資料來源 : pyDict
插入水中,弄濕,把弄熄,放鬆浸泡潑灑
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Douse \Douse\, v. i.
To fall suddenly into water. --Hudibras.
Douse \Douse\, v. t. [AS. dw[ae]scan. (Skeat.)]
To put out; to extinguish. [Slang] `` To douse the glim.''
--Sir W. Scott.
Douse \Douse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dousing}.] [Cf. {Dowse}, and OD. donsen to strike with the
fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and
noisily; perh. akin to E. din.]
1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to
dowse. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. (Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly;
as, douse the topsail.
資料來源 : WordNet®
douse
v 1: put out, as of a candle or a light; "Douse the lights" [syn:
{put out}]
2: wet thoroughly [syn: {dowse}]
3: dip into a liquid; "He dipped into the pool" [syn: {dip}, {duck}]
4: immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or
saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution";
"dip the brush into the paint" [syn: {dunk}, {dip}, {souse},
{plunge}]
5: lower quickly; "douse a sail"
6: slacken; "douse a rope" [syn: {dowse}]
7: cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot
face" [syn: {drench}, {dowse}, {soak}, {sop}, {souse}]