shower /ˈʃaʊə/ CET4 TEM4 ( showering, showered, showers )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray. 淋浴器

  例：

  She heard him turn on the shower.

  她听见他拧开了淋浴器。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower. 淋浴间

  例：

  Do you sing in the shower?

  你在淋浴间里唱歌吗？

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The showers or the shower in a place such as a gym is the area containing showers. (体育馆等的) 浴室

  例：

  The showers are a mess.

  那些浴室一片狼藉。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT If you take a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. 淋浴

  例：

  I think I'll take a shower before dinner.

  我想晚饭前我要来次淋浴。

• 5. 

  V-I If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. 洗澡

  例：

  There wasn't time to shower or change clothes.

  没时间洗澡或换衣服了。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain. 阵雨

  例：

  There'll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon.

  今天下午将放晴，间有零星阵雨。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them. 大量下落

  例：

  Showers of sparks flew in all directions.

  无数火星儿向四处飞溅。

• 8. 

  V-T If you are showered with a lot of small objects or pieces, they are scattered over you. 抛撒 [usu passive]

  例：

  They were showered with rice in the traditional manner.

  人们按照传统习俗朝他们抛撒大米。

• 9. 

  N-COUNT A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts. 送礼会 [美国英语]

  例：

  ...a baby shower.

  …为婴儿举行的送礼会。

• 10. 

  N a derogatory term applied to a person or group, esp to a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc 懒散邋遢鬼 [英国英语] [slang]

• 11. 

  N a large number of particles formed by the collision of a cosmic-ray particle with a particle in the atmosphere 镞射粒子