douse /daʊs/ star1 (alsodowse)

• 1.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you douse a fire, you stop it from burning by pouring a lot of water over it. 浇灭

  例：

  The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.

  抽水机启动了，船员们开始用水将火浇灭。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） If you douse someone or something with a liquid, you throw a lot of that liquid over them. 浇

  例：

  They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.

  他们边骂边往受害者身上浇汽油。

• 3.  

  V（动词） to plunge or be plunged into water or some other liquid; duck 使浸入水中
• 4.  

  N（名词） an immersion 沉浸