| 单词 | bath |
| 释义 | bath (once / 557 pages) 1nv 2n The action of soaking or washing yourself in water is a bath. You might take a bubble bath to relax before bed after a stressful day. Your soak in soapy water is a bath, and the tub in which you're lying is also a bath. Other containers of water are baths too, particularly in cooking: "If the custard's sitting in a hot water bath, it will cook more evenly." While the Old English root bæð means "immersing in water," it also means "immersing in mud." If an investor "takes a bath," it means, colloquially, that she loses a lot of money. WORD FAMILYbath: baths USAGE EXAMPLESThe apartment’s 8,055 square feet includes five bedrooms, seven and a half baths, a library and a family room. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Beneath the steel sink and commode, I keep a bath towel spread open across the floor, which I use as a floor rag. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) Plug me into one of those pink goo baths from The Matrix. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1n a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body Syn|Hypo|Hyper bathing tub, bathtub, tub footbath a small bathtub for warming or washing or disinfecting the feet hot tuba very large tub (large enough for more than one bather) filled with hot water hip bath, sitz batha bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position vessel an object used as a container (especially for liquids) 2n you soak and wash your body in a bathtub he has a good bath every morning Hypo|Hyper bubble bath a bath in which you add something to foam and scent the bath water mikvah(Hebrew) a ritual purification and cleansing bath that Orthodox Jews take on certain occasions (as before Sabbath or after menstruation) mud batha bath in warm mud (as for treating rheumatism) bathing, washup the act of washing yourself (or another person) 3n a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it) she soaked the etching in an acid bath Hyper vessel an object used as a container (especially for liquids) 4n a room (as in a residence) containing a bathtub or shower and usually a washbasin and toilet Syn|Hyper bathroom room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling 5v clean one's body by immersion into water 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper bathe foment bathe with warm water or medicated lotions clean, cleanse clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing n an ancient Hebrew liquid measure equal to about 10 gallons Hyper liquid measure, liquid unit a unit of capacity for liquids (for measuring the volumes of liquids or their containers) Bath (once / 1657 pages) n WORD FAMILY Bath: Baths USAGE EXAMPLESFor 34 years, Burton, of Bath, served the council’s District One, which includes Coos and Grafton counties and a total of 108 communities. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) They noted that the assessment is good news for national security and for the workforce at Bath Iron Works. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) Here, three “petrol” pumps silently rust, on a road in Trowbridge, Britain, west England, a Wiltshire town a few miles from the city Bath. Salon(Dec 15, 2016) n a town in southwestern England on the River Avon; famous for its hot springs and Roman remains Exp town an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city |
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