Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense showers, present participle showering, past tense, past participle showered
1N-COUNT 淋浴器;花洒;淋浴喷头 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;花洒;淋浴喷头
She heard him turn on the shower.
她听见他打开了淋浴喷头。
2N-COUNT 淋浴间;淋浴房 A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower. 淋浴间;淋浴房
3N-COUNT (运动中心等的)浴室The showers or the shower in a place such as a sports centre is the area containing showers. (运动中心等的)浴室
The showers are a mess.
浴室里一片狼藉。
We all stood in the women's shower.
我们都站在女浴室里。
4N-COUNT 淋浴 If you have a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. 淋浴
I think I'll have a shower before dinner.
我想晚餐前洗个淋浴。
She took two showers a day.
她每天洗两次淋浴。
5VERB (洗)淋浴 If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower. (洗)淋浴
There wasn't time to shower or change clothes. [VERB]
没时间淋浴换衣服了。
6N-COUNT 阵雨;(尤指)小阵雨 A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain. 阵雨;(尤指)小阵雨
There'll be bright or sunny spells and scattered showers this afternoon.
今天下午天气晴好,间有零星阵雨。
7N-COUNT (落下的东西)一大批,一阵,一连串 You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them. (落下的东西)一大批,一阵,一连串
9VERB 大量给予;慷慨给予 If you shower a person with presents or kisses, you give them a lot of presents or kisses in a very generous and extravagant way. 大量给予;慷慨给予
He showered her with emeralds and furs. [VERB noun + with]
他送给她很多绿宝石和裘皮大衣。
Her parents showered her with kisses. [VERB noun + with]
10N-COUNT 送礼聚会 A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts. 送礼聚会 [mainly US]
...a bridal shower.
为新娘举行的送礼聚会
...a baby shower.
为新生儿举行的送礼聚会
11N-SING [usually singular]乌合之众 If you refer to a group of people as a particular kind of shower, you disapprove of them. 乌合之众 [British, informal, disapproval]