单词 | to take the waters |
释义 | > as lemmasto take the waters (b) to take the waters: to drink or bathe in the waters from a mineral spring or spa for reasons of health or well-being. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > practise hydropathy [verb (intransitive)] > frequent or visit spas to take the waters1652 to go to the waters1788 spa1832 1652 J. French York-shire Spaw 85 I approve not of taking the waters too fast. 1664 H. Bennet Let. 11 Aug. in R. Fanshaw Orig. Lett. (1701) 226 I have not heard of Don Patricio Omuledei..I hear he is at Tunbridge, taking the Waters. 1733 Present State Republick Lett. 11 iii. 56 The best Preparation for Bathing, is by taking the Waters internally. 1789 E. Craven Journey through Crimea vii. 18 Vichy, where the king's aunts were taking the waters. 1830 Periscope May in Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 13 230/1 While the subject..was at Cheltenham taking the waters.., the colon emptied itself effectually every day. 1879 J. Morley Milton 108 He died at Spa, where he was taking the waters, in September 1653. 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) ix. 179 There was a régime for the day—you took the waters, you walked, there were baths. 2007 Times 24 Feb. (Body & Soul section) 21/4 Wealthy Arabs..bring their entire families to spend several months taking the waters during the summer. 2012 Wales on Sunday (Nexis) 25 Mar. 8 Visitors can still take the waters at Llandrindod Wells' springs—the mineral rich liquid is available by the glass. < as lemmas |
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