/bɑ:θ; US bæθ ||; bæθ/noun
(pluralbaths /bɑ:ðz ;bæðz||; /)
1 [C] (also bathtub /ˈbɑ:θtʌb ||; ˈbæθˌtʌb/) a large container for water in which you sit to wash your body 浴缸:
Can you answer the phone? I'm in the bath!你接电话好吗?我在洗澡呢!☞picture on page C7 见 C7 页插图
2 [sing] an act of washing the whole of your body when you sit or lie in a bath filled with water 沐浴;泡浴:
to have a bath沐浴 (especially US 尤为美)Would you prefer to take a bath or a shower?你喜欢泡浴还是淋浴?
3baths [pl] (Brit 英) (old-fashioned 旧) a public building where you can go to swim
4 [C] [usu.pl] a public place where people went in past times to have a wash or a bath (公共)浴场;澡堂:
Roman baths古罗马浴池
bath²
/bɑ:θ; US bæθ ||; bæθ/verb
1 [T] to give sb a bath 给某人洗澡:
bath the baby替婴儿洗澡
2 [I] (old-fashioned 旧) to have a bath 洗澡:
I prefer to bath in the mornings.我喜欢早上洗澡。
bath1/bæθ; bɑːθ/n [C]1 BrE a long container in which you wash yourself [ bathtub AmE 【美】] 【英】浴缸﹐澡盆see picture at见 BATHROOM 图2 [usually singular 一般用单数] when you wash your body in the water that you put in a bath 洗澡﹐沐浴: have/take a bath Suzy had a bath and went to bed. 苏齐洗了个澡﹐上床睡觉了。All I wanted was a nice hot bath (=wash with hot water). 我只想舒服地洗个热水澡。Shall I run a bath (=put water in a bath) for you? 要我给你放洗澡水吗?3 a bathroom, used especially in advertising 浴室﹐卫生间﹐盥洗室〔尤用于广告中〕: All our bedrooms have a private bath . 我们所有卧室都有独立浴室。
bath2v [I,T] BrE to wash yourself or someone else in a bath [ bathe AmE 【美】] 【英】(给…)洗澡: Mum's upstairs bathing the baby. 妈妈在楼上给宝宝洗澡。
bathbathbathsbathedbathingnoun (pluralbaths)1 (British) (Americanbathtub)a large container that you fill with water and sit in to wash your body2washing your body in a bath: I had a bath this morning.