| 单词 | extinction |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [iks'tiŋkʃən] |
| 解释 | n.熄灭；消灭 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.熄灭(putting out a fire)；消灭( annihilation; abolition) 【考】 反义词：perpetuatio n(不朽) 【例】 extinct animals/the extinction of his hopes |
| 字源 | extinction (n.) early 15c., from Latin extinctionem/exstinctionem (nominative extinctio/exstinctio), noun of action from past participle stem of extinguere/exstinguere (see extinguish). Originally of fires, lights; figurative use, of wiping out a material thing (a debt, a person, a family, etc.) from early 17c.; of species by 1784. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 熄灭; 灭绝 = annihilation = abolition; 神经衰竭(兴奋感的丧失) 【反】perpetuation(n 永存; 不朽) |
| 趣味全助记 | 无 |
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