当前位置：优校网 > 英语词典 > 英语单词 > dowse是什么意思

dowse

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.

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。