(of a species, family, or other larger group)having no living members
(生物的种、科或其他更大种群)灭绝的,绝种的
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trilobites and dinosaurs are extinct .三叶虫和恐龙已经绝种。
〈常幽默〉 不复存在的;绝迹的
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the sort of girls' school that is now extinct .那种现已不复存在的女子学校。
(of a volcano)not having erupted in recorded history
(火山)死的,不活动的。
no longer alight
熄灭了的
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his now extinct pipe .他那已熄灭的烟斗。
(of a title of nobility)having no qualified claimant
(贵族称号)无合法继承人的。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘no longer alight’): from Latin