douse

英 [daʊs] 美 [daʊs]

• v. 浸入；浇灭；泼水；熄灭

英英释义

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"
   

例句

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。

经典引文

• 'Dowse your Topsail and salute her!' I cried.

  出自： E. Jong

• When we were children Spring was easy, Dousing our heads in suds of hawthorn.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

• douse the glim 熄来烛光

近反义词

【近义词】

• quench 熄灭
• extinguish 熄灭
• immerse 浸
• dip 浸
• dunk 蘸一下水
• put out 熄灭
• water 水
• souse 浸在水中
• drench 灌药
• soak 使浸透
• SOP 贿赂
• turn off 关掉
• wet 湿的
• lower 低的
• cover 封面
• saturate 使浸透
• drown 淹死
• smother 窒息
• snuff 鼻烟
• turn 翻转
• off 表示状态的关闭或离开...
• put 放
• out 出
• dowse 浸湿
• duck 鸭肉
• plunge 使投入