英语词汇“extinguish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	extinguish
释义	ex·tin·guish \ikˈstiŋgwish, -wēsh, chiefly in pres part -wəsh; ÷-ŋw-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Latin exstinguere, extinguere (from ex- ex- (I) + stinguere to extinguish) + English -ish (as in abolish); akin to Latin instigare to urge on, incite — more at stick *transitive verb* 1. a. : to cause (as a fire or light) to cease burning : put out : quench < extinguishing the flames > < threw water on the glowing coals to extinguish them > < the lamps were all extinguished > b. (1) : to bring (as life or hope) to an end : make an end of : cause to die out : do away with entirely : blot out of existence : wipe out : make extinct : destroy, annihilate < a way of life which one might expect to have been extinguished almost two generations ago — E.H.Spicer > < death will not extinguish us — W.L.Sullivan > < extinguishing the last glimmer of hope > : suppress (an institution or an official position) < extinguishing monasteries by an act of the king > < whose office of paymaster of works was extinguished by these efforts — John Craig > (2) : to reduce to silence or ineffectiveness : choke off : stifle, smother < a very nearly extinguished voice — Elizabeth Bowen > < extinguishing his opponents with a single word > : make powerless or inoperative : crush, check < a point at which the popular will is extinguished — T.E.Utley > (3) : to cause extinction of (a conditioned response) < the more specific a response the easier it is to extinguish it — Ralph Linton > c. : to cause the brightness of to appear relatively dim or to disappear altogether (as by setting next to a superior brilliancy) : cause to seem lackluster or tawdry : eclipse < a glittering costume that extinguished all the others > < her face looked pale and extinguished, as if dimmed by the rich red of her dress — Edith Wharton > 2. a. : to cause (as a claim or right) to be void : make legally nonexistent : nullify, abolish < titles to the land had not been extinguished — C.G.Bowers > b. : to get rid of (a debt or other liability) by payment or other compensatory adjustment — compare suspend, transfer *intransitive verb* archaic : to become extinguished : die out Synonyms: see abolish, crush
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