douse
英 [daʊs]
美 [daʊs]
- vt. 插入水中；弄湿；弄熄；急速收帆；脱掉（衣鞋等）
- vi. 浸泡
- n. 泼洒
中文词源
英文词源
- douse (v.)
- 1550s, "to strike, punch," which is perhaps from Middle Dutch dossen "beat forcefully" or a similar Low German word.
Meaning "to strike a sail in haste" is recorded from 1620s; that of "to extinguish (a light)" is from 1785; perhaps influenced by dout (1520s), an obsolete contraction of do out (compare doff, don). OED regards the meaning "to plunge into water, to throw water over" (c. 1600) as a separate word, of unknown origin, though admitting there may be a connection of some sort. Related: Doused; dousing.
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.
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- 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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