douse是什么意思

douse

英 [da?s] 美 [da?s]

douse 澆滅，熄燈

詞源不詳，可能來自擬聲詞。

douse (v.): 1550s, "to strike, punch," which is perhaps from Middle Dutch dossen "beat forcefully" or a similar Low German word.

Meaning "to strike a sail in haste" is recorded from 1620s; that of "to extinguish (a light)" is from 1785; perhaps influenced by dout (1520s), an obsolete contraction of do out (compare doff, don). OED regards the meaning "to plunge into water, to throw water over" (c. 1600) as a separate word, of unknown origin, though admitting there may be a connection of some sort. Related: Doused; dousing.

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.: 水泵開動了，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(zhàn).

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(dāng)局對熄滅火炬的決定,解釋為遇到了“技術(shù)問題”.