shower

英 ['ʃaʊə(r)] 美 ['ʃaʊər]

• n. 淋浴；阵雨；送礼会；(大量)涌泻
• v. 冲(淋浴)；下(阵雨)；倾注

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] 阵雨,阵雪

   a fall of rain (or snow) lasting a short time

2. [C] 淋浴

   an act of washing the body by standing under running water

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 下阵雨; 似阵雨般降落

   rain or fall in a shower

2. vt. & vi. 大量地给予

   send or give it to sb in a shower

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 淋浴
2. 阵雨，雨，雨水，阵雨般的东西，阵雨一样涌到的东西
3. 一阵，阵
4. 送礼会
5. 一大批（礼物），大量
6. 淋浴器
7. 淋浴间
8. <英口>懒散和不修边幅的人
9. 展出者，出示者，表示者，指示者
10. 【物】射丛

v. 动词

1. 阵雨般落下，阵雨似地倾注，似阵雨般降落，下阵雨，倾注
2. 喷淋
3. 溅
4. （把...给阵雨）淋湿，把...弄湿，使湿透
5. 大量给与，大量地给予，将大量...送给
6. 给（自己）洗淋浴，淋浴
7. 洒落，（使）纷纷降落，抛洒

英英释义

Noun:

1. a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you;

   "they installed a shower in the bathroom"
   

2. washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle;

   "he took a shower after the game"
   

3. a brief period of precipitation;

   "the game was interrupted by a brief shower"
   

4. a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower;

   "a little shower of rose petals"
   "a sudden cascade of sparks"
   

5. someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see

6. a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person;

   "her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting"
   

Verb:

1. expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns;

   "He was showered with praise"
   

2. spray or sprinkle with;

   "The guests showered rice on the couple"
   

3. take a shower; wash one's body in the shower;

   "You should shower after vigorous exercise"
   

4. rain abundantly;

   "Meteors showered down over half of Australia"
   

5. provide abundantly with;

   "He showered her with presents"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. She is taking a shower.
   她正在洗淋浴。
2. Scattered showers are expected this afternoon.
   预料今天下午有零星阵雨。
3. The weatherman predict shower this afternoon.
   气象预告员说,今天下午有阵雨。
4. The neighbors held a bridal shower for the girl.
   邻居为姑娘举行了一个准新娘送礼会。
5. The policemen were assailed by a shower of stones.
   警察遭到一阵石块的袭击。
6. I have received a shower of letters recently.
   最近我收到了一大批信件。
7. The firework exploded in a shower of sparks.
   烟火炸开放出一阵火花。

用作动词 (v.)

1. I always shower after getting up.
   起床后我总是洗个淋浴。
2. It suddenly started to shower.
   突然下起阵雨。
3. The dancer was showered with praise.
   那个跳舞的人备受称赞。
4. People shower the newly-weds with confetti .
   人们向新婚夫妇撒彩色纸屑。
5. The best way to help a troubled child is to shower him with love.
   帮助失足少年的最好方法是施之以爱。
6. Good wishes showered (down) on the bride and bridegroom.
   大家纷纷向新娘新郎祝福。
7. Honours were showered upon the hero.
   人们纷纷向那位英雄致敬。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Scattered showers are expected this afternoon.
   今天下午预测有间歇性阵雨。
2. He was caught in a shower.
   他被阵雨淋湿了。
3. During the afternoon there were three showers.
   整个下午下了三场阵雨。
4. Today will be mostly fine and sunny, with intermittent showers.
   今天大部分是晴天有太阳,但有间断阵雨。
5. The weather forecast says we'll have scattered showers today.
   天气预报报道今天将有阵雨。
6. My brother takes a cold shower every morning.
   我哥哥每天早晨用冷水淋浴。
7. We have to take several cold showers to keep us cool every day in summer.
   夏季,我们一天得冲几次凉。
8. He turned the shower on.
   他打开淋浴器。
9. The bucket fell over, sending a shower of paint on the men below the ladder.
   油漆桶弄翻了,洒了梯子下面的人一身。
10. There are a shower of letters on her birthday.
    有如雪片般的信函来祝贺她的生日。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. It has started to shower; I'm sure to get wet.
   天已开始下阵雨,我一定会被淋湿。
2. Nuts showered down when the tree was shaken.
   摇动这棵树时,坚果纷纷落下。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They shower the newly married pair with rice.
   他们把大量的米抛洒在这对新人身上。
2. The best way to help a troubled child is to shower him with love.
   帮助失足少年的最好方法是施之以爱。
3. We showered gifts on her.
   我们纷纷向她赠送礼物。
4. They showered honours upon the hero.
   他们纷纷向英雄致敬。
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5. Flowers were showered on her.
   在她的身边堆满了鲜花。
6. She was showered with compliments.
   她得到许多的恭维话。

经典引文

• There had been a shower of rain.

