第三人称单数:数:extirpates
现在分词::extirpating
过去分词:extirpated
过去式:extirpated
及物动词根除; 消灭,灭绝
1. 灭绝,连根拔起:extinguish 灭绝,熄灭 | extirpate 灭绝,连根拔起 | extol 颂扬
2. 消灭:extinguish熄灭v | extirpate消灭v | filial子女的a
3. 切除:extinguish 消失 | extirpate 切除 | extirpation 切除
4. 消灭,根除:extinction n.熄灭,消灭 | extirpate 消灭,根除 | extol v.赞美
verb
1. surgically remove (an organ)
2. pull up by or as if by the roots
e.g. uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden
Synonym: uprootderacinateroot out
3. destroy completely, as if down to the roots
e.g. the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprootedroot out corruption
Synonym: uprooteradicateroot outexterminate