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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
You wanna just douse me in steak sauce before I go to my room?
谢谢，妈，在我回卧室之前，能帮我把牛排调料送进去吗？
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。