  出自： V. Woolf

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• have a shower 下阵雨,洗澡
• take a shower 下阵雨,洗澡

形容词+～

• cold shower 冷水浴
• delicious shower 喜雨
• heavy shower 一阵大雨
• light shower 小阵雨
• nice shower 喜雨
• passing shower 短暂的阵雨

名词+～

• meteor shower 流星雨
• April shower 忽下忽停的阵雨
• postcard shower 纷纷来到的大批明信片
• rain shower 阵雨
• snow shower 一阵大雪
• sun shower (夏天的)太阳雨

介词+～

• be overtaken by a shower 被阵雨淋
• be caught in a shower 遇到阵雨
• come in showers 频来
• sparks falling in showers 一阵降落的火花

～+介词

• a shower of arrows 如雨点般的乱箭
• a shower of blessings 一番祝福
• a shower of bullets 一阵弹雨
• a shower of hail 一阵冰雹
• a shower of insults 一番侮辱
• a shower of stones 如雨点般的石头

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• shower ceaselessly 不停地下雨
• shower generously 慷慨地给予
• shower intermittently 断断续续地下阵雨

～+介词

• shower on〔upon〕 纷纷落到…上,对…倾注
• shower over 纷纷落到…上
• shower with 大量地给…

词语用法

2. shower后可接介词(up)on或是with，表示相同的意思，但适用于不同的国家：英国人习惯用(up)on与shower搭配。美国人习惯用介词with与shower搭配。

   They showered congratulations (up)on him.
   Flowers were showered (up)on her.

   They showered him with congratulations.
   She was showered with flowers.

n. (名词)

1. shower的基本意思是短暂的“阵雨”“阵雪”,是可数名词,常用于复数形式。引申可表示“淋浴”。the shower常可指“淋浴设备”或“浴室”。
2. shower用于比喻还可指“许多小东西或液体的大量洒落、倾注”,其后常与介词of连用。

v. (动词)

1. shower用作名词时意思是“阵雨”,转化为动词意思是“下阵雨”“似阵雨般降落”,引申还可表示像阵雨般“大量地给予”。
2. shower可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。
3. shower接with或on可表示“倾倒或大量给予某物”,用on为英式英语,后接人,用with为美式英语,后接物或事物。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 他起床后洗了澡。

   误 He got up and took shower.

   正 He got up and took a shower.

2. 我来这儿的路上被阵雨淋着了。

   误 I got caught in shower on my way here.

   正 I got caught in a shower on my way here.

   析 shower作“阵雨”“淋浴”解,是可数名词,“洗淋浴”应是take〔have〕 a shower,“一场阵雨”应说a shower,不可省略不定冠词a。

v. (动词)

1. 他获得了很多荣誉。

   误 Honours were showered to him.

   正 Honours were showered on him.

   析 shower作“大量给予”解时,介词on不可改为to。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的scur，意为短时间的降雨，投掷物，打击的降临。

近反义词

【近义词】

• deluge 大洪水
• downpour 倾盆大雨
• cloudburst 倾盆大雨
• rain 雨
• bath 洗澡
• wash 洗
• cascade 瀑布
• burst 爆发
• bathe 沐浴
• dip 浸
• bombard 炮轰
• inundate 浸水
• overwhelm 打击
• storm 暴风雨
• clean up 收拾干净
• freshen up 沐浴更衣, 使精神饱满...
• pour 不断流动
• rain down 大量落下
• hail 冰雹
• spray 喷雾
• sparge 喷雾
• shower 淋浴
• barrage 弹幕
• spit 唾液
• overflow 泛滥
• drizzle 下毛毛雨
• volley 齐发
• flood 淹没
• mist 雾
• aspersion 洒(尤指洒圣水)...
• plenty 丰富
• abundance 丰富
• sprinkling 点滴
• copiousness 丰裕
• superfluity 多余
• opulence 富裕
• profusion 丰多
• extravagance 铺张浪费
• torrent 激流
• sprinkle 洒
• flurry 一阵疾风
• lavishness 浪费
• nimiety 过多
• pouring 倾泄的
• spatter 溅
• rain shower 阵雨
• salvo 齐射
• spitting 吐出(逆火
• bombardment 炮击
• spattering 飞溅的
• wet 湿的
• rainfall 降雨
• sleet 雨雪
• mizzle 蒙蒙雨
• trickle 滴流
• dribble 使 ... 慢慢流下...
• lavish 大方的
• rinsing 清水
• cleaning 打扫
• party 聚会
• cloud burst 大暴雨
• sprinkler 洒水装置
• sprayer 喷雾机
• washing 洗涤
• rinse 清洗
• nozzle 喷嘴
• descend 下降
• snow 雪
• fall 落下
• bridal shower 新娘结婚前的派对...
• baby shower 婴儿洗礼（在孩子出生前举...
• shower bath 淋浴
• exhibitor 展出者
• heap 堆
• exhibitioner 展出者
• whelm 用 ... 覆盖
• drown 淹死
• cloud 云
• teem 充满
• clean 干净的
• pour forth 流出
• baby 婴儿
• bridal 新娘的
• forth 向前