单词 | exterminate |
释义 | exterminate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishexterminateex‧ter‧mi‧nate /ɪkˈstɜːməneɪt $ -ɜːr-/ verb [transitive]KILLto kill large numbers of people or animals of a particular type so that they no longer exist Staff use the poison to exterminate moles and rabbits.► see thesaurus at kill —exterminator noun [countable] —extermination /ɪkˌstɜːməˈneɪʃən $ -ɜːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable] the extermination of the indigenous peoples→ See Verb tableOrigin exterminate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of exterminare “to drive out”, from terminus “edge” |
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