| 释义 |
extinct/ikˈstiŋkt, ek-/adj. 1 (of a family, class, or species) that has died out (指家庭、阶级、物种)消亡的，灭绝的，绝种的 2a (of fire etc.) no longer burning (指火等)熄灭的 b (of a volcano) that no longer erupts (指火山)死的，不再喷发的 3 (of life, hope, etc.) terminated, quenched (生活、希望等)终结的，破灭了的 4 (of an office etc.) obsolete (指行政机构等)废除的 5 (of a title of nobility) having no qualified claimant (指贵族称号)无合法继承人的 [Middle English from Latin exstinguere exstinct- (as EX-1, stinguere ‘quench’)] |