extinct

“extinct”是一个英语词汇，主要用作形容词，表示“灭绝的”或“绝种的”。以下是关于“extinct”的详细解释和例句：

词义解释

形容词：绝种的，不再存在的，已经灭绝的。

词汇搭配

动物或植物：An extinct species of animal or plant that is extinct no longer has any living members, either in the world or in a particular place.

生活方式或活动：If a particular kind of worker, way of life, or type of activity is extinct, it no longer exists, because of changes in society.

火山：An extinct volcano is one that does not erupt or is not expected to erupt again.

例句

At the current rate of decline, many of the rain forest animals could become extinct in less than 10 years.

Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.

The numbers of these animals have been falling steadily and they are now almost extinct.

The orchid was so rare it was thought to be extinct.

近义词

extinct的同义词包括：

vanished：消失的，绝迹的。

defunct：不再存在的，已停止的。

obsolete：过时的，废弃的。

extinct：灭绝的，绝种的。

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