extinguish

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To end (something).; To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench. transitive
  2. To end (something).; To eclipse or obscure (someone or something). figuratively,transitive
    — A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison
  3. To end (something).; To kill (someone). figuratively,transitive
  4. To end (something).; To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy. figuratively,transitive
    — She extinguished all my hopes.
  5. To end (something).; To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.; To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned reflex). figuratively,transitive
    — Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.
  6. To end (something).; To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench. figuratively,transitive
  7. To end (something).; To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.). figuratively,transitive
    — 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
  8. To die out. intransitive,reflexive

词形变化

extinguishes present,singular,third-person extinguishing participle,present extinguished participle,past extinguished past

词汇关系

衍生词
extinguishable extinguishant extinguishment inextinguishability self-extinguishing
相关词
distinguish extinct extinction extinguisher fire extinguisher

词源

Borrowed from Latin extinguo (“to put out (what is burning), quench, extinguish, deprive of life, destroy, abolish”), from ex (“out”) + stinguere (“to put out, quench, extinguish”). Doublet of extinct.
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