/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
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/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。