The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.

抽水机启动了，船员们开始用水将火浇灭。

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Does it help to douse your head with water?

用冷水淋头真的有用吗？

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Throughout the video, the accused could be heard threatening to douse the victim with petro and set him alight.

在整个视频中，可以听到两名被告威胁说要用汽油浇受害人并让他着火。

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If you are going self-service, follow this up with a loofah-and-soap rub-down and douse yourself with water from the marble basins.

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This was ostensibly manned by the pro-Congolese government militia known as the Mai Mai after the water they douse themselves with to create a magical, bullet-proof shield.

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He is just as likely to douse his misery with meatballs as with scotch.

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