bathe

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Related topics: Swimming, Hospital, Hair & beauty

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] especially American EnglishAmEDHH to wash yourself or someone else in a bath 洗澡；给…洗澡 SYN British English bath

I bathed, washed my hair, and got dressed.

我洗了澡，洗了头，然后穿上衣服。

He bathed the children and put them to bed.

他给孩子们洗了澡，然后把他们弄上床。

2 [intransitiveI]DSS British EnglishBrE old-fashioned to swim in the sea, a river, or a lake 〔在海里、河里或湖里〕游泳

They bathed in the lake in the moonlight.

月光下，他们在湖里游泳。

In everyday English, people usually say go for/have a swim rather than bathe: 在日常英语中，人们一般说 go for/have a swim，而不说 bathe

They went for a swim in the lake.

他们去湖里游泳。

3 [transitiveT]MHDCB to wash or cover part of your body with a liquid, especially as a medical treatment 〔尤指为了治疗〕洗，浸，泡

She brought a bowl of water and began to bathe the injured arm.

她拿来一盆水，开始清洗受伤的手臂。

► see thesaurus at clean

4 be bathed in light/sunshine etc writtenLIGHT an area or building that is bathed in light has light shining onto it in a way that makes it look pleasant or attractive 〔地方或建筑物〕沐浴在光线/阳光等之中

The top of Pea Hill was bathed in brilliant sunshine.

豌豆山的山顶沐浴在灿烂的阳光中。

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be bathed in light/sunshine etc• He threw open a side door off the first-floor hall, and we were bathed in light.

5 be bathed in sweat writtenCOVER to be covered in sweat 大汗淋漓

I was tired and bathed in sweat.

我身体疲惫，汗流浃背。

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be bathed in sweat• They make the skin crawl like it is on fire, even as it is bathed in sweat.

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bathe• Brenda bathed and changed the baby.• A nurse bathed her feet in medicine.• And Jay would bathe in a glow of wonder that another human being could move her so.• In the distance the pine-clad hills were bathed in a pale wash of greenish-purple light.• I have wrongly criticized you for bathing in the front hall.• Dozens of families lived in each building, shared toilets with neighbors and bathed in the kitchens.• By most people's standards Marilyn Monroe was fairly uninhibited; bathing infrequently, and belching and farting with carefree abandon.• Sunlight streamed in from the windows above the gallery, bathing the polished panels of the walls in a warm glow.

bathe2 noun

a bathe British EnglishBrE old-fashioned when you swim in the sea, a river, or a lake 〔在海里、河里或湖里的〕游泳 SYN swim

They went for a bathe.

他们去游泳了。

Examples from the Corpus

bathe• She did not flinch when he suggested a bathe.• Tomorrow a bathe in the cold north sea and a hack out.

Origin bathe

Old English bathian

bathe1 verb →REGISTER1bathe2 noun

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