vt.

1. 压制（欲望等），抑制；解（渴）[（+with）]
   He quenched his thirst with a glass of water.

   他喝了一杯水解渴。

2. 熄灭；扑灭；平息
   The fire was quenched with a bucket of water.

   火被一桶水浇灭了。

3. 【俚】迫使（反对者）住口
4. 将……淬火；使冷却
   quench steel

   淬钢

vi.

1. 熄灭；平息下来
   The fire quenched.

   火熄灭了。

2. 冷却

v.

1. satisfy (thirst) by drinking.
2. satisfy (a desire).
3. extinguish (a fire).
   ▸rapidly cool (hot metal).
4. stifle (a feeling).
   ▸dated reduce to silence.
5. Physics  & Electronics  suppress or damp (luminescence, an oscillation, etc.).

n.