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单词 unquenchable
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unquenchableadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɛn(t)ʃəbl/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɛn(t)ʃəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈkwɛn(t)ʃəb(ə)l/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and quench v. and -able suffix; also Middle English–1600s vnquencheable, 1500s–1600s unquencheable; also Scottish pre-1700 wnquhencheabill.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix1, quench v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + quench v. + -able suffix, originally after post-classical Latin inextinguibilis inextinguible adj. Compare later quenchable adj.
1. Of fire, light, etc.: inextinguishable. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > not destroyed > indestructible
unquenchablea1382
inextinguible1412
undestroyablea1420
surec1475
inextinguishable1509
undelible1534
unperishable1538
irrefragable1562
inconsumptible1579
inquenchable1583
undefaceable1587
irrefringible1596
insuppressible1610
irrazable1622
unextinguishable1656
imperdible1660
indissolvable1660
indestructible1674
unannihilable1678
undestructible1807
undemolishable1837
unobliteratable1872
uneliminable1876
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > unquenchable or unquenched
unquenchedc1175
unquenchablea1382
unslockened1434
unsleakablec1475
quenchless1557
unextinguished1697
inextinguished1746
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. vii. 10 Vnquenchable [L. inextinguibile] is the lyȝt of it [sc. wisdom].
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. iii. 12 Chaffis he shal brenne with fyr unquenchable [L. inextinguibili].
1479 Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (Caxton) iii. iii Helle where shalbe an vnsuffrable colde, an vnquencheable hete.
a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 147 Þei þat..brennen in an unquenchable fire of charite.
1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse Pref. f. 2 To burne in hell wyth flames vnquenchable.
1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. xiv. 462 That [fire] burneth eternally without feeding, and is vnquenchable.
1652 H. Vaughan Mount of Olives 73 Those furious and unquenchable burnings of hell (which the Scripture calls the lake of fire, &c.).
a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 132 The spark Unquenchable, that glows within their breasts.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xvii. 107 Fierce as Vulcan's fire Unquenchable.
1811 C. Lamb Genius & Char. Hogarth in Wks. (1908) I. 106 Her unquenchable spark is not utterly out.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xvi. 119 The eager enemy hurled the blazing brands.., and wrapped the stern in flames Unquenchable.
1903 19th Cent. Apr. 647 In the blaze of an Infinite Universe, scintillating in its every atom with unquenchable light.
1937 Times 21 June 15/3 The secret and unquenchable fire of ambition which burned in [J.M.] Barrie had no outlet except in his work.
2000 Huntington Libr. Q. 63 287 Perpetual damnation and a death infinitely prolonged in the unquenchable flames of hell.
2. That cannot be overcome, subdued, appeased, or dispelled.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > unquenchable, unabating
unquenchablea1500
unslockenablec1520
quenchless1557
unsuppressed1626
unsurmountable1725
unabatinga1774
unabatable1778
survivable1879
bateless1886
a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 419 (MED) In to the handis of þin endelesse & vnquenchable mercy, holy fader..we commaunde the spirit of oure broder.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Disc. Def. Earl of Leicester in Wks. (1923) III. 65 An evident proof of an unquencheable malice.
1648 Mercurius Pacificus 7 What did at first foment and fuellize these our weakly grounded Wars, but vehement and strong suspitions, and unquenchable, yea unconquerable jealousies betwixt King and Parliament?
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1422 The people on thir Holy-days Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable . View more context for this quotation
1850 W. Wordsworth Prelude i. 10 Firm devotion, zeal unquenchable.
1880 Fraser's Mag. May 651 The unquenchable élan of boyhood.
1883 Harper's Mag. Apr. 696/2 There is just the same unquenchable interest here.
1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 100 An unquenchable belief in the Unerring Artistic Adjustment of Nature.
1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iii. xi. 194 Gandalf laughed. ‘A most unquenchable hobbit!’
2006 Eventing Feb. 28/2 A power-pack jumper with an unquenchable zest for life, Harley has already earned himself a legion of devoted fans.
3. Of thirst, hunger, greed, etc.: that cannot be assuaged or satisfied. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] > unsatisfied > insatiable
unfillinga1300
unfillablea1340
unsatiable1382
insatiablea1420
insaturablec1425
unstanchable1426
insatiate1509
unsatiate1528
unsaturable1535
unquenchable1538
unsatisfiable1539
quenchless1557
unpleasable1561
inexpleble1569
slakeless1596
abarstic1623
sateless1628
unexpliable1658
voracious1712
omnivorous1791
unslakable1820
appeaseless1837
unsatable1850
'satiable1900
1538 R. Taverner in tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. Ep. Ded. sig. A.iiv So vnquencheable is this thurst, this desyre of glory.
1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. vi. 735 The Pope..beinge diseased..with an vnquencheable thirst of monie.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 62/2 in Chron. I Hee was giuen to suche vnquenchable couetyse, that nothing mighte suffice hym.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ii. §5. 204 Thus vnquenchable is the thirst of ambition.
1685 L. Atterbury tr. F.-L. de La Vallière Penitent Lady (ed. 2) iv. 15 When I retire my self from the hurry of this world, wherein an unquencheable appetite torments the most happy persons.
1765 S. Johnson Plays of Shakespeare I. Pref. sig. [C] He [sc. Shakespeare]..has perhaps excelled all but Homer in securing the first purpose of a writer, by exciting restless and unquenchable curiosity.
1795 R. Southey Vision Maid of Orleans ii. 71 Often impatiently to quench their thirst Unquenchable, large draughts of molten gold They drink insatiate.
a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. xix. 273 The more unquenchable his hunger for the high and the good, the sooner will he find that out.
1901 W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. Mother to Elizabeth x. 51 Her thirst for information is apparently unquenchable.
1968 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Nov. 505/1 He..suffered from the prevalent malnutrition, with constant unquenchable thirst and obstinate constipation.
2012 Kalgoorlie (W. Austral.) Miner (Nexis) 6 Aug. 9 West Australians' seemingly unquenchable appetite for French bread and pastries and dairy products.

Derivatives

unˈquenchableness n.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > state of being unquenchable
unquenchableness1627
1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 63 Wee pray God, that wee neuer come to feele the fierie vnquenchablenesse of it.
1899 North-Eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 4 Jan. 2/3 With all his pride in the unquenchableness of valour.
2006 Jrnl. Relig. Ethics 34 471 Concupiscence lacks the unquenchableness of Love's desire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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