| 正面 | 12241.extinguish 英 [ɪk'stɪŋgwɪʃ; ek-]美 [ɪk'stɪŋɡwɪʃ]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 相当于将其全部都刺死，自然就熄灭、灭绝了。2. 构词原理与 expunge 差不多。vt. 熄灭；压制；偿清 例句： 1. Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.消防队员奋力救火。 extinguish 熄灭，扑灭词源同extinct, 灭绝的。 extinguish (v.)1540s, from Latin extinguere/exstinguere "quench, put out (what is burning), wipe out, obliterate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + stinguere "quench," apparently an evolved sense from PIE *steig- "to prick, stick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). But see distinguish (v.). Related: extinguishable (c. 1500); extinguished; extinguishing." |