extinction
n[U]
1 action of making extinct; state of being extinct 滅絕; 絕種
We may live to see the extinction of the whale. 人類或許能親眼見到鯨的滅絕.
a tribe threatened by/with extinction 受到絕種威脅的部落.
2 (fml 文) act of extinguishing 熄滅
the extinction of a fire, a political movement, youthful hopes 火的熄滅、 政治運動的平息、 青年人希望的幻滅.
?? 擴展釋義
*[ik'sti?k??n]n. 消失, 消滅, 廢止【化】 消光; 熄滅【醫】 消退
?? 同詞根單詞
puncturevt. 刺,戳;貶低,削弱;揭穿;
vi. (指輪胎等)被刺穿;
n. 刺痕;(車胎等的)刺孔;