英语单词

dowse是什么意思

dowse

英 [daʊz] 美 [daʊz]
  • vt. 探寻水源或矿藏
  • vi. 探寻水源
  • n. (Dowse)人名;(英)道丝(女子教名);(英)道斯,道丝(女名)

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. We dowse oil and ore in South America for big companies.
我们在南美洲为一些大公司探测石油和矿石。

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