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1
- satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking（喝水）止（渴）。
1.1
- satisfy (a desire)满足（欲望）：
he only pursued her to quench an aching need.
他追求她仅仅是为了满足难耐的需要。
2
- extinguish (a fire)扑灭; 熄灭（火）：
firemen hauled on hoses in a desperate bid to quench the flames.
消防队员拖着水龙带拼命扑救大火。
2.1
- stifle or suppress (a feeling)抑制, 压制（感情）：
fury rose in him, but he quenched it.
他心中燃起怒火, 但他压制着没发作。
2.2
- dated reduce (someone) to silence〈旧〉使缄默, 使沉默：
she quenched Anne by a curt command to hold her tongue.
她不由分说地命令安妮闭嘴。
2.3
- rapidly cool (red-hot metal or other material), especially in cold water or oil（尤指用冷水或油）将…淬火; 使冷却。
2.4
- Physics & Electronics suppress or damp (an effect such as luminescence, or an oscillation or discharge)【物理, 电子】猝熄; 控制（发光、震动或放电等效果）。
- an act of quenching something very hot淬火。
派生词
quenchable
adjectivequencher
noun （chiefly Physics & Metallurgy 【主物理, 主冶】）quenchless
adjective （poetic/literary 〈诗/文〉）词源
Old English -cwencan （in acwencan 'put out， extinguish'）， of Germanic origin.