| 释义 |
hose downNZ informal 1Rain heavily: it’s fair hosing down this morning...- This particular friend is absolutely useless at driving at night time, let alone when it's hosing down.
- The weather in North Canterbury hasn't been that flash lately: it's been hosing down for weeks.
- Can his men rely on that helter-skelter game plan when it is hosing down in Wellington or Auckland or Hamilton?
2 ( hose something down) Suppress or deny something: ministers were trying to hose down public alarm...- Lawyers hose down this theory saying doctors should practice preventative law.
- Don't s'pose you blokes are any good at hosing down political controversy.
- The Mayor wanting to hose down community concerns.
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