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
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。
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。
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。
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 - 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- The car was doused in petrol and set alight.
这辆汽车被浇上汽油点燃了。
- The car was doused in petrol and set alight.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 浇灭(火)
If youdousea 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。
- The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.
- VERB (把液体)浇（或洒、泼）在…上
If youdousesomeone or somethingwitha 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。
- They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.
- VERB 熄灭(灯)
If youdousea light, you turn it off.- I doused the headlights and got out.
我灭了车前灯后下了车。
- I doused the headlights and got out.
英英释义
verb
- cover with liquid
- souse water on his hot face
- slacken
- douse a rope
- lower quickly
- douse a sail
- 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
- dip into a liquid
- He dipped into the pool
- wet thoroughly
- put out, as of a candle or a light
- Douse the lights
双语例句
- I doused the headlights and got out.
我灭了车前灯后下了车。 - Last one out has to douse the fire.
最后一个离开的得把火扑灭。 - Americans like pleasant scents, and douse them-selves and their personal products liberally with per-fume.
美国人喜欢香气，在身上和个人物品上洒满了香水。 - The Japanese military used trucks and helicopters to dump tonnes of water onto the Fukushima nuclear plant yesterday in a bid to douse fuel rods and prevent a disastrous radiation release;
日军用卡车和直升机转储到福岛核电站吨水，企图扑灭核燃料棒，防止灾难性的辐射释放昨天； - In order to make themselves and their homes less inviting to these wayward spirits, the ancient Celts would douse all their fires.
为了让他们自己和他们的家不要收到这些任性的鬼魂的骚扰，古老的凯尔特人弄熄他们所有的火。 - Memory, like fire, is radiant and immutable while history serves only those who seek to control it, those who douse the flame of memory in order to put out the dangerous fire of truth.
记忆像火，发出光辉且永恒。然而历史只服从于那些试图控制它的人，那些人扑灭记忆之火为了消除真相所带来的危机。 - Greek fire-fighting teams, assisted by more than 30 water-bombing aircraft provided by other European Union member states and Israel, struggled to douse fires that had been reignited by high winds.
在欧盟成员国和以色列支援的30多架投水飞机的帮助下，希腊消防队奋力对因大风重燃的火场进行了扑救。 - One option would be a large, one-off revaluation of the renminbi, which potentially could douse speculation over further rises and hence depress speculative inflows.
另一种选择是对人民币实行一次性大幅度升值，这或许能够减轻人民币进一步升值的猜测，从而遏制投机资本的流入。 - You don` t have to douse yourself in expensive perfume, or have three baths a day, but personal hygiene should be key before a big date.
其实，你大可不必喷上昂贵的香水，也不必一日三遍澡沐浴更衣，但重要约会前的个人卫生却是重点。 - 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。