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snuff out

/snʌf aʊt/

翻译: 动词短语,指扑灭火焰;也引申为突然终止或消灭某事物。

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词语关系

verb

/snʌf aʊt/C1formal
  • zh动词短语,指扑灭火焰;也引申为突然终止或消灭某事物。

A phrasal verb meaning to extinguish a flame or to put an end to something abruptly, often used metaphorically.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词,可分

  1. Extinguish a flameformal

    To put out a candle or flame by pressing or covering it.

    zh熄灭

    • She snuffed out the candle before leaving the room.
    • He snuffed out the match with his fingers.
    • The wind snuffed out the campfire.

    同义词douseextinguishput outquenchsmotherstifle

    反义词ignitekindlelight

  2. End abruptly or destroyformal

    To bring something to an end, often violently or suddenly.

    zh扼杀

    • The rebellion was snuffed out by the government forces.
    • His hopes were snuffed out by the disappointing news.
    • The disease snuffed out her life at a young age.

    同义词annihilateeliminateeradicateextinguishkillobliteratequenchterminatewipe out

词形
  • snuffed out past participle
  • snuffed out past simple
  • snuffing out present participle
  • snuffs out third person singular

基本动词snuff

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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