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单词 showered
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showeredadj.

Brit. /ˈʃaʊəd/, U.S. /ˈʃaʊ(ə)rd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: shower v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < shower v. + -ed suffix1.
1. That has been sent down, poured out, or thrown in the manner of a shower of rain.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [adjective] > volleying or volleyed
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1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster v. 62 This Testimonie of my loue...is but a pittance of those ample thankes, Which shall redowne with showred courtesies.
1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) iii. 105 Gem-like stream Of showred Tears.
1848 W. R. Williams Lord's Prayer (1854) iv. 251 Stephen praying for his murderers amid the showered stones that fall and bruise him.
1904 J. Conrad Nostromo iii. xi. 430 The fine jets of water..sparkling in the sunshine with a slight pattering noise upon the bushes, and an effect of showered diamonds upon the grass.
2003 M. Z. Maher Mod. Hamlets (expanded ed.) x. 206 The scene ended in a magnificent flourish, trumpets and music accompanying a grand exit of showered confetti.
2. Originally U.S. Of a person or part of the body: washed in a shower.In early use only with modifying adverb, as freshly, quickly, etc.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [adjective] > relating to bathing > having had a shower-bath
showered1941
1941 Lowell (Mass.) Sun & Lowell Citizen-Leader 15 Aug. 13/1 As you stand on the threshold of the clubhouse you find freshly-showered athletes emerging to greet friends.
1947 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 18 July 10/6 To make the after-management of quickly-showered hair easier [etc.].
1987 Boys' Life Nov. 34/1 By the time breakfast formation is called at 6:20, he must be showered and in the proper uniform.
2006 C. McNish Breathe xxv. 255 She entered, still toweling her showered hair.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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