douse

英[daʊs] 美[daʊs]
  • v. 浸入；浇灭；泼水；熄灭
douser
GRE

详细释义

Verb:
  1. put out, as of a candle or a light;

    "Douse the lights"

  2. wet thoroughly

  3. dip into a liquid;

    "He dipped into the pool"

  4. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate;

    "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"
    "dip the brush into the paint"

  5. lower quickly;

    "douse a sail"

  6. slacken;

    "douse a rope"

  7. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;

    "souse water on his hot face"

双语例句

1. Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.
人们提来一桶桶水灭火.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.
水泵开动了，消防队员们开始用水灭火。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Competitors quickly tried to douse another conflagration of iPhone hype.
很快竞争者就试图加入到另一轮iPhone的广告战.

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4. Or will the shadows of her past douse the lamps of hope?
还是她过去生活的阴影会浇灭希望之灯?

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5. The authorities blamed'technical problems'for the decision to douse the flame.
当局对熄灭火炬的决定,解释为遇到了“技术问题”.

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    用作动词 (v.)
    1. The car was doused in petrol and set alight.
      这辆汽车被浇上汽油点燃了。
    2. He doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.
      他用灭火器把火焰扑灭。

用法讲解

相关词汇

【邻近词汇】

dove dour Dousek douser douse sails douse the glim doused the glim douse the flames/a fire Douse himself with cheap perfume
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