中英互译
extinct
英 /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/美 /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/
基本释义
- adj.灭绝的；消亡的；（火山）死的；（贵族称号）无合法继承人的；熄灭了的
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词语例句
灭绝的adj.
六级At the current rate of decline, many of the rain forest animals could become extinct in less than 10 years.
按照目前的下降速度，许多雨林动物不到十年就会绝种。
The US has already lost more than a third of the native languages that existed before European colonization, and the remaining 192 are classed by UNESCO as ranging between "unsafe" and "extinct".
在欧洲殖民统治之前，美国就已经失去了超过三分之一的本土语言，剩下的192种被联合国教科文组织列为“不安全”至“灭绝”区间。
消亡的adj.
Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.
草药医术在西方世界几乎已成了一项绝迹的技术。
（火山）死的adj.
Its tallest volcano, long extinct, is Olympus Mons.
它最高的火山是已死很久的奥林匹斯山。
熄灭了的adj.
He sat alone in the dark with an extinct pipe between his lips.
他独自坐在黑暗中，嘴里叼着已熄灭的烟斗。
- Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.草药医术在西方世界几乎已成了一项绝迹的技术。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- The idea of cloning extinct life forms still belongs to science fiction.对绝种的生命形式进行克隆的想法仍然属于科学幻想。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Scientists are attempting to compare features of extinct animals with living analogues.科学家正试图把已灭绝动物的特征与现存类似动物相比较。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- become extinct灭绝；绝种
- extinct species已灭绝的物种
- extinct volcano死火山
- extinct in the wild野外灭绝；野生灭绝；野生绝灭
- extinct species灭绝的物种
- extinct a熄灭了的；灭绝的；绝灭的；消灭了的
- extinct lake干涸湖；干湖；死湖
词语扩展
vt.
使熄灭
词义分布
灭绝的
73.7%
绝种的
12.8%
绝迹的
7.7%
灭亡的
2.2%
熄灭的
2.2%
消亡
1.5%
英英释义
- adj.no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
- adj.(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
- adj.being out or having grown cold
- adj.not existing any more
灭绝的；不复存在的- Many animals could become extinct in less than 10 years.许多动物可能在10年内灭绝。
词源
- extinct灭绝的，绝种的ex-, 向外。-stinct, 刺，词源同instinct, stick. 即拔刺，拔出，比喻义连根拔起，灭绝。
- extinct火等)熄灭了的；灭绝的，绝种的来源于拉丁语复合动词extinguere(扑灭)的过去分词extinctus。 词根词缀： ex-出 + -stinct-扑灭