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。
熄灭;扑灭
doused — past of douse
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
熄灭;扑灭
put out, as of a candle or a light
She doused the campfire with water.
她用水浇灭了营火。
突然浸入水中;浸泡;浸没。
To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
打击,殴打,鞭打。
To strike, beat, or thrash.
突然掉入水中。
To fall suddenly into water.
匆忙打击或降低;突然松弛。
To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly
douse
Base
原形
douses
3rd person
第三人称单数
dousing
-ing
现在分词
doused
Past
过去式
doused
Past participle
过去分词
He douses the flame.
他浇灭了火焰。
She doused the campfire.
她浇灭了营火。
规则变化
The firefighters doused the flames with water.
消防员用水浇灭了火焰。
She doused the campfire before going to sleep.
她在睡觉前把篝火浇灭了。
He used a bucket of sand to douse the small fire.
他用一桶沙子扑灭了小火。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
I doused some water on the plants.
Use this
I doused the plants with water.
动词douse的宾语应该是被浇湿或浇灭的对象,而非水本身。误句中把水作为宾语,正确用法是把植物作为宾语,用介词with引出液体。
Not this
He doused out the candle before sleeping.
Use this
He doused the candle before sleeping.
douse已经包含‘熄灭’的含义,不需要再加out。错误源于学习者将douse与put out混用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
浇灭火焰
They doused the flames with a bucket of water.
他们用一桶水浇灭了火焰。
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。
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。
熄灯
He doused the lights and went to bed.
他熄了灯,上床睡觉了。
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。
使希望破灭;浇灭希望
The bad news doused hopes of a quick recovery.
这个坏消息使快速康复的希望破灭了。
Use doused naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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)。
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。
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。
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