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douse

英 [daʊs]

美 [daʊs]

v.  浇灭(火); 熄(灯); 往…上泼水; 把…浸在液体里

过去式:doused 过去分词:doused 现在分词:dousing 第三人称单数:douses 

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19056 / COCA.13808

同义词辨析

extinguishdousequench【导航词义:熄灭】

extinguishv. 〈正式〉熄灭,扑灭
〔辨析〕
指熄灭火、香烟、灯光等。
〔例证〕
Please extinguish the cigarette.
请熄灭香烟。
The firemen tried hard to extinguish the fire.
消防队员竭尽全力扑灭大火。
Faint smoke came from the extinguished candle.
熄灭的蜡烛冒出缕缕轻烟。
dousev. 浇灭,熄灭
〔辨析〕
指用水等把火泼灭。
〔例证〕
Rain poured down and doused the fire.
大雨倾盆,浇灭了大火。
Tom doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.
汤姆用灭火器把火焰扑灭。
quenchv. 〈正式〉熄灭
〔辨析〕
指用水或其他方法灭火,含抑制之意。
〔例证〕
Water will quench a fire.
水可以灭火。
The fire was quenched with a bucket of water.
火被一桶水浇灭了。

牛津词典

    verb

    • 浇灭(火);熄(灯)
      to stop a fire from burning by pouring water over it; to put out a light
      1. 往…上泼水;把…浸在液体里
        to pour a lot of liquid over sb/sth; to soak sb/sth in liquid
        1. The car was doused in petrol and set alight.
          这辆汽车被浇上汽油点燃了。

      柯林斯词典

      • VERB 浇灭(火)
        If youdousea fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it.
        1. 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。
      • VERB (把液体)浇(或洒、泼)在…上
        If youdousesomeone or somethingwitha liquid, you throw a lot of that liquid over them.
        1. 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。
      • VERB 熄灭(灯)
        If youdousea light, you turn it off.
        1. I doused the headlights and got out.
          我灭了车前灯后下了车。

      英英释义

      verb

      • cover with liquid
        1. souse water on his hot face
        Synonym:drenchdowsesoaksopsouse
      • slacken
        1. douse a rope
        Synonym:dowse
      • lower quickly
        1. douse a sail
      • immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
        1. dip the garment into the cleaning solution
        2. dip the brush into the paint
        Synonym:dunkdipsouseplunge
      • dip into a liquid
        1. He dipped into the pool
        Synonym:dipduck
      • wet thoroughly
          Synonym:dowse
        1. put out, as of a candle or a light
          1. Douse the lights
          Synonym:put out

        双语例句

        • I doused the headlights and got out.
          我灭了车前灯后下了车。
        • Estimates of the shortfall have fluctuated since the broker-dealer filed for bankruptcy on October 31 after failing to douse fears over its exposure to European sovereign debt.
          因无法平息市场对其在欧洲主权债券敞口上的担忧,这家经纪自营商于10月30日提出破产申请,此后资金缺口估值不断变化。
        • Last one out has to douse the fire.
          最后一个离开的得把火扑灭。
        • Pragmatism in foreign policy began to douse ideology as China encouraged the going-global strategy in search of energy security, materials and new markets.
          实用主义开始在外交政策上占据主导地位,中国鼓励走出去寻求能源安全、材料和新的市场的全球战略。
        • Tokyo residents started the day viewing images of Japanese military helicopters trying to douse overheating reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant with large buckets of seawater.
          日本首都东京的居民今天一早看到的画面是,日本军用直升机试图把大桶海水洒到福岛核电站过热的反应堆上,以求为其降温。
        • It was like trying to douse a 4-alarm Fire with a water pistol.
          这就像企图用一把水枪去扑灭一场四级火情警报的大火一样。
        • Certainly the forces who caused the catastrophe, and who daily douse us with fallout from chemtrails, have no intention or interest in assisting to reduce the radiation.
          当然引起这个灾难的力量,每天往我们身上泼尘埃,并不打算或者有兴趣帮助减少辐射。
        • I'm not here to massage your ego, I'm giving you your daily douse of logic.
          我不是在折磨你的意思,我只是给你一个合适的逻辑观。
        • Those factors were used to shut them out of competitions, but in spite of the obstacles they faced they proved that nothing can douse their competitive spirit and love of their games.
          但是尽管他们面临重重困难,那些原本可能拒他们于竞争之外的因素,恰恰证明了没有什么能够幻灭他们的竞争精神以及他们对体育比赛的热爱。
        • It did not take long for the UK's tabloid press, that whited sepulchre of hypocritical moralism, to douse the light once more.
          可没过多久,英国小报这些粉饰伪善道德主义的残余,就再次将这种灵光泯灭。