英语释义

• kill in large numbers;

  "the plague wiped out an entire population"

• put an end to; kill;

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

• 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"

• extinguish by crushing;

  "stub out your cigar"

片语

EXTG extinguish灭火

extinguish them消灭他们

extinguish years熄灭年

fuse extinguish熄引

extinguish excitation灭磁

go out出去；熄灭；过时

extinguish wind熄风

to extinguish灭绝

silence沉默；寂静；缄默；不谈；无声状态

英汉例句

• for the first time in memory the peasant is seeing a glimmer of light, but a substantially appreciating rmb will extinguish that hope.

  记忆所及，这是第一次农民看到一丝曙光，而人民币汇率的大幅提升会消灭这希望。

• electric wands could allow future firefighters to extinguish flames with a wave of the hand, recent experiments suggest.

  近期的实验表明，电魔杖让未来的消防队员只需手一挥就可以灭火。

• if the private sector will not spend, the government can do it instead, borrowing to cut taxes, send cheques to households, build infrastructure or even extinguish underwater mortgages.

  如果私有部分不能消费，政府可以代之——借助减税、增加个人收入、基础设施建设，甚至偿清呆坏账。

• when carbon unites with oxygen, it forms a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas called carbon dioxide, which is heavier than air and will extinguish a flame.

  当碳与氧结合形成一种无色、无味、无嗅的气体叫做二氧化碳，它比空气重，可以灭火。

• after the ritual, sylvenie doused her granddaughter with water to extinguish the flames and then put her to bed without seeking any medical help.

  在除魔仪式完毕后，sylvenie为了熄灭孙女身上的火焰又把自己的孙女浸在水里，之后在没有做任何医疗措施就把孙女放在了床上。

• each species we knowingly march off the plank diminishes us; each species we extinguish through ignorance does the same; we「ve run out of excuses.

  我们所知的每一个消失的物种都是对人类的削弱，由于我们的无视而被灭绝的每个物种对人类都有相同的影响。我们已经没有任何借口。

• the people who stood on the avenue tried to extinguish the fire, but it」s of no avail.

  站在林荫道上的人们想熄灭大火，但不起作用。

• firefighters tried to extinguish a fire at a building in shanghai on monday.

  消防员正在努力灭火，星期一，上海。

• they shouted and everyone took off their sweaters and pressed down on the sweaters to extinguish the fire.

  每个人都把自己的毛衣脱下来灭火。

• it’s not possible to extinguish the fire that consumed such a roof.

  这种屋顶要是着起火来肯定扑不灭。

• 「the destruction of the website, which helped to extinguish the fires, is equivalent to destroying peoples’ lives, 」 yabloko said in a statement.

  亚博卢在声明中说， 「该网站是帮助灭火的，网站受破坏，相当于破坏人民的生活。」

• if good people do nothing there is a real possibility that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish the precious embers of medical progress.

  如果医学研究人员再不采取行动，不明真理的公众真有可能会不灭医疗发展的宝贵火种。

• he would extinguish the fire of liberty, which warms and animates the hearts of happy millions, and invites all the nations of the earth to imitate our example.

  那就是要熄灭那温暖并启动幸福大众之心的，吸引世上各国模仿我们的自由之火。

相似词

quench熄灭；平息

crush拥挤的人群；迷恋；果汁饮料；（不大熟识的）热恋的对象；暗恋；猛兽隔离区

suppress抑制；镇压；废止

out熄灭的；盛开的；面市的；出局的；不能被接受的；过时的；不準确的；打算做……的；被公开的

put固定不动的

smother使窒息；抑制；（用灰等）闷熄；忍住

quench熄灭；平息

put固定不动的

douse浇灭，熄（灯）；使浸入水中；急降（桅帆）

damp潮湿的

out熄灭的；盛开的；面市的；出局的；不能被接受的；过时的；不準确的；打算做……的；被公开的

crush拥挤的人群；迷恋；果汁饮料；（不大熟识的）热恋的对象；暗恋；猛兽隔离区

suppress抑制；镇压；废止

smother使窒息；抑制；（用灰等）闷熄；忍住

quell(Quell)人名；(捷)奎尔；(西)克利

相反词

light光；光线；灯；打火机；领悟；浅色；天窗

ignite点火；燃烧

kindle点燃；着火；激起；照亮，（使）发亮；激动起来；（兔）产仔

light光；光线；灯；打火机；领悟；浅色；天窗

kindle点燃；着火；激起；照亮，（使）发亮；激动起来；（兔）产仔