v.熄滅；結(jié)束；冷淬；解渴

Water will quench a fire. 水可以滅火。

Nothing could quench her longing to return home again. 她重返家園的念頭怎么也打消不掉。

Hot steel is quenched to harden it. 燒熱的鋼淬火使它堅(jiān)硬。

Her sarcastic remarks quenched his passion. 她諷刺的話冷卻了他的熱情。

She quenched her thirst with a glass of milk. 她喝了杯牛奶解渴。

quench的基本意思是“消滅,熄滅”,指如同吹滅一支蠟燭或用水澆滅一堆火一樣完全或突然結(jié)束某事,強(qiáng)調(diào)消滅或熄滅的原因,多用于渴望、愿望等情感方面。

quench可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)接名詞或代詞作賓語。用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),主動(dòng)形式可表示被動(dòng)意義。