Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense dowses, present participle dowsing, past tense, past participle dowsed
1VERB (用占卜杖)探测(水源、矿藏等) If someone dowses for underground water, minerals, or some other substance, they search for it using a special rod. (用占卜杖)探测(水源、矿藏等)
He said that dowsing for water is complete nonsense.
他说用占卜杖探测水源完全是胡说八道。
We dowse oil and ore in South America for big companies. [VERB noun]