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

extinguish douse quench【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
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
put out, as of a candle or a light
1. Douse the lights
Synonym:put out

双语例句

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。
Kind-spirited humor can douse a hot argument, head off a fight, and turn the drudgery of household responsibilities and planning into something witty, smart, and hilarious.
善意的玩笑可以缓和争吵，平息争斗，还能把家务缠身的苦差变成一种诙谐、智慧和欢笑。
Firefighters were able to douse the fire, limiting damage to the steeple only.
消防队员得以扑灭火灾，限制损害尖塔只。
This essentially means that you could douse a Roundup Ready soybean in this toxic chemical, and it will live on, coated in horrible toxicities.
这就是说，你可以把农达这种有毒的化学除草剂泼在这种转基因大豆上，它却会继续生存下去，但身上却粘满可怕的毒素。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。