douse
verb(also dowse)
- douse something (with something)
to stop a fire from burning by pouring water over it; to put out a light 浇灭(火);熄(灯) He doused the flames with a fire extinguisher. 他用灭火器把火焰浇灭了。
- douse somebody/something (in/with something)
to pour a lot of liquid over somebody/something; to soak somebody/something in liquid 往…上泼水;把…浸在液体里
Word Originearly 17th cent.: perhaps imitative, influenced by souse, or perhaps from dialect douse ‘strike, beat’, from Middle Dutch and Low German dossen.