| 词汇 | extinguish |
| 释义 | extinguish verb[ T ] uk /ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ us /ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ extinguishverb[T] (FIRE/LIGHT)to stop a fire or a light burning: 熄灭，扑灭（火或光） It took the firefighters several hours to extinguish the flames.消防队员花了几个小时才将烈焰扑灭。 to extinguish a cigarette掐灭香烟 Fire service beat beat something out extinguisher fire alarm fire blanket fire department fire drill fire engine fire hydrant fire marshal fire truck firebreak firehouse fireman fireplug firetrail firetrap flameproof quench tender You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Stopping fires extinguishverb[T] (FEELING/IDEA)literary to stop or get rid of an idea or feeling: 使（想法或感情）破灭;使消亡 Nothing could extinguish his love for her.什么都无法熄灭他对她的爱情之火。 Forgetting and forgetfulness absent-minded absent-mindedly absent-mindedness amnesia amnesiac anterograde blot bury erase featherbrained forget forget itidiom forgetful forgetfully oblivion remove retrograde retrograde amnesia rustily scatterbrained extinguish | American Dictionaryextinguish verb[ T ] us/ɪkˈstɪŋ·ɡwɪʃ/ to stop a fire or light from burning: It took the firefighters four hours to extinguish the flames. extinguish | Business Englishextinguish verb[ T ] uk /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/us LAW to take something away, for example a right to do something: A deed restriction extinguishes the right to use or develop a property for certain things. FINANCE to decide that a debt does not have to be paid: With interest the debt doubled and was not finally extinguished until years later. Examples of extinguishextinguish Many surface fires burn during the day, only to be extinguished when relative humidity increases in the evening. At the end of the initial fixation period, the spot was then extinguished for 1.0 s and then turned back on. In operant learning, organisms react to sequences of events that result in cumulative changes - behaviors are reinforced or extinguished. If the environment changes too rapidly, the behavior may be extinguished. At the same time, other variants may no longer appear or be extinguished, in the terminology used by behaviour analysts. Later deformations obliterated and partly extinguished possible shear sense indicators so that the shear sense can hardly be determined. The unique sounds of the world's small-scale languages are being extinguished at an alarming rate. He now intended to ensure that this menace was finally extinguished. Oh, this light, how long it was not extinguished! Both solutions deal with the problem of inconsistency without extinguishing one side or the other of the conflict. The fixation cross was then extinguished and one of the possible directions of stimulus motion was presented. The eter nal, never to be extinguished lamp of science, bur ns with an even more sacred fire than was that one. After a randomized interval, this spot was extinguished and a second appeared at the center of the screen. Subsequent to this, the spot was initially presented at one location, extinguished, and then appeared at a new location. Note the narrow elongated structures enhancing significantly the chance of extinguishing one or the other life form. See all examples of extinguish These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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