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
Collins.1 / BNC.11132 / COCA.11906
同义词辨析
extinguishdousequench【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。
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。
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。
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- Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
消防队员奋力救火。 - All lights had been extinguished.
所有灯光都熄灭了。
- Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
- 毁灭；消灭；使破灭
to destroy sth- News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace.
轰炸的消息使和平的希望全部破灭。
- News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 熄灭;扑灭
If youextinguisha fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.- It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire...
大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。 - 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。
- It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire...
- VERB 消除;使破灭
If somethingextinguishesa feeling or idea, it destroys it.- 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。
- The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return.
英英释义
verb
- kill in large numbers
- the plague wiped out an entire population
- terminate, end, or take out
- Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
- Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
- eliminate my debts
- put an end to
- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
- extinguish by crushing
- stub out your cigar
- 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
双语例句
- To take actions, extinguish fire immediately with extinguisher and water strip or squirt gun to prevent fire.
立即行动，扑灭火灾，用灭火剂或水枪、水带等进行灭火，并阻止火势蔓延。 - You should take steps to extinguish the fire;
如果你接受过消防培训，你可以采取灭火行动。 - The Scout can use the Mad Milk to extinguish himself or his teammates.
注意著火的敌方侦查兵会用疯狂牛奶帮自己、或是帮他的队友灭掉身上的火。 - Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
没什么能使他丧失对人性的信念。 - I'm sorry, sir. you're gonna have to extinguish that cigar.
对不起，先生，你必须熄灭雪茄。 - Please, my Lord, extinguish the light.
请您，我主，熄灭灯。 - 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。 - 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 took us hours to extinguish the fires.
我们用了好几个小时才把火扑灭。 - 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。