单词 | to have a shower |
释义 | > as lemmasto have a shower 17. An act of washing the body in a shower. Esp. in to have a shower, to take a shower.Compare earlier shower bath n. 2a.In early use sometimes difficult to distinguish from the more general sense of a flow of water from such apparatus (cf. sense 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > an act of bathing bain1484 dip1598 balneum1652 tub1776 bathe1827 shower1836 bogy1849 1836 Thomsonian Recorder 12 Mar. 184/1 I cured a man of a severe bilious fever with one full course, and a cold water shower immediately after steaming. 1851 Knickerbocker Aug. 178 Must go and take a ‘shower’ in the adjoining bath-room. 1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age xxxiii. 308 He has fell back on hot foot-baths at night and cold showers in the morning. 1930 P. MacDonald Link xi. 218 I had a shower and rammed on some clothes. 1989 B. Capp Heirs of Franklin Woodstock 165 It takes two nurse's aides to get some patients up and give them a shower. 2004 D. Mitchell Cloud Atlas (U.K. ed.) 175 I took a quick shower, slipped into my jim-jams, and cleaned my teeth. < as lemmas |
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