douse的读音是什么

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"
   

1.浇灭(火)
If youdouse a fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it.

douse在线翻译

e.g. The pumps were started and the crew began todouse the fire with water.
水泵开动了，消防队员们开始用水灭火。

2.(把液体)浇（或洒、泼）在…上
If youdouse someone or somethingwith a liquid, you throw a lot of that liquid over them.

e.g. 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。

3.熄灭(灯)
If youdouse a light, you turn it off.

e.g. I doused the headlights and got out.
我灭了车前灯后下了车。

• douse the glim熄来烛光

• 'Dowse your Topsail and salute her!' I cried.

  出自：E. Jong

• When we were children Spring was easy, Dousing our heads in suds of hawthorn.

  出自：fig.