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

Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
没什么能使他丧失对人性的信念。
To extinguish or conceal all lights that might help enemy aircraft find a target during an air raid.
在空袭中熄灭所有可能帮助敌机寻找目标的灯火。
The chapel's eternal flame affords it the Light's protection, but when you use this mixture to extinguish the flame, that protection will be no more.
礼拜堂的永恒火焰提供了圣光的防护，但是当你用合剂熄灭火焰的时候，防护将不再存在。
Firemen fought for hours to extinguish the blaze.
消防员战斗了几个小时才把大火扑灭。
Some people might argue that without ceremonies and rituals Buddhism can't extinguish suffering.
有些人也许会争论说：没有典礼和仪式，佛教就不能灭苦。
It seemed to extinguish some sort of anxiety in her.
似乎是浇熄了她躁动不安的渴望。
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。
Tried to extinguish the flames.
试着扑灭火的时候。
I'm sorry, sir. you're gonna have to extinguish that cigar.
对不起，先生，你必须熄灭雪茄。
The people who stood on the avenue tried to extinguish the fire, but it's of no avail.
站在林荫道上的人们想熄灭大火，但不起作用。