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　

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同义词辨析

extinguish douse quench【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。

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。

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。

牛津词典

verb

熄灭；扑灭
to make a fire stop burning or a light stop shining
1. Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
  消防队员奋力救火。
2. All lights had been extinguished.
  所有灯光都熄灭了。
毁灭；消灭；使破灭
to destroy sth
1. News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace.
  轰炸的消息使和平的希望全部破灭。

柯林斯词典

VERB 熄灭;扑灭
If youextinguisha fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.
1. It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire...
  大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。
2. 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。
VERB 消除;使破灭
If somethingextinguishesa feeling or idea, it destroys it.
1. 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。

英英释义

verb

kill in large numbers
1. the plague wiped out an entire population
Synonym:eliminateannihilateeradicatewipe outdecimatecarry off
terminate, end, or take out
1. Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
2. Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
3. eliminate my debts
Synonym:eliminateget rid ofdo away with
put an end to
1. The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
Synonym:snuff out
extinguish by crushing
1. stub out your cigar
Synonym:stub outcrush outpress out
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
1. Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
2. quench the flames
3. snuff out the candles
Synonym:snuff outblow outquench

双语例句

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。
It seemed to extinguish some sort of anxiety in her.
似乎是浇熄了她躁动不安的渴望。
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, 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。
Firemen fought for hours to extinguish the blaze.
消防员战斗了几个小时才把大火扑灭。
The water in all the rivers and lakes of the world could not extinguish it.
所有的山川和湖泊都熄灭不了它。
Please, my Lord, extinguish the light.
请您，我主，熄灭灯。
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。
Tried to extinguish the flames.
试着扑灭火的时候。
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。