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extinct 音标拼音: [ɪkst'ɪŋkt] a. 熄灭的,灭绝的,耗尽的 熄灭的,灭绝的,耗尽的 extinct adj 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" [ synonym: { extinct}, { nonextant}] [ ant: { extant}] 2: ( of e. g. volcanos) permanently inactive; " an extinct volcano" [ ant: { active}] 3: being out or having grown cold; " threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; " the fire is out" [ synonym: { extinct}, { out( p)}] Extinct \ Ex* tinct"\, a. [ L. extinctus, exstinctus, p. p. of extinguere, exstinguere. See { Extinguish}.] 1. Extinguished; put out; quenched; as, a fire, a light, or a lamp, is extinct; an extinct volcano. [ 1913 Webster] Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Without a survivor; without force; dead; as, a family becomes extinct; an extinct feud or law. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Specifically: Once existing as a species but now having no living members; -- used of species of living organisms, especially of animals and plants; as, dinosaurs are now extinct; the dodo bird is extinct. [ PJC]
Extinct \ Ex* tinct"\, v. t. To cause to be extinct. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 105 Moby Thesaurus words for " extinct": SOL, ago, all bets off, all gone, all off, all over, all up, ancient, annihilated, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, asleep, at an end, away, blown over, by, bygone, bypast, canceled, cold, collapsed, complete, concluded, dated, dead, dead and buried, deceased, decided, defunct, deleted, demode, departed, disappeared, disused, done, done for, done with, dormant, down the drain, elapsed, ended, exanimate, expired, expunged, extinguished, fallen, fini, finished, forgotten, gone, gone away, gone glimmering, gone out, gone- by, had it, has- been, inactive, irrecoverable, kaput, kaputt, lapsed, late, lifeless, lost, lost to sight, lost to view, missing, no more, nonexistent, obsolete, old hat, old- fashioned, out, out of date, out of sight, out of style, out of use, outmoded, outworn, over, overthrown, passe, passed, passed away, past, past and gone, perfected, perished, quenched, run out, set at rest, settled, shot, superseded, terminated, through, through with, unanimated, vanished, washed up, wiped out, wound up, zapped
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