| 释义 |
extinct /iks-tingktˈ/ adjective- Put out
- Extinguished, quenched or squashed
- No longer existing
- (of a volcano) no longer erupting
- Obsolete
- Dead
ORIGIN: L ex(s)tinctum (see extinguish) extinctˈed adjective (Shakespeare) Extinguished extincˈtion noun - The state of being extinct
- Extinguishing, quenching or wiping out
- Destruction
- Suppression
- The cutting off of polarized light at certain angles when a section of a doubly refracting mineral is rotated between crossed nicols
- The absorbing by the earth's atmosphere of a planet's or star's light (astronomy)
- The inhibition of a conditioned reflex (psychology)
extinctˈive adjective Tending to extinguish extinctˈure noun (Shakespeare) Extinction |