| 释义 |
bath
I. \ˈbath, -aa(ə)th, -aith, -ȧth\ noun
(plural baths \-thz, -ths\)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bæth; akin to Old High German bad bath, Old Norse bath, Old High German bāen to warm — more at bake
1. : a washing or soaking of all or part of the body (as in water, steam, mud, or sunshine)
< a cool bath refreshed him >
< he took sun baths for his health >
< a mud bath >
2.
a. : water or any other medium used for bathing
< told her maid to draw her a bath >
< baby played in its bath >
b. : a contained liquid for a special purpose (as for immersion of something to be acted upon in dyeing, metallurgy, or photography)
< a mercury bath >
< a fixing bath containing a small amount of silver >
c. : a medium (as water, air, sand or oil) for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it
3.
a. : a room where one may bathe : bathroom
< went into the bath to take a shower >
b.
(1) : a building containing an apartment or a series of rooms designed for bathing
< went twice a week to the public bath >
(2) : one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients — usually used in plural
< the Roman baths in this quarter were found covered by an old burying ground — Tobias Smollett >
c. : a place resorted to especially for medical treatment by bathing : spa — usually used in plural
< spent the summer at the baths >
d. : swimming pool
< the sound of swimmers diving into baths — William Sansom >
4. : the quality or state of being covered with a liquid
< his head all over in a bath of sweat — Bernard Mandeville >
5.
a. : a receptacle for water in which to bathe : bathtub
< cast-iron baths were introduced during the early 19th century — J.E.Gloag >
b. : a receptacle for holding a liquid preparation in which something is immersed (as in dyeing, metallurgy, or photography)
c. : a vessel containing a medium for regulating the temperature of something placed in or on it and used especially in chemistry
II. \ˈbȧth\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
Britain : to give a bath to
< you'll have your little girl to bath and put to bed — Richard Llewellyn >
intransitive verb
Britain : to take a bath
< he was expected to shave, expected to bath — H.G.Wells >
III. \ˈbath\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Hebrew
: an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity for liquids equal to 1/10 homer or about 10 gallons and corresponding to the ephah of dry measure
IV. noun
: a financial setback : loss
< heard that you took a bath on the South African securities — J.K.Galbraith > |