extinct

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a. 熄灭的, 灭绝的, 耗尽的 [法] 消灭了的, 过时的, 无效的

发音

US /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/
其它
UK /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/
US /ɪkˈstɪŋt/
UK /ɪkˈstɪŋt/
US /ɛk-/
UK /ɛk-/

词形变化

extincted extincting extincts 三单 extincts extincting 现在分词 extincted 过去式 extincted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

使熄灭

形容词

灭绝的,绝种的;熄灭的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of extinction (“the action of becoming or making extinct; annihilation”).

    废旧 及物 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of extinguish.

    To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    Synonym of extinguish.

    To kill (someone).

    比喻 废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    Synonym of extinguish.

    To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.

    比喻 废旧 及物
  4. 4.

    Synonym of extinguish.

    To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.

    To cause (an animal or plant species) to die out completely or become extinct (adjective etymology 1 sense 2.3).

    绝种

    灭种

    灭绝

    断种

    比喻 废旧 及物 生物
  5. 5.

    Synonym of extinguish.

    To suppress (something, as feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.); to quench.

    比喻 废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    Synonym of extinguish.

    To abolish or make void (a law, a legal right, etc.); also, to cancel (a creditor's claim, a licence, etc.).

    比喻 废旧 及物 法律
adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Of fire, etc.: no longer alight; of a light, etc.: no longer shining; extinguished, quenched.

    古体

    Edward’s cigarillo was extinct by the time he had finished talking.

  2. 2.

    Of feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.: put out, as if like a fire; quenched, suppressed.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    Of customs, ideas, laws and legal rights, offices, organizations, languages, etc.: no longer existing or in use; defunct, discontinued, obsolete; specifically, of a title of nobility: no longer having any person qualified to hold it.

    比喻

    Luckily, such ideas about race are extinct in current sociological theory.

    The title became extinct when the last baron died.

  4. 4.

    Of an animal or plant species or group of species, a group of people, a family, etc., having no living members, representatives, or descendants.

    比喻 生物

    Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.

  5. 5.

    Of a geological feature: no longer active; specifically, of a volcano: no longer erupting.

    比喻 地质

    Most of the volcanos on this island are now extinct.

    They found the sites of extinct geysers.

  6. 6.

    Of a radioisotope: no longer occurring primordially due to having decayed away completely, because it has a relatively short half-life.

    比喻
  7. 7.

    Of a person: dead; also, permanently separated from others.

    比喻 废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

反义词 2

近义相关 1

参见 2

相关短语

词源

Either: * from Latin extīnctus, exstīnctus, a noun use of the perfect passive participle of extinguō, exstinguō (see etymology 1); or * from the verb (see etymology 2).

来源:wiktionary