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单词 extinct
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extinct

/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/
adjective
1
(of a species, family, or other larger group) having no living members
(生物的种、科或其他更大种群)灭绝的, 绝种的:

trilobites and dinosaurs are extinct.

三叶虫和恐龙已经绝种。

1.1
often humorous no longer in existence
〈常幽默〉不复存在的; 绝迹的:

the sort of girls' school that is now extinct.

那种现已不复存在的女子学校。

1.2
(of a volcano) not having erupted in recorded history
(火山)死的, 不活动的。
1.3
no longer alight
熄灭了的:

his now extinct pipe.

他那已熄灭的烟斗。

1.4
(of a title of nobility) having no qualified claimant
(贵族称号)无合法继承人的。
词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'no longer alight'): from Latin exstinct- 'extinguished', from the verb exstinguere (see EXTINGUISH).
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