dowsing

1. VERB （用占卜杖）探测（水源、矿藏等）
   If someone dowses for underground water, minerals, or some other substance, they search for it using a special rod.
   1. He said that dowsing for water is complete nonsense...
      他说用占卜杖探测水源完全是胡说八道。
   2. We dowse oil and ore in South America for big companies.
      我们在南美洲为一些大公司探测石油和矿石。
   3. ...a dowsing rod.
      探测杆
2. See also: douse

1. He said that dowsing for water is complete nonsense
   他说用占卜杖探测水源完全是胡说八道。
2. Why?-'Cause that dowsing rod of yours, it's poison oak.
   因为你的魔杖，是毒漆树做成的。
3. It had burst into popular consciousness a decade earlier with the publication of The Secret Life of Plants, a New Age classic which also discussed orgones and dowsing.
   10年前，《植物的秘密生活》这一新世纪杰作促使植物社会性的观点流行开来。
4. The arcane science of dowsing.
   探寻水源、矿藏的神秘科学。
5. Searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod.
   用探寻棒寻找水源或矿藏。
6. Dowsing the Market Charm of Shanghai Calligraphic Works
   探寻海派书法的市场魅力

noun

1. searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod

   Synonym:    dowserhabdomancy