extinguish

中文詞源

extinguish熄滅，撲滅

詞源同extinct, 滅絕的。

詞組搭配

arc extinguish chamber滅弧室；消弧室

EXTINGUISH FIRE滅火

extinguish them消滅他們；毀滅他們

arc extinguish device滅弧器

self-extinguish ability自熄性

extinguish fatigue精神抖擻

EXTG extinguish滅火

雙語例句

1. Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.

漢消防隊員奮力救火。

來自《權威詞典》

2. You may extinguish a nation, but not the love of liberty.

漢你可以消滅一個國家, 但不能消滅對自由的熱愛.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.

漢大約花了50分鐘才把火撲滅。

來自辭典例句

4. Please extinguish your cigarette when the ` no smoking'signs lights up.

漢當"禁止吸煙 " 的指示燈亮時,請您熄滅香煙.

來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 口語

5. The firefighter put his life in danger to extinguish the forest fire.

漢消防員冒著生命危險撲滅森林大火.

來自互聯網

英英釋義

1. put an end to; kill;

"The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights;

"Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"

"quench the flames"

"snuff out the candles"

3. extinguish by crushing;

"stub out your cigar"

4. kill in large numbers;

"the plague wiped out an entire population"