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extinct

英 [?k'st??kt; ek-] 美[?k'st??kt]
  • adj. 滅絕的,絕種的;熄滅的
  • vt. 使熄滅

英英釋意


1. no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives;
"an extinct species of fish"
"an extinct royal family"
"extinct laws and customs"
2. of e.g. volcanos; permanently inactive;
"an extinct volcano"
3. of a fire; being out or having grown cold;
"threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"
"the fire is out"