Extinguish
[ ɪk'stɪŋɡwɪʃ ]
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vt. 熄灭（火）;使（希望、爱情等）不复存在;偿清;
💡 词根助记
ex外+tingu=sting刺+ish动词后缀→把刺拿出去→刺引申为火焰→灭火
📝 例句
This is a new method of extinguishing forest fires.
这是一种扑灭森林之火的新方法。
extinguish a fire
灭火
and extinguish all smoking materials.
熄灭香烟。
Please extinguish your cigarettes.
请将香烟熄灭.
The storm extinguished their last hope for rescue.
风暴使他们最后的获救希望破灭了。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ extinguish-使熄灭、扑灭,distinguish-区别:熄灭和扑灭的区别不大
※ ex-谐音“一休”,ting-拼音“听”,uish-fish鱼:一休听到了鱼类消亡的信息
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-point-表示“刺扎”
常见变体有-punct-、-pugn-
📖 牛津释义
extinguish
v[Tn]
1
(a) cause (sth) to stop burning; put out 使（某物）熄灭; 扑灭
Please extinguish your cigarettes. 请将香烟熄灭.
They tried to extinguish the flames. 他们竭力要把火焰扑灭.
(b) (fig fml 比喻, 文) end the existence of (hope, love, passion, etc) 使（希望、 爱情、 激情等）不复存在
His behaviour extinguished the last traces of affection she had for him. 他的这种行为使她对他的最後一丝爱慕之情荡然无存.
2 clear or pay off (a debt) 清偿（债务）.> extinguisher = fire extinguisher (fire).
🎯 考研助记
一刻死定归西（谐音）： 熄灭 distinct(a.明显不同的)-distinguish(v.区分 extinct(a.灭绝的)-extinguish(v.灭绝) 网友：yqy补充： 源自；distinguish区别：灭火时也要区分哪里是火，哪里没有着火，要对准火;(ex+stingu+ish→把刺拿出去→刺引申为火焰→灭火[sting,stinct,stimul=priek表示"刺,刺激"]
🔁 扩展释义
*[ik'stiŋgwiʃ]vt. 熄灭, 使消亡, 压制, 使减色【医】 消灭【经】 偿清
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What does that do?
这有什么用处呢？
Their feet were fixed to one bar and their hands to another bar.
他们的脚拴在一根铁杠上，他们的手拴在另外一根铁杆上。
He thought they needed to know the direction to it.
它们还需要知道去那里的方向。