wash by immersing one's body in water 洗浴 ■(chiefly Brit.)spend time in the sea or a lake, river, or swimming pool for pleasure (主 英)(在海、湖、河或游泳池里)游泳 ■[with obj.]soak or wipe gently with liquid to clean or soothe 浸洗;轻轻拭洗 she bathed and bandaged knee. 她把膝盖洗了洗,缠上绷带。 ■(N. Amer.)[with obj.]wash (someone) in a bath (北美)(用浴盆)给(某人)洗澡 they bathed the baby. 他们用浴盆给孩子洗了澡。 ■[with obj.](一般作 be bathed)(figurative)suffuse or envelop in something (喻)沐浴在…中,沉浸在…中 the park lay bathed in sunshine. 公园沐浴在阳光中。
noun
[insing]an act or spell of swimming or spending time in the water 游泳;海(或河、湖)水浴 a bathe in the cold North Sea. 在冰冷的北海里游泳。
语源
Old English bathian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German baden