English Dictionary

extinct

/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/

adj

(dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.) / No longer used; obsolete, discontinued. / (of a group of organisms, as a species) No longer in existence; having died out.

The fire in the old building left it completely extinct.

意味（1）

(dated) Extinguished, no longer alight (of fire, candles etc.)

Poor Edward's cigarillo was already extinct.

意味（2）

No longer used; obsolete, discontinued.

The title became extinct when the last baron died.

意味（3）

(of a group of organisms, as a species) No longer in existence; having died out.

The dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.

意味（4）

(geology) No longer active.

Most of the volcanos on this island are now extinct.