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。
来自柯林斯例句