douse
英 [da?s]
美[da?s]
- vt. 插入水中；弄濕；弄熄；急速收帆；脫掉（衣鞋等）
- vi. 浸泡
- n. 潑灑
暢通詞匯GRE低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數:?douses;過去式:?doused;過去分詞:?doused;現在分詞:?dousing;
中文詞源
douse 澆滅，熄燈
詞源不詳，可能來自擬聲詞。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.
- 人們提來一桶桶水滅火.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.
- 水泵開動了，消防隊員們開始用水滅火。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Competitors quickly tried to douse another conflagration of iPhone hype.
- 很快競爭者就試圖加入到另一輪iPhone的廣告戰(zhàn).
來自互聯網
- 4. Or will the shadows of her past douse the lamps of hope?
- 還是她過去生活的陰影會澆滅希望之燈?
來自互聯網
- 5. The authorities blamed'technical problems'for the decision to douse the flame.
- 當局對熄滅火炬的決定,解釋為遇到了“技術問題”.
來自互聯網