| 释义 |
Noun: dousing dawsing- The act of wetting something by submerging it
- submersion, immersion, ducking
Verb: douse daws- Put out, as of a candle or a light
"Douse the lights"
- put out - Wet thoroughly
- dowse - Dip into a liquid
- dip, duck - Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- dunk, dip, souse, plunge - Lower quickly
"douse a sail" - Slacken
"douse a rope"
- dowse - Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- drench, dowse, soak, sop, souse
Type of: blow out, extinguish, furl, immerse, plunge, quench, remit, roll up, slacken, snuff out, wet, wetting Encyclopedia: Douse Dousing |