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quench 音标拼音: [kw'ɛntʃ] vt. 熄灭,结束,冷浸,淬火
vi. 熄灭,平息 熄灭,结束,冷浸,淬火熄灭,平息 quench 淬火; 熄火 quench 淬熄 quench v 1: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [synonym: {quench}, {slake}, {allay}, {assuage}] 2: put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" [synonym: {snuff out}, {blow out}, {extinguish}, {quench}] [ant: {ignite}, {light}] 3: electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device 4: suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" [synonym: {squelch}, {quell}, {quench}] 5: reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance 6: cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel" Quench \Quench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quenching}.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in [=a]cwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, [=a]cwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cw[imac]nan, [=a]cw[imac]nan, to waste or dwindle away.] 1. To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc. [1913 Webster] Ere our blood shall quench that fire. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her infamy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering. [1913 Webster] Syn: To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check. [1913 Webster] Quench \Quench\, v. i. To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool. [R.] [1913 Webster] Dost thou think in time She will not quench! --Shak. [1913 Webster] 88 Moby Thesaurus words for "quench": allay, appease, asphyxiate, assuage, blow out, blunt, bottle up, censor, chill, choke, choke off, clamp down on, cool, cork, cork up, crack down on, crush, damp, damp down, dampen, deflect, destroy, deter, disaffect, discourage, disincline, disinterest, distract, divert, douse, drown, extinguish, feast, feed, gag, gratify, hold down, indispose, jump on, keep down, keep under, kill, muzzle, out, overcome, pour water on, put, put down, put off, put out, quash, quell, reduce, regale, repel, repress, sate, satiate, satisfy, shut down on, silence, sit down on, sit on, slack, slake, smash, smother, snuff, snuff out, squash, squelch, stamp out, stanch, stifle, strangle, stultify, subdue, suffocate, suppress, surfeit, throttle, trample out, trample underfoot, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, wean from |
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