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).