douse
vt. 浇水在…上; 熄灯
vi. 浸泡
If you douse a fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it.
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。
If you douse someone or something with a liquid, you throw a lot of that liquid over them.
They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.
他们一边大声辱骂这名受害者一边将汽油淋在他身上。
If you douse a light, you turn it off.
I doused the headlights and got out.
我灭了车前灯后下了车。
1. put out, as of a candle or a light;
2. wet thoroughly
3. dip into a liquid;
4. immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate;
5. lower quickly;
6. slacken;
7. cover with liquid; pour liquid onto;
Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.
人们提来一桶桶水灭火.
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。
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.
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”.
To locate ( underground water or minerals ) with a divining rod ; douse.
用占卜杖探 ( 水源或矿脉 )