bathe

bathe
verb
[noobj.]
  1. 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
  1. [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
  1. Old English bathian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German baden
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