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Extinguish Stop ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ Fire Burning Verb Sth Make

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/ɪkstɪ̱ŋgwɪʃ/
1
[VERB 动词]熄灭;扑灭 If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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。

2
[VERB 动词]消除;使破灭 If something extinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it.
  [V n]
  • 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。


Oxford ex·tin·guish / ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ ; NAmE ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ / verb ( formal) 1 extinguishsth to make a fire stop burning or a light stop shining 熄灭;扑灭 SYN
put out
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。
2 extinguishsth to destroy sth 毁灭;消灭;使破灭 News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace. 轰炸的消息使和平的希望全部破灭。 extinguish extinguishes extinguished extinguishing
ex·tin·guish / ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ ; NAmE ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ /
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extinguishex‧tin‧guish /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/ verb [transitive] formal
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1to make a fire or light stop burning or shining SYN  put out:  Please extinguish all cigarettes. Firemen were called to extinguish the blaze. see thesaurus at
burn
2to make an idea or feeling stop:  All hope was almost extinguished.
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extinguish

[ɪkˈstɪŋgwɪʃ]extinguished, extinguishing, extinguishes

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extinguished[982]
扑灭(51%),熄灭(33%),消灭(12%),偿清(3%),使破灭(1%)
vt.熄灭;压制;偿清

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