dowse
英[da?z]
美[da?z]
- vt. 探尋水源或礦藏
- vi. 探尋水源
- n. (Dowse)人名；(英)道絲(女子教名)；(英)道斯，道絲(女名)
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?dowses;過去式:?dowsed;過去分詞:?dowsed;現在分詞:?dowsing;名詞:?dowser;
英文詞源
- dowse (v.)
- 1690s, a south England dialect word, of uncertain origin, said to have been introduced to Devon by German miners in Elizabethan times. Related: Dowsed; dowsing.
雙語例句
- 1. We dowse oil and ore in South America for big companies.
- 我們在南美洲為一些大公司探測石油和礦石。
來自柯林斯例句