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snuff obj PUT OUTsnQfv [T]to put out (a flame, esp. from a candle), usually by covering it with something so that it has no oxygen熄灭One by one she snuffed (out) the candles. [T/M]她把蜡烛一支支地熄灭。It will take weeks to snuff out the burning grassland. [M]熄灭草原上的火需要几星期的时间。To snuff something out is also to end it.结束, 扼杀Italy's fourth goal well and truly snuffed out any hopes that England may have had of winning this game. [M]意大利队的第四个进球使英格兰队赢得比赛的希望完全破灭。The country has been able to celebrate the return of its independence so brutally snuffed out in 1940. [M]这个国家如今能为它的重获独立而庆祝一番, 它曾在1940年被残酷地扼杀过。(Am) In the end they hoped his life would be snuffed out (= he would die) so he wouldn't suffer any more. [M]最后他们希望他的生命能熄灭, 这样他就不用再忍受痛苦了。(esp. Br and Aus dated infml)To snuff it it is to die.死去(infml) A snuff movie is a PORNOGRAPHIC film (= sex film) in which one of the actors or actresses is really murdered in order to provide the viewer with extra excitement(有凶杀镜头的)色情电影Links have been suggested between the death of several boys in the London area and the alleged making of child 'snuff movies'.伦敦地区几个男孩之死据说与所谓的制作儿童色情电影有联系。
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