douse

英 [daʊs] 美[daʊs]

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

douse 浇灭，熄灯

词源不详，可能来自拟声词。

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.

1. Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.: 人们提来一桶桶水灭火.

2. 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。

3. 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.

4. Or will the shadows of her past douse the lamps of hope?: 还是她过去生活的阴影会浇灭希望之灯?

5. 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”.