bath

名词 n. 动词 v.
[bɑːθ]    /bɐːθ/|[bæθ~bɛəθ~beəθ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub.
  2. A former Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about 23 L or 6 gallons). historical
    — Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
  3. A building or area where bathing occurs.
    — Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence.
  4. Clipping of bathroom. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,informal
    — The master bath has two sinks.
  5. The act of bathing; an instance of this; the taking of a bath.
  6. Specifically, bathing by immersing the body in water, rather than through other means, or an instance of this.
    — Do you prefer baths or showers?
  7. An act of immersing the body in a specified substance, especially for hygiene, pleasure, or wellness, or a facility for this: e.g. mud bath, steam bath.
    — Radio-active baths are said to act favourably in a sexual direction. So too with arsenical springs, cold water treatment, and hydrotherapy.
  8. The body of liquid one bathes in.
  9. A substance or preparation in which something is immersed. broadly
    — a bath of heated sand, ashes, steam, or hot air
动词 v.
  1. To wash a person or animal in a bath. Commonwealth,transitive
    — Somewhere to bath the baby: don't invest in a plastic baby bath. The bathroom handbasin is usually a much more convenient place to bath the baby. If your partner is more able, this could be a task he might take on as his, bathing the baby in a basin or plastic bown on the floor.
  2. To bathe (oneself); to have a bath. Commonwealth,informal,intransitive
    — “Oh, dear no, not me; I never bath, ’tis the cat has been bathing, in a warm sea bath; I’ll tell you how I manage: I bought a large pickle-jar, and so I have it filled every morning with hot sea water, proportionate to the thermometerical heat my finger can bear, and that I stile Tink-a-tink’s bath; in which I immerge him all but his head, for a quarter of an hour; and he looks so pretty, and receives so much benefit, you would be surprised.”

词形变化

baths plural baths present,singular,third-person bathing participle,present bathed participle,past bathed past baths plural

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁-
Proto-Germanic *baþą
Proto-West Germanic *baþ
Old English bæþ
Middle English bath
English bath
From Middle English bath, baþ, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþ, from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Corresponding inherited verbs are beath and bathe.
Cognate with Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, and Swedish bad (“bath”), Faroese and Icelandic bað (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”).
词源 2
From Hebrew בַּת (baṯ).
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