及物动词
1. 熄灭;扑灭
If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.
2. 消除;使破灭
If something extinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it.
1. kill in large numbers
e.g. the plague wiped out an entire population
Synonym: eliminateannihilateeradicatewipe outdecimatecarry off
2. terminate, end, or take out
e.g. Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
eliminate my debts
Synonym: eliminateget rid ofdo away with
3. put an end to
kill
e.g. The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
Synonym: snuff out
4. extinguish by crushing
e.g. stub out your cigar
Synonym: stub outcrush outpress out
5. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
e.g. Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
quench the flames
snuff out the candles