Extinguish
[ɪk'stɪŋgwɪʃ;ek-] or [ɪk'stɪŋɡwɪʃ]
解释:
(verb.) terminate, end, or take out; 'Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics'; 'Socialism extinguished these archaic customs'; 'eliminate my debts'.
德怀特手打--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right.
(v. t.) To obscure; to eclipse, as by superior splendor.
戴夫校对
同义词及近义词：
v. a. [1]. Quench, put out.[2]. Destroy, suppress.
黛尔编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Abolish, destroy, extirpate, eradicate, kill, quench, annihilate, put_out
ANT:Implant, replenish, cherish, promote, invigorate, propagate, establish,confirm, secure
詹尼弗编辑
解释:
v.t. to quench: to destroy annihilate: to obscure by superior splendour.—v.i. to die out.—adj. Exting′uishable.—ns. Exting′uisher one who or that which extinguishes: a small hollow conical instrument for putting out a candle—also in Fr. form Extincteur; Exting′uishment the act of extinguishing: (law) putting an end to a right by consolidation or union.
安吉洛手打
例句:
- When this crack closes no smoke can reach them, and if we hasten to extinguish the flames I believe they will be safe. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- In that hour I should die, and at once satisfy and extinguish his malice. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- Little did I then expect the calamity that was in a few moments to overwhelm me, and extinguish in horror and despair all fear of ignominy or death. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- Gramercy for the few drops of thy sprinkling, replied De Bracy; but this damsel hath wept enough to extinguish a beacon-light. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Play fair, Teddy, or I'll never believe you again, she said, trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up at a word of encouragement. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Our troops were directed to extinguish the flames, which they finally succeeded in doing. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The gas first evaporating is nitrogen, and a lighted match applied to the surface of the liquid is quickly extinguished, since nitrogen does not support combustion. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- On returning to the dining-room she found it all dark, Miss Keeldar having extinguished the candle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The gaping wound of my wrongs, too, was now quite healed; and the flame of resentment extinguished. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The lamps and candles were all extinguished, when Elliston threw himself along the benches in the pit. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Just at my bedside, the figure stopped: the fiery eyes glared upon me--she thrust up her candle close to my face, and extinguished it under my eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The air of the room is almost bad enough to have extinguished it if he had not. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Some worked as well, but none any better, than common salt in extinguishing fire. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- The liquid extinguishing agent has seen little change since 1907. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- A vapor seemed to spread in all directions from where the salt solution struck the board, extinguishing the flame as it went. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Devices for extinguishing fire are almost coeval with that element itself. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- I abstained from speaking to her for some time, but just before extinguishing the light, I recommended her to lie down. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- It was then certain that the extinguishing power was in the solution itself. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- When the great orb of day disappears beneath the horizon the effect is precisely as that of the extinguishing of a single lamp within a chamber. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- It extinguishes electrical fires without injuring insulation or apparatus and without injury to the operator. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He knocks, receives no answer, opens it, and accidentally extinguishes his candle in doing so. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
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