| 词汇 | snuffed |
| 释义 | snuffed past simple and past participle ofsnuff snuff verb[ T ] uk /snʌf/ us /snʌf/ to put out a flame, especially from a candle, usually by covering it with something: 熄灭，吹灭 One by one she snuffed the candles.她把蜡烛一支支地吹灭。 Stopping fires beat beat something out blow blow (something) out damp damp something down douse extinguish extinguishment go go out gutter quench smother snuff snuff something out sprinkler sprinkler system Idiomsnuff it Phrasal verbssnuff something out snuff someone out Examples of snuffedsnuffed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They have a certain potential, which can be snuffed out, but they do not attain the more autonomous state of life. Clearly, wood materials were dropped into the shaft while burning and snuffed out due to lack of oxygen as the shaft filled. You couldn't believe his life could be snuffed out. The chalk downs began to revert to sheep pasture, which snuffed out many arable farmers and meant a steeply falling demand for labour. It would be less than truthful to suggest that such sharp practices have been snuffed out or discontinued. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not time you snuffed the profiteers out? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the contrary, whenever one of those countries has moved towards independence it has been ruthlessly snuffed out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, all rebellion has been snuffed out over the past 13 years, and that is sad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How many tens of thousands of lives will be snuffed out or seriously affected if we do not adopt these two measures? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All those measures are likely to dampen consumer activity and could lead to the recovery being snuffed out before it has got going. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The deal was attractive but now it is inconvenient to its sponsor and it is to be snuffed out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Victims of loyalist firebombs, their young lives were snuffed out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we do not support our friends, one by one they will be snuffed out and, in the end, we may find ourselves isolated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So my little moment of glory as an academic historian was, in a sense, snuffed out before it even began. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the forest were sold to faceless investors those rights could be snuffed out and people would be denied rights of access. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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