| 单词 | cold douche |
| 释义 | > as lemmascold douche cold douche n. a stream of cold water directed against some part of the body as a remedial treatment; also figurative; hence cold-douching. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming > one who or that which quenchera1382 hammer1382 suppresser1543 suppressor1560 quench-coal1615 pulverizer1635 stifler1642 smotherer1648 queller1804 overwhelmer1807 cold douche1835 squelcher1854 putter-down1869 steamroller1896 1835 Penny Cycl. IV. 33/2 A stream of water falling on the head..It is called the cold dash, or douche, or douse. 1904 St. George VII. 168 He would have to be an uncommonly sturdy Simon Zelotes whose zeal survived the cold-douching of schoolboy chaff. 1925 D. H. Lawrence Refl. Death Porcupine 172 It's no use talking... That ‘subject’ was a cold douche. 1959 Times 11 Feb. 9/1 From official quarters a cold douche was quickly poured on this premature jubilation. < as lemmas |
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