| 单词 | russian bath |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRussian bath Russian bath n. [after French bain de Russie (1768 in the passage translated in quot. 1770)] a bath similar to a sauna, in which steam is produced by throwing water over heated stones; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > a bath > hot air or steam bath stew1390 stovec1485 stufe1541 stow1614 furo1615 Turkish bath1644 estuary1657 steam-bath1725 Russian bath1770 stufa1832 sweat-bath1877 sauna1881 shvitz1937 1770 tr. J.-B. Chappe d'Auteroche Journey into Siberia 54 This first trial put me so much out of conceit with the Russian baths [Fr. bains de Russie], that I would not venture into them again during my five months stay at Tobolsky. 1863 C. J. Lever Day's Ride in All Year Round 16 Feb. 455/1 It is a sort of intellectual Russian bath, in which the luxury consists in the exaggerated alternative between being scalded first and rolled in the snow afterwards. 2002 C. C. Jones Year Russ. Feasts (2003) 123 Birch branches hang from the rafters, drying to become brushes for use in the Russian bath. < as lemmas |
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