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单词 bathe
释义 bathe
I. \ˈbāth\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English bathen, from Old English bathian; akin to Old High German badōn to bathe, Old Norse batha, Old English bæth bath — more at bath
transitive verb
1. : to wash in water or another liquid especially for the purpose of cleanliness, refreshment, or health : give a bath to
 < shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water — Lev 15:5 (Revised Standard Version) >
 < hurried upstairs to bathe the baby >
2. : to moisten or suffuse with water or another liquid : wet
 < and let us bathe our hands in Caesar's blood — Shakespeare >
3. : to apply water or a liquid medicament to
 < was advised to bathe the eye with warm water >
4. : to touch in flowing : flow along the edge of : lave
 < the lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain — Thomas Arnold >
5. : to suffuse with or as if with light : cover, overspread
 < the sunlight bathing the ragged lawn — Ellen Glasgow >
 < the refulgent glow which bathes this story of an English mansion — John Barkham >
intransitive verb
1. : to take a bath : bathe oneself
 < after dinner at the New York Café he bathed and dressed — Carson McCullers >
2. : to swim for pleasure : go in bathing
 < he could bathe and lie in the sun for long hours — W.G.MacCallum >
3. : to become suffused as if with water : become immersed or absorbed
 < our two ladies were privileged to bathe in those luscious strains each Sunday — Osbert Sitwell >
II. noun
(-s)
1. Britain : bath I 1
 < a bathe in blood like that can change the world — H.J.Laski >
2. Britain : swim, dip
 < you walk right out of the front door on to the sands and into the sea for a bathe — William Aspden >
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