English Dictionary

quench

IPA（発音記号）

/kwɛnt͡ʃ/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst. / (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).

日本語の意味

渇きを癒す（液体等で） / 火や光を消す、消火する

After the long hike, she drank the cool water to quench her thirst and feel revitalized.

長いハイキングの後、彼女は冷たい水を飲んで渇きを癒し、元気を取り戻した。

意味（1）

(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.

The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.

意味（2）

(transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).

[…] others ſaying, the fire would ceaſe as ſoon as it had vent, uncovered a great part of the houſe, breaking down the roofs, and destroying all that ſtood in their way. None of them went about to quench the fire, but all were employed in pulling down the houſe, […]

意味（3）

(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.

The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.

意味（4）

(transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.

意味（5）

(transitive, physics) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.

A suitable method to prepare a system out of equilibrium in order to study the ensuing dynamics is to quench the system, i.e., to change its parameters abruptly.

意味（6）

(transitive, physics) To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.

If someone is pinned against the MRI magnet by a ferromagnetic object, you may need to quench the magnet in order to free them.

quenches （ present singular third-person ）

quenching （ participle present ）

quenched （ participle past ）

quenched （ past ）