| 单词 | bath-water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbath-water bath-water n. ΚΠ a1350 S. Eng. Legendary (E.E.T.S.) (1956) I. 46 A uat þer stod of baþ water [a1325 of baþ]. 1891 Babyhood VII. 143/2 After the baby is three months old, the temperature of the bath water should be gradually reduced..until 80 degrees is reached. 1922 Mrs. P. Campbell Let. 7 Jan. in Bernard Shaw & Mrs. P. Campbell (1952) 239 As to ‘Relativity’, I read somewhere that it is a philosophy that ‘empties the baby out with the bath water’. 1957 E. Gowers H. W. Fowler 14 We can rid ourselves of those grammarians' fetishes which make it more difficult to be intelligible without throwing the baby away with the bath-water. 1978 E. Gundrey Simple Plumbing 51 To siphon bathwater out to re-use for household cleaning..two people are needed. < as lemmas |
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