Quench

(verb.) cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; 'quench steel'.

(verb.) reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance.

(verb.) satisfy (thirst); 'The cold water quenched his thirst'.

(verb.) electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device.

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• Yes, answered Gutenberg, it is in effect a wine-press, but it shall shortly spout forth floods of the most abundant and marvelous liquor that has ever flowed to quench the thirst of man. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Gods be merciful and quench it! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I will, if you'll give me something to quench my thirst first. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Now I'll quench the curiosity of this little Fatima, my dear Daisy, by leaving her nothing to guess at. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• He has a temper, not like ours--one flash and then all over--but the white, still anger that is seldom stirred, but once kindled is hard to quench. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Why not lie down and rest myself, and try to quench the fever that consumes me, in sleep? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The altitude of the gallows that would turn to water and quench it, no functionary, by any stretch of mathematics, was able to calculate successfully. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• There stood the bougie quenched on the drawers; but where was the letter? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• She had been proud of having won and preserved him--but another had won him from her, and her exultation was as cold as a water quenched ember. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Next morning's papers explained that it was but some loose drapery on which a spark had fallen, and which had blazed up and been quenched in a moment. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Her efforts in this line, however, were brought to an abrupt close by an untoward accident, which quenched her ardor. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Caroline was obliged to reply, Yes, and her beacon was quenched. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• His countenance reminded one of a lamp quenched, waiting to be re-lit--and alas! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• His fine and lovely eyes were now lighted up with indignation, now subdued to downcast sorrow, and quenched in infinite wretchedness. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Tarzan had always hated water except as a medium for quenching his thirst. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Though its employment in the manufacture of chewing gum is of comparatively recent date, chicle was used by the Indians prior to the days of Columbus as a means of quenching their thirst. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Harsh feelings produce harsh usage, and this by reaction quenches the sentiments that gave it birth. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Tom, Dick, and Harry are very fond of it, as it expands their lungs and quenches their thirSt But there, I am only jesting. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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