| 单词 | extinct |
| 释义 | extinct /ik stingkt"/, adj. 1. no longer in existence; that has ended or died out: an extinct species of fish. 2. no longer in use; obsolete: an extinct custom. 3. extinguished; quenched; not burning. 4. having ceased eruption; no longer active: an extinct volcano. [1400-50; late ME < L ex(s)tinctus put out, quenched, ptp. of ex(s)tinguere to EXTINGUISH] Syn. 1. defunct, gone, vanished. See dead. 2. archaic. 3. out. |
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