| 单词 | extinguish |
| 释义 | extinguish v.tr. 1. cause (a flame, light, etc.) to die out; put out. 2. make extinct; annihilate, destroy (a programme to extinguish disease). 3. put an end to; terminate; obscure utterly (a feeling, quality, etc.). 4. a abolish; wipe out (a debt). b Law render void. 5. colloq. reduce to silence (the argument extinguished the opposition). Derivatives extinguishable adj. extinguishment n. Etymology: irreg. f. L extinguere (as EXTINCT): cf. distinguish |
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