quench

英 [kwentʃ] 美 [kwentʃ]

• v. 熄灭；结束；冷淬；解渴

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 消灭,熄灭

   put out; damp down a fire, flames, etc.

2. vt. 解渴

   satisfy one's thirsty

3. vt. 结束,灭绝(希望)

   put an end to hope

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 扑灭，熄灭（火、光）
2. 使冷却，使骤冷，将（热物体）放入水中急速冷却
3. 解（渴），止（渴）
4. 压制，压倒，遏制，抑制，遏止
5. 【机、物】把...淬火，淬熄，使淬硬，淬炼
6. <俚>迫使（反对者）住口，迫使（反对者）沉默，使无话可说
7. 熄灭
8. 平静，平息下来
9. 结束，停止，终止

英英释义

Verb:

1. satisfy (thirst);

   "The cold water quenched his thirst"
   

2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights;

   "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"
   "quench the flames"
   "snuff out the candles"
   

3. electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

4. suppress or crush completely;

   "squelch any sign of dissent"
   "quench a rebellion"
   

5. reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance

6. cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid;

   "quench steel"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Water will quench a fire.
   水可以灭火。
2. Nothing could quench her longing to return home again.
   她重返家园的念头怎么也打消不掉。
3. Hot steel is quenched to harden it.
   烧热的钢淬火使它坚硬。
4. Her sarcastic remarks quenched his passion.
   她讽刺的话冷却了他的热情。
5. She quenched her thirst with a glass of milk.
   她喝了杯牛奶解渴。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The fire quenched.
   火熄灭了。
2. The bustle and the talking quenched.
   喧闹声与谈话声平息下来。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The firemen quenched the blaze.
   消防队员们扑灭了火焰。
2. He quenched the lamp and then went out.
   他熄了灯,然后出了门。
3. Water will quench a fire.
   水可以灭火。
4. He bought an icecream to quench his thirst.
   为了解渴,他买了一块冰淇淋。
5. Iced tea will quench your thirst on hot days.
   冰镇茶在热天将解除你的口渴。
6. The old man quenched his hope.
   老人绝望了。
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7. Hot steel is quenched to harden it.
   烧热的钢放入水中骤冷使之坚硬。
8. The flames of revolution can never be quenched.
   革命的烈火决不会被扑灭。

经典引文

• His efforts to rekindle the light that Nelly had quenched.

  出自： S. Beckett

• The embers of the cooking-fires had been quenched by the rain.

  出自： N. Gordimer

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

quench with (v.+prep.)

喝…以解渴 satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking sth
quench sth with sth
He quenched his thirst with a glass of cold milk.

他喝了一杯冰冻牛奶解渴。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• quench the blaze 扑灭火焰
• quench one's thirst 解渴

～+介词

• quench with sth 用某物扑灭

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. quench的基本意思是“消灭,熄灭”,指如同吹灭一支蜡烛或用水浇灭一堆火一样完全或突然结束某事,强调消灭或熄灭的原因,多用于渴望、愿望等情感方面。
2. quench可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。用作不及物动词时,主动形式可表示被动意义。

近反义词

【近义词】

• extinguish 熄灭
• stifle 使窒息
• douse 浸入
• put out 熄灭
• slake 消除
• quell 压制
• snuff out 掐灭
• squelch 发出嘎吱声
• suppress 镇压
• satisfy 使满意
• satiate 使饱足
• stop 停止
• reduce 减少
• sate 使心满意足
• appease 安抚
• smother 窒息
• silence 沉默
• damp 潮湿的
• suffice 足够
• crush 压碎
• put 放
• out 出
• allay 减轻
• assuage 缓和
• blow out 吹灭(突然爆裂...