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

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。
It was like trying to douse a 4-alarm Fire with a water pistol.
这就像企图用一把水枪去扑灭一场四级火情警报的大火一样。
Estimates of the shortfall have fluctuated since the broker-dealer filed for bankruptcy on October 31 after failing to douse fears over its exposure to European sovereign debt.
因无法平息市场对其在欧洲主权债券敞口上的担忧，这家经纪自营商于10月30日提出破产申请，此后资金缺口估值不断变化。
The Japanese military used trucks and helicopters to dump tonnes of water onto the Fukushima nuclear plant yesterday in a bid to douse fuel rods and prevent a disastrous radiation release;
日军用卡车和直升机转储到福岛核电站吨水，企图扑灭核燃料棒，防止灾难性的辐射释放昨天；
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。
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。
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。
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。
Greek fire-fighting teams, assisted by more than 30 water-bombing aircraft provided by other European Union member states and Israel, struggled to douse fires that had been reignited by high winds.
在欧盟成员国和以色列支援的30多架投水飞机的帮助下，希腊消防队奋力对因大风重燃的火场进行了扑救。
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。