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- a brief and usually light fall of rain, hail, sleet, or snow阵雨; 冰雹（或雨夹雪等）的一阵; 阵雪。
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- a mass of small things falling or moving at the same time阵雨般的东西; 一阵：
a shower of dust sprinkled his face.
一阵灰尘散落在他的脸上。
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- figurative a large number of things happening or given to someone at the same time〈喻〉一大堆, 一大批：
he was pleased by the shower of awards.
他很高兴获得一大堆的奖项。
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- a group of particles produced by a cosmic-ray particle in the earth's atmosphere流星雨。
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- a cubicle or bath in which a person stands under a spray of water to wash淋浴间。
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- the apparatus that produces such a spray of water淋浴器。
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- （〈美〉亦作shower bath）an act of washing oneself in a shower淋浴。
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- often with modifier N. Amer. a party at which presents are given to someone, typically a woman who is about to get married or have a baby〈北美〉（尤指为即将结婚或分娩的妇女举行的）送礼会：
she loved going to baby showers.
她喜欢参加为庆贺宝宝即将出生而举行的送礼会。
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- in sing. Brit. informal a group of people perceived as incompetent, stupid, or worthless〈英, 非正式〉一群乌合之众; 一群笨蛋：
look at this lot - what a shower!
看看这一群人——简直是一群笨蛋！
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction(of a mass of small things) fall or be thrown in a shower（许多小东西）雨点般落下（或扔下）：
bits of broken glass showered over me.
玻璃碎片雨点般落在我身上。
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- with obj. and adverbial of direction cause (a mass of small things) to fall in a shower使如阵雨般降落：
his hooves showered sparks across the concrete floor.
他的脚把火花散落在水泥地面上。
1.2
- with obj.
shower someone with
throw (a number of small things) all at once towards someone朝…阵雨般地扔（大量小东西）： hooligans showered him with rotten eggs.
流氓阵雨般地朝他身上扔臭蛋。
1.3
- with obj.
shower someone with
give someone a great number of (things)大量给予; 倾注： he showered her with kisses.
他热烈地吻她。
1.4
- with obj.
shower something on/upon
give a great number of things to (someone)把…大量地给： senior officers showered praise on their young policewomen.
长官们高度赞扬了年轻的女警们。
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- no obj. wash oneself in a shower淋浴。
短语
send someone to the showers
- N. Amer. informal fail early on in a race or contest〈北美, 非正式〉提前退出比赛（或竞赛）。
词源
Old English scūr 'light fall of rain, hail, etc.', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoer and German Schauer.