| 单词 | bath |
| 释义 | bath bath1 —bathless, adj. /bath, bahth/, n. , pl. baths /badhz, bahdhz, baths, bahths/, v. n. 1. a washing or immersion of something, esp. the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day. Give the dog a bath. 2. a quantity of water or other liquid used for this purpose: running a bath. 3. a container for water or other cleansing liquid, as a bathtub. 4. a room equipped for bathing; bathroom: The house has two baths. 5. a building containing rooms or apartments with equipment for bathing; bathhouse. 6. Often, baths. one of the elaborate bathing establishments of the ancients: the baths of Caracalla. 7. Usually, baths. a town or resort visited for medical treatment by bathing or the like; spa. 8. a preparation, as an acid solution, in which something is immersed. 9. the container for such a preparation. 10. a device for controlling the temperature of something by the use of a surrounding medium, as sand, water, oil, etc. 11. Metall. a. the depressed hearth of a steelmaking furnace. b. the molten metal being made into steel in a steelmaking furnace. 12. the state of being covered by a liquid, as perspiration: in a bath of sweat. 13. take a bath, Informal. to suffer a large financial loss: Many investors are taking a bath on their bond investments. v.t. , v.i. 14. to wash or soak in a bath. [bef. 900; ME; OE baeth; c. OFris beth, OS, ON bath, G Bad; < Gmc *bátha-n what is warmed, akin to OHG bajan (G bähen), Sw basa to warm; pre-Gmc *bheH- to warm, ptp. *bhH-to-] bath2 /bath/, n. a Hebrew unit of liquid measure, equal to a quantity varying between 10 and 11 U.S. gallons (38 and 42 liters). [ < Heb] |
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