no obj.
1- wash by immersing one's body in water洗浴。
1.1
- chiefly Brit. spend time in the sea or a lake, river, or swimming pool for pleasure〈主英〉(在海、湖、河或游泳池里)戏水。
1.2
- with obj. soak or wipe gently with liquid to clean or soothe浸洗; 轻轻拭洗:
she bathed and bandaged knee.
她把膝盖洗了洗, 缠上绷带。
1.3
- N. Amer.with obj. wash (someone) in a bath〈北美〉(用浴盆)给(某人)洗澡:
they bathed the baby.
他们用浴盆给孩子洗了澡。
1.4
- with obj.(一般作be bathed)figurative suffuse or envelop in something〈喻〉沐浴在…中, 沉浸在…中:
the park lay bathed in sunshine.
公园沐浴在阳光中。
in sing.
- an act or spell of swimming or spending time in the water游泳; 海(或河、湖)水浴:
a bathe in the cold North Sea.
在冰冷的北海里游泳。
词源
Old English bathian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German baden.