quench

/kwentʃ/

Thân thiện

He drinks a glass of cold water to quench his thirst.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To extinguish or put out (a fire, flame, or light): To cause something that is burning or glowing to stop.
   • To satisfy (a thirst or desire): To fully meet a need, especially for liquid, making it go away.
   • To cool (hot metal) rapidly by immersion: To plunge a heated metal object into a liquid to harden it.
   • To suppress or stifle (an emotion, feeling, or activity): To put an end to something by force or effort; to crush.

Usage and Examples

• To extinguish:
  • The firefighters worked to quench the blaze.
  • She quenched the candle before going to sleep.
• To satisfy thirst:
  • He quenched his thirst with a cold glass of water.
  • Nothing could quench her thirst for knowledge.
• To cool metal:
  • The blacksmith quenched the red-hot sword in a barrel of oil.
• To suppress or crush:
  • The government moved swiftly to quench the rebellion.
  • He tried to quench his feelings of anger.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Scientific Context:
  • In physics or chemistry, "quench" can refer to halting a process, such as stopping fluorescence or a nuclear reaction.

    • A special dye was added to quench the luminescence.
  • In electronics, it refers to suppressing a spark or oscillation.

    • The circuit includes a diode to quench the voltage spike.

Variants and Related Words

• Quenchable (adj): Capable of being quenched.
  • Thirst is a quenchable need.
• Quencher (n): Something that quenches, often used for a thirst-quenching drink.
  • This lemonade is a real quencher on a hot day.
• Unquenchable (adj): Impossible to quench or satisfy.
  • She has an unquenchable curiosity.

Synonyms

• Extinguish, douse, snuff out (for fire/light).
• Satisfy, slake, sate (for thirst/desire).
• Suppress, stifle, squelch, crush (for rebellion/emotion).

Phrasal Verbs / Common Collocations

• Quench one's thirst: The most common collocation for satisfying thirst.
  • The hikers stopped at the stream to quench their thirst.
• Quench a fire/flame: A standard collocation for putting out a fire.
  • It took hours to quench the forest fire.

Idioms and Figurative Use

• Quench the flames of passion/desire: To suppress strong emotions.
  • He could not quench the flames of his ambition.
• Quench one's ardor/enthusiasm: To dampen or cool someone's excitement or eagerness.
  • The constant criticism quenched her initial enthusiasm for the project.

Học thuật

Verb

1. cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
   • quench steel
2. reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
3. suppress or crush completely
   • squelch any sign of dissent
   • quench a rebellion
4. electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
5. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
   • Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
   • quench the flames
   • snuff out the candles
6. satisfy (thirst)
   • The cold water quenched his thirst

Từ đồng nghĩa

• squelch
• quell
• snuff out
• blow out
• extinguish
• slake
• allay
• assuage