguished by her sisters .
   她的姐妹使她相形见绌。

英文释义

动词

1. kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
   同义词：eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
2. terminate, end, or take out; "Let''s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
   同义词：eliminate, get rid of, do away with
3. put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
   同义词：snuff out
4. extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
   同义词：stub out, crush out, press out
5. 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"
   同义词：snuff out, blow out, quench