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bath

noun
 
🔊/bɑːθ/
🔊/bæθ/
(plural baths
🔊/bɑːðz/
🔊/bæðz/
)
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  1.  
     [countable] (British English)
    (also bathtub, informal tub North American English, British English)
    a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body浴缸；浴盆
    • I'm in the bath!我在洗澡！
    • bath taps浴缸水龙头
    • a bath with shower attachment带淋浴的浴缸
    see also birdbathTopics Houses and homesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • free-standing
    • sunken
    • cast-iron
    • …
    verb + bath/​bathtub
    • fill
    • lie in
    • soak in
    • …
    bath/​bathtub + noun
    • faucet
    • tap
    preposition
    • in the bath
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  2.  
     [countable] an act of washing your whole body by sitting or lying in water洗澡；洗浴
    • (British English) I think I'll have a bath and go to bed.我想洗个澡，然后睡觉。🔊🔊
    • (especially North American English) to take a bath洗澡
    • She took the baby upstairs to give him a bath.她把婴儿抱到楼上给他洗澡。
    • It's the children's bath time.孩子们洗澡的时间到了。
    • When she got home she decided she needed a bath.回家后，她决定要洗个澡。
    see also bubble bath
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hot
    • warm
    • cold
    • …
    verb + bath
    • draw
    • prepare
    • run
    • …
    bath + noun
    • mat
    • towel
    • oil
    • …
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  3.  
     [countable] the water in a bath ready to use浴缸的水
    • a long soak in a hot bath一次长时间的热水浴
    • Please run a bath for me (= fill the bath with water).请给我把浴缸放满水。🔊🔊
    • I lay soaking in a hot bubble bath.我躺在热乎乎的泡泡澡水里。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hot
    • warm
    • cold
    • …
    verb + bath
    • draw
    • prepare
    • run
    • …
    bath + noun
    • mat
    • towel
    • oil
    • …
    See full entry
  4. baths
     [plural] (British English, old-fashioned) a public building where you can go to swim游泳池
    • My father took me to the baths every Sunday.父亲每个星期天带我去洗澡。
    see also swimming bath, swimming pool
  5. [countable, usually plural] a public place where people went in the past to wash or have a bath（旧时的）公共浴室，澡堂
    • Roman villas and baths罗马别墅和浴室
    see also Turkish bathTopics Historyc1
  6. [countable] (specialist) a container with a liquid such as water or a dye in it, in which something is washed or placed for a period of time. Baths are used in industrial, chemical and medical processes. 浴器，浴锅，染缸（工业、化学以及医学加工处理用）see also bloodbath
    7. Word OriginOld English bæth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bad and German Bad.
Idioms
take a bath
  1. (North American English) to lose money on a business agreement（在交易中）蒙受经济损失

bath

verb
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🔊/bæθ/
(British English)
(North American English bathe)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bath
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🔊/bæθ/
he / she / it baths
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🔊/bæθs/
past simple bathed
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past participle bathed
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-ing form bathing
🔊/ˈbɑːθɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] bath somebody to give a bath to somebody给…洗澡
    • It's your turn to bath the baby.轮到你给婴儿洗澡了。🔊🔊
    • He never bathed the kids when they were little.孩子小的时候他从未给他们洗过澡。
  2. [intransitive] (old-fashioned) to have a bath洗澡
    Which Word? bath / bathe / swim / sunbathebath / bathe / swim / sunbathe
    • When you wash yourself you can say that you bath (British English) or bathe (North American English), but it is much more common to say have a bath (British English) or take a bath (North American English).
    • You can also bath (British English) or bathe (North American English) another person, for example a baby.
    • You bathe a part of your body, especially to clean a wound.
    • When you go swimming it is old-fashioned to say that you bathe, and you cannot say that you bath or take a bath. It is more common to use swim, go for a swim, have a swim or go swimming:
      • Let’s go for a quick swim in the pool.咱们去游泳池游会儿泳吧。
      • She goes swimming every morning before breakfast.她每天早饭前去游泳。
      What you wear for this activity is usually called a swimsuit or swimming trunks.
    • When you lie in the sun in order to go brown you sunbathe.
    3. Word OriginOld English bæth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bad and German Bad.

Bath

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  1. a city in south-west England, famous for its healthy mineral water and hot springs, its ancient Roman baths and beautiful Georgian buildings. The Bath Festival is a festival of classical music held every year in May and June. In 1987 Bath was one of the first places in Britain to become a World Heritage Site.巴斯（英格兰西南部城市，以其有益健康的矿泉水和温泉、古罗马时代的公共浴室和乔治王朝时期的美丽建筑而闻名）