1 a piece of equipment that produces a spray of water that you stand under to wash; the small room or part of a room that contains a shower 淋浴器;淋浴间:
The shower doesn't work.淋浴设备坏了。She's in the shower.她在淋浴间。I'd like a room with a shower, please.请给我一间有淋浴设备的房间。☞picture on page C7 见C7页插图
2 an act of washing yourself by standing under a shower 淋浴:
I'll just have a quick showerthen we can go out.我赶快去淋个浴,然后我们便可以出去了。
3 a short period of rain 阵雨
☞Look at rain and acid rain. 参看rain及acid rain。
4 a lot of very small objects that fall or fly through the air together (从空中洒落的许多小物品的)一阵:
a shower of sparks/broken glass一阵火星╱碎玻璃
shower²
/ˈʃaʊə(r) ||; ˈʃaυɚ/verb
1 [I,T] shower (down) on sb/sth;shower sb with sth to cover sb/sth with a lot of small falling objects 使某物洒落某处:
Ash from the volcano showered down on the town.火山灰洒落在这个镇上。People suffered cuts after being showered with broken glass.碎玻璃洒落下来,很多人被割伤了。
2 [I] to wash yourself under a shower 淋浴:
I came back from my run, showered and got changed.我跑步回来,淋个浴,换了衣服。