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quench v.熄灭；结束；冷淬；解渴 (1) 水可以灭火。(2) 她重返家园的念头怎么也打消不掉。(3) 烧热的钢淬火使它坚硬。(4) 她讽刺的话冷却了他的热情。(5) 她喝了杯牛奶解渴。 Quench originally meant “extinguish fires.” That meaning still works today, but we've expanded it to also apply to quenching the fiery thirst of a summer marathon runner or quenching the hot flames of passion. If you want to get deep about the word quench, consider what Voltaire said: “Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.”

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英 [kwentʃ] 美 [kwentʃ] (1) Water will quench a fire.(2) Nothing could quench her longing to return home again.(3) Hot steel is quenched to harden it.(4) Her sarcastic remarks quenched his passion.(5) She quenched her thirst with a glass of milk. Quench means to put out, put an end to, or satisfy. If you're stranded in the middle of the desert with nothing drink, you're probably dreaming of a nice big glass of ice water to quench your thirst. 1[VERB 动词]解(渴)；止(渴) If someone who is thirsty quenches their thirst, they lose their thirst by having a drink.   [V n]He stopped to quench his thirst at a stream.他停了下来，在小溪边饮水止渴。

英语单词	quench
英美音标	英 [kwentʃ] 美 [kwentʃ]
中文释义	v.熄灭；结束；冷淬；解渴
英语例句	(1) Water will quench a fire. (2) Nothing could quench her longing to return home again. (3) Hot steel is quenched to harden it. (4) Her sarcastic remarks quenched his passion. (5) She quenched her thirst with a glass of milk.
中文例句	(1) 水可以灭火。 (2) 她重返家园的念头怎么也打消不掉。 (3) 烧热的钢淬火使它坚硬。 (4) 她讽刺的话冷却了他的热情。 (5) 她喝了杯牛奶解渴。
vocabulary简明	Quench means to put out, put an end to, or satisfy. If you're stranded in the middle of the desert with nothing drink, you're probably dreaming of a nice big glass of ice water to quench your thirst.
vocabulary扩展	Quench originally meant “extinguish fires.” That meaning still works today, but we've expanded it to also apply to quenching the fiery thirst of a summer marathon runner or quenching the hot flames of passion. If you want to get deep about the word quench, consider what Voltaire said: “Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them.”
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]解(渴)；止(渴) If someone who is thirsty quenches their thirst, they lose their thirst by having a drink. [V n] He stopped to quench his thirst at a stream. 他停了下来，在小溪边饮水止渴。

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