整桶水下去，東西濕透
這一支就是畫面本身，重點在液體的量，跟火完全無關。
verb · B2
To pour or throw a lot of water or other liquid over someone or something, so that they become completely wet. Often used with with or in.
澆濕、淋透
核心畫面
Picture a whole bucket going over in one movement: not a trickle, not a careful pour, but the lot at once. That single image carries the word. Aim the bucket at a person or a cloth or a bowl of and the result is something completely wet. Aim it at a fire and the result is a fire that has stopped. Keep the second result but take the water away, and you are left with a candle going out. The picture is a way of holding the uses together, not a claim about how they grew.
douse 可以想成一整桶水一口氣倒下去：不是滴，不是小心地倒，是整桶一次到底。這個畫面撐住了整個字。桶子對著人、對…更多收起
douse 可以想成一整桶水一口氣倒下去：不是滴，不是小心地倒，是整桶一次到底。這個畫面撐住了整個字。桶子對著人、對著抹布、對著一碗麵，結果就是「整個濕透」。桶子對著火，結果就是「火滅了」。把後面那個結果留著、把水拿掉，剩下的就是一根被吹熄的蠟燭。這只是把幾個用法放在一起記的方法，不是說歷史上真的是這樣長出來的。From the word’s history
The source says douse is probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish dunsa and Danish dunse, words for falling heavily or thumping, and points to Old English dwaescan, to extinguish. It marks this as probable, not certain.
來源說 douse 可能來自北日耳曼語那一支，和瑞典語 dunsa、丹麥語 dunse（重重落下、砰一聲）有關，並且提到古英語裡有個意思是「熄滅」的 dwǣsċan。來源自己用的是「可能」，所以這條線索只是線索。有趣的是它剛好對上那個畫面：一大團水砰地落下去。
Wiktionary entry for douse (etymology 1), packet source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:638213673:10882
Two branches
火被弄熄
同樣一桶水，這次是對著火倒的。重點從「東西濕了」移到「火滅了」，所以這一支看的是結果，不是水本身。
verb · B2
To make a fire stop burning by throwing or pouring a lot of water on it.
把火澆熄