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　

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同义词辨析

extinguish douse quench【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。

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。

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。

牛津词典

verb

熄灭；扑灭
to make a fire stop burning or a light stop shining
1. Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
  消防队员奋力救火。
2. All lights had been extinguished.
  所有灯光都熄灭了。
毁灭；消灭；使破灭
to destroy sth
1. News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace.
  轰炸的消息使和平的希望全部破灭。

柯林斯词典

VERB 熄灭;扑灭
If youextinguisha fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.
1. It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire...
  大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。
2. 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。
VERB 消除;使破灭
If somethingextinguishesa feeling or idea, it destroys it.
1. 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。

英英释义

verb

kill in large numbers
1. the plague wiped out an entire population
Synonym:eliminateannihilateeradicatewipe outdecimatecarry off
terminate, end, or take out
1. Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
2. Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
3. eliminate my debts
Synonym:eliminateget rid ofdo away with
put an end to
1. The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
Synonym:snuff out
extinguish by crushing
1. stub out your cigar
Synonym:stub outcrush outpress out
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 outquench

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。
Please, my Lord, extinguish the light.
请您，我主，熄灭灯。
Please stub out ( or extinguish) your cigarette.
请把烟灭了。
A fireman tries to extinguish a burning bus after a gang attack in Rio de Janeiro.
一伙匪徒袭击了巴西里约热内卢市的一辆公共汽车后，消防员正试图给汽车灭火。
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。
Are we there to extinguish the flame that could have been ignited for movements?
是否将他们可能燃烧成行动的火焰扑灭？
Once you allow that human life is subject to reason, you extinguish any possibility of life.
当你试图把人类的生活归结为逻辑的时候，你就将生命中所有的可能性都抹杀了。
You may extinguish a nation, But not the love of liBerty.
你可以消灭一个国家，但不能消灭对自由的热爱。
It seemed to extinguish some sort of anxiety in her.
似乎是浇熄了她躁动不安的渴望。
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。