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
- 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。 - Tried to extinguish the flames.
试着扑灭火的时候。 - 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。 - Please extinguish all cigarettes before takeoff.
请在起飞前把所有的香烟熄灭。 - 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。 - It took us hours to extinguish the fires.
我们用了好几个小时才把火扑灭。 - I'm sorry, sir. you're gonna have to extinguish that cigar.
对不起，先生，你必须熄灭雪茄。 - Firemen fought for hours to extinguish the blaze.
消防员战斗了几个小时才把大火扑灭。 - 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。 - 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。