| 单词 | shower |
| 释义 | Word Frequency shower 1(ˈʃaʊə) noun 1. a brief period of rain, hail, sleet, or snow 2. a sudden abundant fall or downpour, as of tears, sparks, or light 3. a rush; outpouring a shower of praise 4. a. a kind of bath in which a person stands upright and is sprayed with water from a nozzle b. the room, booth, etc, containing such a bath Full name: shower bath5. British slang a derogatory term applied to a person or group, esp to a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc 6. US, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand a party held to honour and present gifts to a person, as to a prospective bride 7. a large number of particles formed by the collision of a cosmic-ray particle with a particle in the atmosphere 8. New Zealand a light fabric cover thrown over a tea table to protect the food from flies, dust, etc verb 9. (transitive) to sprinkle or spray with or as if with a shower shower the powder into the milk 10. (often with it as subject) to fall or cause to fall in the form of a shower 11. (transitive) to give (gifts, etc) in abundance or present (a person) with (gifts, etc) they showered gifts on him 12. (intransitive) to take a shower Derived forms showery (ˈshowery) adjective Word origin Old English scūr; related to Old Norse skūr, Old High German skūr shower, Latin caurus northwest windWord Frequency shower 2(ˈʃəʊə) noun a person or thing that shows |
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