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  3. /extinguished

extinguished

UK/ɪks'tɪŋwɪʃt/US/ɪks'tɪŋwɪʃt/
B1

Definitions

adj.

Put out or no longer burning; completely ended or eliminated.

已熄灭的;已消亡的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
exout of, former
+
stingprick, goad; quench, put out
+
uishconnector
+
edpast tense / completed
=extinguished
Root stinct still carries 42 more words
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