bathe

名词 n. 动词 v.
发音 bāth

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath. UK,colloquial
    — I'm going to have a midnight bathe tonight.
动词 v.
  1. To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath. intransitive
    — We do not bathe to make ourselves clean, but to keep clean, and for the sake of its health-giving and invigorating effects. Once a week a warm bath, at about 100°, may be used, with plenty of soap, in order to thoroughly cleanse the pores of the skin.
  2. To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim. intransitive
  3. To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath. transitive
    — We bathe our baby before going to bed; other parents do it in the morning if they have time.
  4. To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid. transitive
    — She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
  5. To cover or surround. figuratively,intransitive,transitive
    — The room was bathed in moonlight.
  6. To sunbathe. intransitive
    — The women bathed in the sun.

词形变化

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

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþōn, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic baða (“to bathe”). More at bath. Compare also bask.
词源 2
From Middle English bathen, from Old English baþian (“to bathe, wash”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþōn, from Proto-Germanic *baþōną (“to bathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian boadje (“to bathe”), Dutch baden (“to bathe”), German Low German baden (“to bathe”), German baden (“to bathe”), Danish bade (“to bathe”), Swedish bada (“to bathe”), Icelandic baða (“to bathe”). More at bath. Compare also bask.
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