quench
动词
UK/kwentʃ/
US/kwentʃ/
定义 quench 动词
- Transitive(及物動詞)
To drink a liquid to eliminate thirst.
解渴
Drinking water after exercising can quickly quench your thirst.
運動後喝水可以迅速解渴。
A cold drink can effectively quench your thirst on a hot day.
在炎熱的日子裡，冷飲可以有效解渴。
After a long trek, he drank several large gulps of water to quench his thirst.
在長途跋涉後，他喝了好幾大口水解渴。
- Transitive(及物動詞)literary(文學性)
To extinguish a fire using water.
熄滅；撲滅
The firefighters arrived quickly and quenched the raging fire.
消防員迅速趕到並撲滅了熊熊大火。
Heavy rain helped to quench the forest fire.
大雨有助於撲滅森林大火。
They used buckets of water to quench the campfire.
他們用幾桶水撲滅了營火。
- Transitive(及物動詞)
To satisfy a desire or need.
滿足；使滿足
This achievement failed to quench her desire for success.
這項成就未能滿足她對成功的渴望。
His curiosity can never be quenched.
他的好奇心永遠無法被滿足。
Her desire for reading can never be quenched.
她對閱讀的渴望永遠無法被滿足。