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小词详解 | douse
douse 英 [daʊs] 美 [daʊs]
Five years later the currency was plunging and banks’ bad loans were surging. It took a bail-out from the International Monetary Fund to douse the fire.
五年后,货币汇率大跌,银行坏账激增,要依靠国际货币基金组织救火方才脱离险情。
——《经济学人》Of course, we douse them with chemicals and bury them.
当然,我们会把它们浸入化学溶液里,还要把它们埋起来。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 浇上液体;使湿透
大雨倾盆,浇灭了大火。然而,我们只从火灾中抢救出一箱微型人像画框。
Rain poured down and doused the fire. However, we only managed to salvage a box of portrait miniature frames from the fire.
一辆崭新的豪华轿车沿着车道缓缓驶来,停在一个斜坡上。但不久它就被浇上汽油点燃了。
A pristine limousine oozed up the drive and parked on a slant. But it was soon doused in petrol and set alight.
我灭了车前灯后下了车,却发现我搞错了日期,早到了一个星期。
I doused the headlights and got out, only to find that I muddled the dates and arrived a week early.这位情绪无常的女演员抑制住了抽噎,平息了怒火。
The volatile actress strangled a sob and doused her outrage.
我一进屋就把帽脱了。然后我静静地坐着,沉思一天中所发生的事。
I doused my hat on entering the house. Then, I sat quietly, musing on the events of the day.
Dread doused Harry's jubilation: Ron was saying exactly what he had suspected and feared him to be thinking.
恐惧浇灭了哈利的欢乐:罗恩说的正是哈利怀疑并害怕他会有的想法。
drench: wet thoroughly; soak soak: make or allow (something) to become thoroughly wet by immersing it in liquid saturate: cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with water or other liquid so that no more can be absorbed