shower
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['ʃaʊə]
- 美式音标 [ˈʃaʊ.ɚ]
- 国际音标 ['ʃauə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 淋浴;(倾泻般出现的)一阵,一大批;阵雨
- vt. 大量地给予;把……弄湿
- vi. 淋浴;下阵雨
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的scur,意为短时间的降雨,投掷物,打击的降临。
用法辨析
- shower的基本意思是短暂的“阵雨”“阵雪”,是可数名词,常用于复数形式。引申可表示“淋浴”。the shower常可指“淋浴设备”或“浴室”。
- shower用于比喻还可指“许多小东西或液体的大量洒落、倾注”,其后常与介词of连用。
- shower用作名词时意思是“阵雨”,转化为动词意思是“下阵雨”“似阵雨般降落”,引申还可表示像阵雨般“大量地给予”。
- shower可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。
- shower接with或on可表示“倾倒或大量给予某物”,用on为英式英语,后接人,用with为美式英语,后接物或事物。
- shower后可接介词(up)on或是with,表示相同的意思,但适用于不同的国家:英国人习惯用(up)on与shower搭配。美国人习惯用介词with与shower搭配。They showered congratulations (up)on him. Flowers were showered (up)on her.They showered him with congratulations. She was showered with flowers.
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- Scattered showers are expected this afternoon.
今天下午预测有间歇性阵雨。 - It has started to shower; I'm sure to get wet.
天已开始下阵雨,我一定会被淋湿。 - They shower the newly married pair with rice.
他们把大量的米抛洒在这对新人身上。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- have a shower 冲凉,淋浴;洗淋浴
- take a shower 洗淋浴
- cold shower 洗冷水澡,冷水浴
- delicious shower 喜雨
- heavy shower 大阵雨;暴雨
- light shower 小阵雨
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
形容词+~
英英字典
- (WASHING DEVICE) a device that releases drops of water through a lot of very small holes and that you stand under to wash your whole body
- (RAIN) a short period of rain or snow
- (MASS) a lot of small objects or drops of liquid coming through the air
- (PARTY) a party held for a woman just before she gets married or gives birth to a child, when she is given presents for her future home or baby
- (FALL) to fall down or come out in a shower, or to make something do this
- (WASH) to take a shower
- A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray.
- A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower.
- Theshowers or the shower in a place such as a gym is the area containing showers.
- If you take a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.
- If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.
- A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain.
- You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them.
- If you are showered with a lot of small objects or pieces, they are scattered over you.
- A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts.
- a derogatory term applied to a person or group, esp to a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc
- a large number of particles formed by the collision of a cosmic-ray particle with a particle in the atmosphere
- a person or thing that shows
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专业释义
- 雷阵雨
- 阵雨
- 流星雨
- 宇宙射线簇射
- 淋浴