douse

• vt. 插入水中；弄湿；弄熄；急速收帆；脱掉（衣鞋等）
• vi. 浸泡
• n. 泼洒

词源不详，可能来自拟声词。

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"

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.

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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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。

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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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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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To locate ( underground water or minerals ) with a divining rod ; douse.

用占卜杖探 ( 水源或矿脉 )

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Celebrants in the Water Festival douse each other with water by whatever means are available.

神父在水中节日每个人都是用水弄湿各自无论什么方法可以利用.

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Douse him in oil by killing a Pyro within 5 meters of him.

消灭他5m范围内的火焰兵,把他浸油.

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The authorities blamed'technical problems'for the decision to douse the flame.

主管当局因为插入水中火焰的决定而责备'技术上的问题 '.

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