Word · Frequency #19056
douse
熄灭；扑灭
put out, as of a candle or a light
- 1.
To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
突然浸入水中；浸泡；浸没。
- 2.
To strike, beat, or thrash.
打击,殴打,鞭打。
- 3.
To fall suddenly into water.
突然掉入水中。
- 4.
To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly
匆忙打击或降低；突然松弛。
- 5.
To put out; to extinguish.
熄灭；扑灭。
使湿透；浸透；浇透；快速放下；急速降下；放松；松弛；突然浸入水中；浸泡；浸没。；打击,殴打,鞭打。
In use
The firefighters doused the flames with water.
She doused the campfire before going to sleep.
He used a bucket of sand to douse the small fire.
douse sth with sth
表示用某物浇在另一物上以熄灭或浸湿。
She doused the campfire with water.
她用水浇灭了营火。
douse sth in sth
强调将物体浸入液体中。
He doused his shirt in the river to cool off.
他把衬衫浸在河里以降温。
douse sb/oneself with sth
用于人时，通常指泼洒液体。
The kids doused each other with water balloons.
孩子们用水球互相泼洒。
Connections
Collocations
- douse the flames
- 浇灭火焰
- They doused the flames with a bucket of water.他们用一桶水浇灭了火焰。
- douse with water
- 用水浇湿
- She doused a towel with cold water and placed it on her forehead.她用冷水浸湿毛巾，然后放在额头上。
- douse in gasoline
- 用汽油浇透
- The arsonist doused the building in gasoline and lit a match.纵火犯用汽油浇透了大楼，然后点燃了火柴。
- douse the lights
- 熄灯
- He doused the lights and went to bed.他熄了灯，上床睡觉了。
Idioms & figurative uses
- douse the flames
- 平息（愤怒、争论等）；缓解紧张局势The manager's calm response doused the flames of the argument.经理冷静的回应平息了争论的火气。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 douse 像中文‘倒水’：把一桶水倒下去，火被浇灭（熄灭），人或物被浇湿（浸透）。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、消防/新闻报道、航海 该词语域随义项和场合变化：表示“浇湿/浸透”和“灭火”时通常为中性，日常与新闻中都较常见；航海语境中表示“快速降下（船帆等）”也较常用。因此整体标注为混合语域。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 douse 押韵，读音均为 /aʊs/，并共用拼写片段 -ouse。注意形近词 dose 读 /doʊs/，drowse 读 /draʊz/，都与 douse 读音不同，不能照拼写类推。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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