| 词汇 | pour cold water over/on something |
| 释义 | pour cold water over/on somethingpour cold water over/on something CRITICIZEto criticize someone’s plan, idea, or desire to do something so much that they no longer feel excited about it 对某事泼冷水 Examples from the Corpus pour cold water over/on something• Clarisa picked him up and we poured cold water over his hand.• Arsenal were in the final, but Chapman poured cold water on hopes for the Double.• He started to pour cold water over me, inpart to staunch the blood, inpart to revive me.• Mieno is pouring cold water on the report before she's even seen it. → pour cold water over/on something at pour(2) |
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