an extinct species
已灭绝的物种
to become extinct
绝种
Servants are now almost extinct in modern society.
在现代社会里奴仆已近乎不复存在。
1.(动植物,语言)灭绝的,绝种的,完全绝迹的
2.(习俗,工作等)消失的
3.指死火山
1.an extinct animal, plant, or language no longer exists
2.an extinct custom, job, type of person etc. does not exist any longer because society has changed
3.describes a volcano that is no longer active or likely to erupt
1.He took his knife and fork, and was going to commence eating, when the inclination appeared to become suddenly extinct.
他拿起他的刀叉，正要开始吃，忽然又转念了。
2.The ship Pequod is named for an extinct New England Indian tribe; thus the name suggests that the boat is doomed to destruction.
“斐廓德号”的船名取自新英格兰一个已消逝的印第安人部落，寓意此船难逃厄运。
3.The wing of Xenicibis (top) compared with that of a typical ibis Eudocimus (middle) and the extinct, flightless ibis Apteribis (bottom).
始祖鸟的翅膀（顶部）与典型鹮类（中部）和已灭绝不飞行的鹮类（底部）样本对比。
4.I thought places like this were extinct in our district, Linda said. She lit a cigarette and began to smoke.
我认为这样的地方在我们地区已经灭绝了。琳达说，她点着一只烟开始抽起来。
5.He couldn't match it up to any bones on the planet, and he said, Aha! It's extinct.
他当时没法把乳齿象和地球上任何一种骨头对应起来，然后就说，啊哈，灭绝了！
6.Deeply upsetting It seems so much worse when you know this will likely be just one of many species to become extinct over the coming decade.
当知道白鱀豚将可能只是在未来几十年内灭绝的一物种之一时，情况真的很糟糕，很令人伤感。
7.Similarly, high heat flows are to be expected among the active or not-too-long extinct magmatic belts of plate approximation zones.
同样，在板块相互靠近的地带的活动岩浆带或熄灭不久的岩浆带中也可以出现高热流。
8.Bringing extinct species back to life is no longer considered science fiction. But is it a good idea?
复活灭绝的生物已不再是科幻小说，但问题是，这想法本身是个好主意吗。
9.But it might be possible, as knowledge advances, to reconstruct part of it from a better understanding of that extinct species's DNA.
但随着科学的发展，说不定有可能通过对一个已灭绝种类的DNA的更好了解，重新构造出它的一部分来。
10.With all that attention paid to them, you'd think these creatures would at least have the gratitude not to go extinct.
收到了各种各样的关注后，你可能会认为这些生物至少会心怀感激，不至于走向灭亡。