dousing

1. VERB 浇灭(火)
   If you douse a fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it.
   1. The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.
      水泵开动了，消防队员们开始用水灭火。
2. VERB (把液体)浇（或洒、泼）在…上
   If you douse someone or something with a liquid, you throw a lot of that liquid over them.
   1. They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.
      他们一边大声辱骂这名受害者一边将汽油淋在他身上。
3. VERB 熄灭(灯)
   If you douse a light, you turn it off.
   1. I doused the headlights and got out.
      我灭了车前灯后下了车。

1. The firemen unwrapped their hoses and began dousing the scorched grain silos.
   消防员展开水龙带，开始冲着烧焦的谷仓喷水。
2. Retreating soldiers were dousing homes and shops with petrol and setting them on fire.
   撤退的士兵把汽油浇到住宅和商店上，并放火焚烧。
3. Nowadays the raisins have been replaced with a bottle of wine and the dousing with foam.
   但如今，葡萄干已被美酒和泡沫大战所取代。
4. They believe that the officer was providing cover for the criminals as they were dousing the building with fuel and setting it ablaze.
   他们认为该人员为犯罪分子提供掩护，使他们得以在这栋建筑周围浇上汽油并点燃它。
5. Their friendship was very helpful in brokering peace on Ansion, and dousing the threat of secession.
   他们的友谊，对安森星上的和平谈判和粉碎脱离共和国的威胁，非常有益。
6. Firefighters spent hours dousing the rubble with water to cool it down so they could search for bodies and survivors.
   消防员们花了数个小时用水来冷却爆炸现场的瓦砾，之后才能开始搜寻尸体和幸存者。
7. A so-called halophyte, the briny succulent thrives in hellish heat and pitiful soil on little more than a regular dousing of ocean water.
   它是所谓盐土植物，或海水的多汁植物，只要定期灌溉海水，即使天气酷热，土壤贫瘠，盐角草属植物仍可茁壮成长。
8. Yep, you're dousing your environment with goodwill and at-oneness. Wow! The people around you are so lucky.
   是的，你正沉醉在你那友好和谐的环境中，哇，你周围的人都那麽幸运。
9. The other spider took a second dousing before it emerged, still alive.
   另外一个蜘蛛在冲刷第二遍时才被发现，是个活蜘蛛。

noun

1. the act of wetting something by submerging it

   Synonym:    submersionimmersionducking