单词 | quench |
释义 | quench I. transitive verb 1. a. < for three days after … the fire may not be quenched — J.G.Frazer > < the signal among the palms was quenched — William Beebe > b. < quench a fireplace > < quench a lamp > 2. < quench hatred > 3. < quench a rebellion > < the praise that quenches all desire to read the book — T.S.Eliot > < whose eagerness for culture was not quenched by the toil of bringing up a family — C.A.Dinsmore > 4. < quench a thirst > 5. < crushed ore melted and quenched in cold water — C.L.Mantell > 6. a. < quench luminescence > < quench a portion of a spectrum > b. intransitive verb 1. < the fire quenches > 2. < the bustle and the talking quenched — W.B.Ready > Synonyms: see crush II. < the sudden quench of the white light — Saul Bellow > < the tube works without quench and utilizes a gas that is 90 percent argon — Scientific Monthly > |
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