Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #12793
sauna
桑拿浴；桑拿
a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
- 1.
A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
- 2.
The act of using a sauna.
- 3.
In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.
桑拿浴
In use
After skiing all morning, we relaxed in the hot sauna for twenty minutes.
The hotel has a small sauna near the swimming pool.
If you pour water on the rocks, the sauna quickly becomes hotter.
have a sauna
表示“洗桑拿浴”，have 为功能动词。
I had a sauna after the run.
跑步后我洗了个桑拿。
go to the sauna
指去桑拿浴室这个场所；若强调洗的过程，可用 have a sauna。
We go to the sauna every Friday.
我们每周五去桑拿浴室。
Common mistakes
I went to sauna to relax.I went to the sauna to relax.
汉语“去桑拿”中没有冠词概念，但英语中 sauna 是可数名词，指某个具体的桑拿房时前面须加定冠词 the。
Connections
Collocations
- go to the sauna
- 去桑拿浴室；去洗桑拿
- After skiing, we like to go to the sauna.滑雪后，我们喜欢去洗桑拿。
- have a sauna
- 洗桑拿浴
- I usually have a sauna once a week.我通常每周洗一次桑拿浴。
- sauna session
- 一次桑拿；桑拿时段
- A 15-minute sauna session can help you relax.15分钟的桑拿有助于放松。
- Finnish sauna
- 芬兰桑拿浴室
- The hotel has a traditional Finnish sauna.这家酒店有一个传统的芬兰桑拿浴室。
- sauna heat
- 桑拿热气
- The sauna heat made me feel sleepy.桑拿的热气让我觉得困倦。
- sit in the sauna
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sauna 音似中文“桑拿”，记住热水浇在热石上腾起蒸汽的芬兰浴，就是桑拿浴。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：健身中心、水疗会所、酒店 “sauna”是常见的通用词，多用于健身中心、水疗会所或酒店等场所，口语和书面语中都可以使用，正式程度适中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
按给出的 /ˈsaunə/ 读音，真正同韵的词很少；非卷舌口音中的 downer /ˈdaʊnə/ 可与其押韵。fauna /ˈfɔːnə/、china /ˈtʃaɪnə/、arena /əˈriːnə/、banana /bəˈnɑːnə/、nirvana /nɪrˈvɑːnə/ 都以 /nə/ 结尾，但重读元音不同；尤其 fauna 拼写很像 sauna，读音并不相同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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