- [countable] (British English) (also bathtub, informal tub North American English, British English)
a large, long container that you put water in and then get into to wash your whole body 浴缸;浴盆 I'm in the bath! 我在洗澡! bath taps 浴缸水龙头 a bath with shower attachment 带淋浴设备的浴缸
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- free-standing
- sunken
- cast-iron
- …
- fill
- lie in
- soak in
- …
- faucet
- tap
- in the bath
- [countable]
an act of washing your whole body by sitting or lying in water 洗澡;洗浴 - (British English)
I think I'll have a bath and go to bed. 我想洗个澡,然后睡觉。 - (especially North American English)
to take a bath 洗澡 She took the baby upstairs to give him a bath. 她把婴儿抱到楼上给他洗澡。 It's the children's bath time. 孩子们洗澡的时间到了。 When she got home she decided she needed a bath. 当她到家时,她决定她需要洗个澡。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hot
- warm
- cold
- …
- draw
- prepare
- run
- …
- mat
- towel
- oil
- …
- (British English)
- [countable]
the water in a bath ready to use 浴缸的水 a long soak in a hot bath 一次长时间的热水浴 Please run a bath for me (= fill the bath with water). 请给我把浴缸放满水。 I lay soaking in a hot bubble bath. 我躺在热乎乎的泡泡澡水里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hot
- warm
- cold
- …
- draw
- prepare
- run
- …
- mat
- towel
- oil
- …
- baths[plural] (British English, old-fashioned)
a public building where you can go to swim 游泳池 My father took me to the baths every Sunday. 我父亲每个星期天都带我去洗澡。
- [countable, usually plural]
a public place where people went in the past to wash or have a bath (旧时的)公共浴室,澡堂 Roman villas and baths 罗马别墅和浴室
- [countable] (specialist)
a container with a liquid such as water or a dye in it, in which something is washed or placed for a period of time. Baths are used in industrial, chemical and medical processes. see also bloodbath浴器,浴锅,染缸(工业、化学以及医学加工处理用)
Word OriginOld English bæth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bad and German Bad.
Idioms
take a bath
- (North American English)
to lose money on a business agreement (在交易中)蒙受经济损失