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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
This follows a move late last year to raise stamp duty on sales of flats held for less than one year to try to douse speculative demand for property.
香港曾在去年末出台措施，对持有不到一年的公寓单位的出售提高印花税，以求遏制投机性的房产需求。
The challenge is simple: Either donate$ 100 to a given cause, or douse yourself with ice, film it, and pass the challenge on to others via social media.
挑战规则很简单：要不捐出100美元，要不就往自己身上倒一桶冰，拍下来并通过社交媒体点名其他人接受挑战。
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。
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。
Those factors were used to shut them out of competitions, but in spite of the obstacles they faced they proved that nothing can douse their competitive spirit and love of their games.
但是尽管他们面临重重困难，那些原本可能拒他们于竞争之外的因素，恰恰证明了没有什么能够幻灭他们的竞争精神以及他们对体育比赛的热爱。