Quench

[kwen(t)ʃ] or [kwɛntʃ]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; 'quench steel'.

(verb.) reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance.

(verb.) satisfy (thirst); 'The cold water quenched his thirst'.

(verb.) electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device.

阿伦編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc.

(v. t.) To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.

(v. i.) To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool.

編輯:罗德里克

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Extinguish, put out.[2]. Destroy, still, stifle, repress, check, suppress, put an end to.[3]. Allay, slake, cool.

沙琳編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

[See QUELL]

艾伦錄入

解釋/意思:

v.t. to put out: to destroy: to check: to allay: to place in water.—v.i. to lose zeal grow cold.—adj. Quench′able that may be extinguished.—ns. Quench′er one who or that which quenches: a draught or drink; Quench′ing act of extinguishing: the act of cooling the surface of molten metal and forming rosettes in the crust.—adj. Quench′less that cannot be extinguished: irrepressible.—adv. Quench′lessly.—n. Quench′lessness.

錄入:斯科特