| 单词 | extinct |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [iks'tiŋkt] |
| 解释 | a.绝种的，不存在的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.绝种的，不存在 的(no longer in existence) 【考】 反义词：extant(现存 的); resuscitated(复苏的) 【记】 ex+tinct(促使)→使 …失去→绝种的 【同】 同根词：distinction (差别); instinct(本能，天性) |
| 字源 | extinct (adj.) early 15c., from Latin extinctus/exstinctus, past participle of extinguere/exstinguere (see extinguish). Originally of fires; the sense of the condition of "dying out" of a family or a hereditary title, 1580s; of species by 1768. Also see extinction. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 绝种的(不存在的); 熄灭的; [律]废除了的 【记】tin熄灭; 参: extinguish(vt 熄灭; 消灭; 偿清) 【参】distinction(n 区别; 级别; 声望; 显赫); instinct(n 本能; 天性) 【反】extant(adj 现存的); resuscitated(adj 复兴的; 复苏的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】来自extinguished，no longer existing； |
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