dousing

基本解釋

Dousing the flames with water is cleverer than it sounds because it cuts the levels of both heat and oxygen.
用水滅火這個(gè)辦法聽起來不怎麼樣，但卻是一個(gè)好辦法，因爲(wèi)這樣做既可以降低熱量，又可以減少氧氣的量。
Firefighters spent hours dousing the rubble with water to cool it down so they could search for bodies and survivors.
消防員們花了數(shù)個(gè)小時(shí)用水來冷卻爆炸現(xiàn)場的瓦礫，之後才能開始搜尋屍躰和幸存者。
At this point, the specimen can be shattered by dousing it with sterilized warm saline.
此時(shí)，可以用浸入溫?zé)湹南钧}水的方法粉碎標(biāo)本。

The emails start as they continue: With Weiss repeatedly dousing Weiner with ego-stroking flattery.
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In Brazil and Mexico governments have implemented sound macroeconomic policies, dousing inflation and gradually reducing interest rates.
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Overall, the actions of Ms Megawati's government are stoking up the fires of separatism, not dousing them.
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If you douse a fire, you stop it from burning by pouring a lot of water over it.
If you douse someone or something with a liquid, you throw a lot of that liquid over them.
to plunge or be plunged into water or some other liquid duck
an immersion
to lower (sail) quickly