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dousing 音標拼音: [d'ɑʊsɪŋ] n. 熄減
vbl. 熄減 熄減熄減 dousing n 1: the act of wetting something by submerging it [ synonym: { submersion}, { immersion}, { ducking}, { dousing}] Douse \ Douse\ ( dous), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Doused} ( doust); p. pr. & vb. n. { Dousing}.] [ Cf. { Dowse}, and OD. donsen to strike with the fist on the back, Sw. dunsa to fall down violently and noisily; perh. akin to E. din.] 1. To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse; to dowse. -- Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Naut.) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly; as, douse the topsail. [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " dousing": baptism, burial, burning out, controlling, damping, dip, dipping, duck, ducking, dunking, dying, engulfment, extinction, extinguishment, fire fighting, flame- out, going out, immergence, immersion, inundation, putting out, quenching, sinking, smotheration, smothering, snuffing, souse, sousing, stifling, submergence, submersion
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