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quench + noun
A glass of water will quench your thirst.
一杯水能解渴。
解渴；满足
quenched — past of quench
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
解渴；满足
To satisfy a thirst.
A glass of water will quench your thirst.
一杯水能解渴。
满足,尤指解渴(字面或比喻义)。
To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
熄灭；扑灭(如灭火或关灯)。
To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
通过直接接触液体冷却剂快速冷却,如铁匠淬火。
To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
通过破坏或改变剩余试剂来终止或大幅减弱(化学反应)。
To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
quench
Base
原形
quenches
3rd person
第三人称单数
quenching
-ing
现在分词
quenched
Past
过去式
quenched
Past participle
过去分词
I quench my thirst with water.
我用水解渴。
After the hike, we quenched our thirst with fresh lemonade.
徒步旅行后，我们喝新鲜柠檬水解渴。
The firefighters worked hard to quench the flames.
消防员努力扑灭火焰。
In blacksmithing, the steel is quenched in oil to harden it.
在锻造中，钢被放入油中淬火以使其硬化。
A glass of water will quench your thirst.
一杯水能解渴。
被动语态常用于描述熄灭火焰或抑制过程。
The fire was quenched by the firefighters.
大火被消防员扑灭了。
Not this
He drank water to quell his thirst.
Use this
He drank water to quench his thirst.
误将'quench'与'quell'混淆。'Quench'专门用于解渴或熄灭火焰，而'quell'意为镇压或平息（如骚乱）。
Not this
She quenched for water after running.
Use this
She quenched her thirst after running.
误加介词'for'。'Quench'是及物动词，直接接宾语（如thirst），不需要介词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
解渴
After a long run, I needed a drink of water to quench my thirst.
长跑之后，我需要喝点水解渴。
灭火
The rain helped quench the fire before it spread to the houses.
雨帮助扑灭了大火，防止它蔓延到房屋。
给钢淬火
The blacksmith quenched the red-hot steel in oil to make it hard.
铁匠把烧红的钢放入油中淬火，使其变硬。
终止反应
Adding acid quickly quenches the reaction and prevents unwanted by-products.
快速加酸会终止反应，并避免产生不必要的副产物。
解渴；满足欲望
After the long hike, a cold glass of water quenched our thirst.
长途徒步之后，一杯冷水解了我们的渴。
平息怒火；消除紧张局势
Her sincere apology helped quench the flames of the argument.
她真诚的道歉帮助平息了争吵的怒火。
不要熄灭圣灵。
From 1 Thessalonians 5:19 (King James Bible), this phrase is often quoted to warn against suppressing the Holy Spirit; a preacher might say, 'Let us not quench the Spirit.'
这句话出自钦定版圣经《帖撒罗尼迦前书》5:19，常被引用以警告不要压制圣灵；牧师可能会说：“让我们不要熄灭圣灵。”
压伤的芦苇，他不折断；将残的灯火，他不吹灭。
In Isaiah 42:3, the phrase 'quench' describes not putting out a smoldering wick, illustrating God's gentleness toward the weak.
在以赛亚书42:3中，“quench”一词表示不吹灭将残的灯火，描绘了上帝对软弱之人的温柔。
Use quenched naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：口渴得喉咙冒火，喝水把“渴”这股火浇灭，quench就是这种“熄灭/解渴”的感觉。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面写作 “解渴”义通常日常对话和书面写作中都自然，多用于描述喝水解渴或比喻满足渴望，整体不带明显口语或书面倾向。
These words all rhyme with quench, sharing the /-entʃ/ ending. Beware lookalikes like 'queen' (/kwiːn/), which looks similar at the start but does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.