单词 | snuff something/somebody ↔ out |
释义 | snuff something/somebody ↔ out From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsnuff something/somebody ↔ out phrasal verb1 STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto stop a candle burning by pressing the burning part with your fingers or by covering it2 STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto stop or end something in a sudden way a rebellion that will snuff out democracy3 informalDIE to kill someone a young woman snuffed out by an unknown killer → snuff→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussnuff out• Outside the cold wind snuffed the taper out. |
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