To strike with something flexible and broad (e.g. a fly-flapper); to drive away or off; to put out (a light) as with a blow so given.
| 单词 | θ81093 |
| 释义 | the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > make dark [verb (transitive)] > quench (light) > in specific way (6) flapc1540 To strike with something flexible and broad (e.g. a fly-flapper); to drive away or off; to put out (a light) as with a blow so given. puff1547 transitive. To put out (a flame, candle, etc.) with a puff of air, to blow out. Also figurative. Also intransitive: to be blown out (in quot. 1400… purge1573 transitive. To remove the burnt wick of (a lamp), to snuff. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. Obsolete. rare. to blow out1617 to blow out: (a) transitive to extinguish (a flame) by a current of air; (b) intransitive to be extinguished by a current of air; (figurative) to… spit1681 To put out by means of spitting. shoot1972 transitive. With adverbs and adverbial phrases. With out: to render (something) useless with a shot; spec. to puncture (a tyre), extinguish (a lamp)… |
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