Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #3712
shower
淋浴;冲澡
The act of washing your body by standing under a spray of water.
- 1.
A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
短暂的降水(雨、雪、雨夹雪或瀑布);强降水。
- 2.
One who shows.
展示者
- 3.
a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
淋浴器
- 4.
A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
一种用于淋浴的装置,通过水箱或泵的作用使水从高处落在身体上。
- 5.
An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
在比赛中展示的物品或活动
- 6.
washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
淋浴
- 7.
An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
使用这种装置洗澡的实例。
- 8.
a brief period of precipitation
短暂的降水
- 9.
A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
具有阵雨特征的某种数量的东西。
- 10.
A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
与人生重大事件相关的聚会,通常会收到礼物
- 11.
A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
一种杂耍模式,物体在胸部高度水平传递,并在头顶上方返回到另一只手
淋浴器;花洒;阵雨;阵雪;阵雹;如雨般洒落的大量东西;一阵;送礼会;(婚前、产前)派对;展示者;参展人
In use
The shower in the guest bathroom is leaking, so I called the plumber.
The showers in the locker room have poor water pressure.
This shower is easy to install because all the pipes are exposed.
they installed a shower in the bathroom
he took a shower after the game
the game was interrupted by a brief shower
Connections
Collocations
- take a shower
- 洗淋浴
- I usually take a shower in the morning.我通常早上洗淋浴。
- heavy shower
- 大阵雨
- We got caught in a heavy shower on the way home.我们在回家的路上遇到了大阵雨。
- shower head
- 淋浴喷头
- The shower head needs replacing because it's clogged.淋浴喷头堵了,需要更换。
- shower gel
- 淋浴露
- I prefer shower gel to soap.相比肥皂,我更喜欢淋浴露。
- April shower
- 四月阵雨
- April showers bring May flowers.四月阵雨带来五月花。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象淋浴头洒水像阵雨,shower就是阵雨或淋浴。
Context & Register
中性;常见于浴室、健身房、酒店;通常指淋浴设备或淋浴动作,口语和书面均可使用。
Grammar Note
常作可数名词,尤指‘淋浴’这一行为或设施。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in '-ower' (flower, power, tower) and 'hour' all rhyme with 'shower' (stressed vowel /aʊ/ followed by /ər/). Note that 'lower' and 'mower' have a different vowel (/oʊ/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,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。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.