quench

英 [kwentʃ]

美 [kwentʃ]

v.  解(渴); 止(渴); 扑灭; 熄灭

现在分词：quenching　过去分词：quenched　过去式：quenched　第三人称单数：quenches　

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

BNC.19371 / COCA.19110

同义词辨析

extinguishdousequench【导航词义：熄灭】

牛津词典

verb

• 解（渴）；止（渴）
  to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty
• 扑灭；熄灭
  to stop a fire from burning
  1. Firemen tried to quench the flames raging through the building.
     消防队员奋力扑救大楼中熊熊的火焰。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 解(渴)；止(渴)
  If someone who is thirstyquenchestheirthirst, they lose their thirst by having a drink.
  1. He stopped to quench his thirst at a stream.
     他停了下来，在小溪边饮水止渴。

英英释义

verb

• cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
  1. quench steel
• reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
• suppress or crush completely
  1. squelch any sign of dissent
  2. quench a rebellion
  Synonym:squelchquell
• satisfy (thirst)
  1. The cold water quenched his thirst
  Synonym:slakeallayassuage
• electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
• 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 outextinguish

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