douse
/daʊs/( 亦作 dowse)
verb
with obj.
1- pour a liquid over; drench把液体浇（或洒、泼）在…上; 把…浸入水（或其他液体）中：
he doused the car with petrol and set it on fire.
他将汽车浇上了汽油, 然后将其点燃焚烧。
1.1
- extinguish (a fire or light)熄灭, 扑灭（火, 灯）：
stewards appeared and the fire was doused
乘务员赶来将火扑灭了
figurative 〈喻〉nothing could douse her sudden euphoria.
什么也压抑不住她那突如其来的幸福感。
1.2
- Sailing lower (a sail) quickly【航海】急降（桅帆）。
词源
early 17th cent.: perhaps imitative, influenced by SOUSE, or perhaps from dialect douse 'strike, beat', from Middle Dutch and Low German dossen.