extinction

英 [ɪk'stɪŋkʃn] 美 [ɪk'stɪŋkʃn]

• n. 消失；消减；废止

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 灭绝
2. 消灭
3. 熄灭
4. 绝种
5. 消亡
6. 扑灭
7. 破灭
8. 废除
9. 【物】消光
10. 自屏
11. 衰减
12. 绝嗣
13. 绝灭之祸
14. 毁灭
15. 衰竭

英英释义

Noun:

1. no longer active; extinguished;

   "the extinction of the volcano"
   

2. no longer in existence;

   "the extinction of a species"
   

3. the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation

4. complete annihilation;

   "they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs"
   

5. a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus

6. the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning;

   "the extinction of the lights"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Its extinction is just a question of time.
   它的消失只是一个时间问题。
2. The World Dinosaur Valley brings back from extinction the most mammoth creatures our planet has ever known.
   恐龙世界将呈现出世界上最多的已然消失的猛犸。

经典引文

• Londoners..have uprooted some of the more striking plants of the London area almost to the point of extinction.

  出自： R. S. R. Fitter

• The progress of an artist is..a continual extinction of personality.

  出自： T. S. Eliot

• Many times..the Jews would be threatened with extinction.

  出自： J. A. Michener

词汇搭配

• mass extinction 大量消亡
• arc extinction 灭弧
• secondary extinction 次级消光
• extinction coefficient 消光系数
• fire extinction 灭火
• extinction distance 消光距离,吸光长度...
• extinction position 消光位置
• extinction ratio 消光系数
• flame extinction 火焰熄灭
• extinction probability 消灭概率
• extinction rule 消光规则
• complete extinction 完全熄火
• extinction angle 消弧角,消光角...
• inclined extinction 斜消光
• extinction time 消灭时间
• extinction effect 消光效应,消退效应...
• extinction direction 消光方向
• primary extinction 初级消光
• extinction voltage 熄灭电压,灭弧电压,...
• extinction potential 熄灭电势,熄火电位,...

近反义词

【近义词】

• death 死
• destruction 破坏
• extermination 根绝
• loss 遗失
• annihilation 歼灭
• disappearance 消失
• elimination 除去
• extinguishing 熄灭
• defunctness defunct的名词形式...
• experimental extinction 实验性消退
• quenching 熄灭