douse

douse

英 [daʊs]
　　美 [daʊs]

vt. 插入水中；弄濕；弄熄；急速收帆；脫掉（衣鞋等）
　　vi. 浸泡
　　n. 潑灑

中文詞源：

douse 澆滅，熄燈

詞源不詳，可能來自擬聲詞。

例句：

1. Men came with buckets of water and began to douse the flames.
人們提來一桶桶水滅火.

2. The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.
水泵開動瞭，消防隊員們開始用水滅火。

3. Competitors quickly tried to douse another conflagration of iPhone hype.
很快競爭者就試圖加入到另一輪iPhone的廣告戰.

4. Or will the shadows of her past douse the lamps of hope?
還是她過去生活的陰影會澆滅希望之燈?

5. The authorities blamed'technical problems'for the decision to douse the flame.
當局對熄滅火炬的決定,解釋為遇到瞭“技術問題”.