dowse

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v. 探寻水源

发音

其它 /daʊs/

词形变化

dowses 复数 dowses dowses 三单 dowsing 现在分词 dowsed 过去式 dowsed 过去分词

别名

dowst

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of douse (“strike”).

v.
  1. 1.

    Alternative form of douse (“to plunge into water”).

  2. 1.

    Alternative form of douse (“to strike”).

  3. 1.

    To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

dowsing rhabdomancy

上位词 4

divination fortune-telling foretelling soothsaying
动词

同义词 5

soak douse drench sop souse

上位词 4

wet divine remit slacken

下位词 7

flush sluice brine bate bedraggle draggle ret

词源

Unknown; originally a dialectal term from southern England.

来源：wiktionary