1A mineral spring considered to have health-giving properties.

1. 1.1 A place or resort with a mineral spring.
   矿泉疗养地
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   • If Hill were to lure wealthy eastern tourists who had formerly traveled to Europe or had spent their vacations at resorts and spas in the East, the advertising campaign would have to be imaginative and expensive.
   • Many of the hostages, especially children, were sent to Black Sea spas and resorts with their families.
   • Some of the most rapidly growing towns in the mid-nineteenth century were the very antithesis of industrial centres: these were the seaside resorts, fashionable spas, and tourist attractions, such as Rome.
   • Last week saw a visit from a group of ambassadors for the Slovenian spa and ski resort Zrece.
   • The town, which was a famous spa with thermal springs, was on the Adour River, about 80 km north of the Pyrenees and the border with Spain.
   • However, in Victorian times it was common among the wealthier classes to visit health-giving spas in order to ‘take the waters’, which meant drinking quantities of water directly welling up out of the earth.
   • Velingrad is a well-known spa and climatic resort in south Bulgaria.
   • The Romans had a special fondness for mineral spas, visiting them for medicinal and recreational purposes.

   Synonyms

   holiday destination, holiday centre, tourist centre, centre, spot, retreat, haunt
2. 1.2 A commercial establishment offering health and beauty treatment through such means as steam baths, exercise equipment, and massage.
   （提供健康和美容设施如蒸汽浴，运动器械和按摩的）健身娱乐场
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   • Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the allure of affordable-luxury businesses such as day spas and beauty salons is positively irresistible.
   • Included in the spa are four health and beauty treatment rooms, a relaxation room, a sunbed and highly trained beauty therapists on standby.
   • The hotel caters for guests engaged in both work and pleasure, boasting a health spa with six treatment rooms and a fitness suite, as well as fully equipped conference facilities.
   • For mom, many salons and spas offer unique treatments that incorporate exotic elements of the Bahamas.
   • A tepidarium, rapid tanning room, hairdressing salon, spa and beauty treatment rooms complete the picture.
   • A new 52-bedroom hotel is also being developed on the site as is a fully equipped leisure club with a 16 metre indoor swimming pool, a gym and a health and beauty spa.
   • Apart from a daily bath at home, it is worth thinking about special treatment in a spa.
   • The status of oxygen facials - embraced by a growing number of doctors, spas and beauty therapists - is typical of many cosmetic treatments that do not claim to alter the skin.
   • But I balance my heavy workload with pampering treats like a facial or a massage or treatment at a spa once a month.
   • High end beauty spas and massage places are getting coach loads of visitors every day and karaoke bars are doing a roaring trade.
   • But some spas feature treatments that are more than just indulgent; they also help relieve a host of common health problems, all in a setting that's calming and comforting.
   • She has won a weekend of pampering in London with two nights' accommodation, a day at a health spa and tickets to a West End show of her choice.
   • A European health spa and beauty salon are also available.
   • With so many beauty salons and spas in the Dublin area, location was the most important factor.
   • While yoga, Pilates and Thai massage are becoming staples at spas and health clubs nationwide, an ancient massage treatment from India, Ayurveda, is gaining in popularity.
   • Swimming pools and tennis courts can be found at many ranches, and some even offer health spas and massages.
   • Many health clubs, sports centres, beauty clinics, complementary therapy centres and health spas now offer aromatherapy massage.
   • Even French women of modest means are much more likely than American women to get treatments in spas or clinics that scrub, polish, buff, massage and cream their skins.
   • One of the most significant aspects of the development, however, is the construction of a spacious health and beauty spa.
   • Restaurants, a beauty spa, stores and boutiques will feature in the new-look centre.
3. 1.3 A bath or small pool containing hot aerated water.
   温泉熏蒸浴
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   • This year there has been only one case of the illness reported to be associated with a spa pool.
   • He dropped me off at my beautiful loft and as soon as I walked in, I went straight to my spa bath and filled it.
   • The basement has a complete Turkish bath, spa pool, fountain, swimming pool and a hairdressing salon.
   • All have en-suite facilities, plus sauna, spa bath, telephone, satellite TV and leather sofas.
   • The largest of the four bedrooms has a wide bay window, mirrored wardrobes and an en suite bathroom complete with a Jacuzzi spa bath.
   • This spa pool also had very little chlorine disinfectant, making it a potentially serious health risk as bathers could catch a water-borne infection.
   • Spacious bathrooms feature cool marble and in most cases a spa bath, and generous shower heads.
   • He was hoisted into a spa bath with the jets turned on and bubble bath added to five inches of water.
   • It's a large room with a pretend-bar, a kitchen on the right and sliding glass doors lead to a covered balcony with an above-the-ground spa pool.
   • The four cottages each have a king-sized bed, fireplace, full kitchen, lounge, sofa bed, spa bath and deck surrounded by immense tropical shrubs.
   • Naturally, the main bathroom has a large spa bath.
   • Put simply it's huge: the en suite is comprised of a corner spa bath, two wash hand basins on cherry wood stands, a toilet, double pump shower and is fully tiled.
   • Daniel said the spa pool was beneficial because of its adjustable jets.
   • Each apartment has wall-to-wall carpeting, inlaid flooring, a private veranda with a spa pool and an ornate ‘state room’.
   • Hope and Karen were reclining recently in the spa pool at the gym, relaxing in the warm water, an environment conducive to making sudden leaps of insight.
   • He would lose his five-bedroom house in the United States, complete with swimming pool, spa bath and sports car.
   • We jumped out of the spa bath in just our swimming costumes and ran back indoors.
   • Each villa comes with its own pool, spa bath and maid service.
   • Each apartment has one WC / shower room as well as a large en-suite bathroom, boasting a spa bath, tiled floors and recessed mirrors.
   • Gilmour recalls wistfully glancing at the hotel spa pool upon retiring.

   Synonyms

   spa bath, hot tub

A small town in eastern Belgium, southeast of Liège; population 10,549 (2008). It has been celebrated since medieval times for the curative properties of its mineral springs.