dowse for [noun]
表示用探杆寻找地下水或矿藏时,常用介词 for 引出目标。
He spent the afternoon dowsing for water in the backyard.
他整个下午在后院用探杆寻找水源。
探水术;探矿术
用叉状棍或类似指示器寻找水或其他物质的做法,有些从业者认为源于超自然力量;用探矿杖寻找地下水或矿物
the practice of searching for underground water or minerals with a dowsing rod
用叉状棍或类似指示器寻找水或其他物质的做法,有些从业者认为源于超自然力量
The practice of seeking water or other substances (usually liquid) with the aid of a forked stick or similar pointing device, as believed by some practitioners to derive from supernatural power.
用探矿杖寻找地下水或矿物
searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
Dowsing is often used by rural farmers to locate groundwater before digging a new well.
探水术常被农村农民用来在挖新井前定位地下水。
用法提示:dowsing 为名词,指用探杆寻找地下水的技法。
Some people believe that dowsing can also find buried minerals, though scientists doubt its reliability.
有些人相信探矿术也能找到埋藏的矿物,尽管科学家怀疑其可靠性。
用法提示:dowsing 作名词,表示探测地下矿物的活动。
After years of practice, she became skilled at dowsing and could map out water veins in the valley.
经过多年练习,她熟练掌握了探水术,能标出山谷中的水脉。
用法提示:dowsing 作名词,用在介词 at 后,指探水这项技能。
表示用探杆寻找地下水或矿藏时,常用介词 for 引出目标。
He spent the afternoon dowsing for water in the backyard.
他整个下午在后院用探杆寻找水源。
强调所使用的探杆工具,常用 with 引出。
The old man was dowsing with a forked hazel stick.
那位老人正在用一根叉形的榛木棒进行探水。
此义项指浇水或熄灭火,为及物动词,直接接宾语。
She carefully dowsed the campfire before leaving.
她离开前小心地浇灭了篝火。
dowsing 既可指用探杆寻找水源,也可指泼水;而 dousing 仅指泼水或熄灯,没有寻找水源的意思。
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