单词 | dowses |
释义 | douse1 or dowse /dows/transitive verbTo plunge into water intransitive verbTo fall suddenly into water ORIGIN: Cf Swed dunsa fall heavily; prob from sound; cf souse douse2 or dowse /dows/transitive verbTo put out, extinguish (esp in the slang douse the glim to put out the light) ORIGIN: Perh connected with dout1 or with douse3 dousˈer noun A shutter for cutting off light in a cinema projector douse3 or dowse /dows/transitive verb
A heavy blow ORIGIN: Prob related to Old Du dossen to beat dowse1 /dowz/intransitive verb
ORIGIN: Origin unknown dowsˈer noun A person who divines water dowsing rod noun A divining rod dowse2 /dows/transitive verb and intransitive verb see douse1,2,3 |
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