Firefighters spent hours dousing the rubble with water to cool it down so they could search for bodies and survivors.

消防员们花了数个小时用水来冷却爆炸现场的瓦砾，之后才能开始搜寻尸体和幸存者。

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Truth: It might wake you up, but a dousing of cold water will have no effect on the shininess of your tresses.

事实：当然凉水可以使你清醒，但是对让你的头发更亮一些却爱莫能助。

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Dousing the flames with water is cleverer than it sounds because it cuts the levels of both heat and oxygen.

用水灭火这个办法听起来不怎么样，但却是一个好办法，因为这样做既可以降低热量，又可以减少氧气的量。

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After James checked out of the game, he celebrated by dousing Krzyzewski with water, then climbed to his spot on the podium.

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The police protested: since the revellers thronging the streets would be dousing anyone they came across with water and talcum powder, surely the police had a right to defend themselves in kind?

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The chatty regulars showed me how to extend my sauna stay by wrapping my head in a towel ("Otherwise your brain will fry, " one explained) and dousing myself with buckets of icy water.

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