quenched

v.熄灭；结束；冷淬；解渴

Water will quench a fire. 水可以灭火。

Nothing could quench her longing to return home again. 她重返家园的念头怎么也打消不掉。

Hot steel is quenched to harden it. 烧热的钢淬火使它坚硬。

Her sarcastic remarks quenched his passion. 她讽刺的话冷却了他的热情。

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

quench的基本意思是“消灭,熄灭”,指如同吹灭一支蜡烛或用水浇灭一堆火一样完全或突然结束某事,强调消灭或熄灭的原因,多用于渴望、愿望等情感方面。

quench可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。用作不及物动词时,主动形式可表示被动意义。