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shower
1[ shou-er ]
noun
- a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow:
An afternoon shower is forecast for tomorrow.
This weekend they鈥檙e predicting freezing weather with scattered snow showers.
- Also called shower bath.
- a bath in which water is sprayed on the body, usually from an overhead perforated nozzle showerhead:
I took a quick shower before dinner.
- the apparatus for this or the room or stall enclosing it:
The shower is leaking.
We have two bathrooms, but the downstairs one has only a shower and no tub.
- an abundant supply or quantity:
I wish you and your family a shower of wealth, joy, health, and other blessings!
Synonyms: , , ,
- a party at which gifts of a specific kind are given, as for a bride, prospective parent, someone moving house, or any other purpose:
Excited by the prospect of a new campus infirmary, students and alumni held a linen shower to provide new sheets and towels.
When he moved into his own apartment, we held a housewarming shower for him, giving him more kitchenware than one person could ever use.
- a fall of many objects, such as tears, sparks, things that are thrown, etc.:
The couple walked out of the church under a shower of confetti.
- Astronomy. air shower ( def ).
- showers, a room or area equipped with several overhead perforated nozzles, sometimes in separate stalls, for use by a number of people bathing at the same time.
verb (used with object)
- to bestow liberally or lavishly:
We showered good wishes and last-minute bits of advice on the departing hockey team.
- to deluge (a person) with gifts, favors, etc.:
She was showered with gifts on her birthday.
- to bathe (oneself) with water sprayed on the body, usually from an overhead perforated nozzle:
In the past 30 days the patient has been able to exercise, shower himself, toilet himself, and play a board game.
verb (used without object)
- to bathe with water sprayed on the body, usually from an overhead perforated nozzle:
Do you prefer to shower in the morning or at bedtime?
- to rain briefly:
During the final game on Saturday it showered for a couple of minutes, and then the sun came out again.
shower
2[ shoh-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that shows.
shower
1/ 藞蕛补蕣蓹 /
noun
- a brief period of rain, hail, sleet, or snow
- a sudden abundant fall or downpour, as of tears, sparks, or light
- a rush; outpouring
a shower of praise
- a kind of bath in which a person stands upright and is sprayed with water from a nozzle
- the room, booth, etc, containing such a bath Full nameshower bath
- slang.a derogatory term applied to a person or group, esp to a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc
- a party held to honour and present gifts to a person, as to a prospective bride
- a large number of particles formed by the collision of a cosmic-ray particle with a particle in the atmosphere
- a light fabric cover thrown over a tea table to protect the food from flies, dust, etc
verb
- tr to sprinkle or spray with or as if with a shower
shower the powder into the milk
- often withit as subject to fall or cause to fall in the form of a shower
- tr to give (gifts, etc) in abundance or present (a person) with (gifts, etc)
they showered gifts on him
- intr to take a shower
shower
2/ 藞蕛蓹蕣蓹 /
noun
- a person or thing that shows
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉丑辞飞别谤测, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉丑辞飞路别谤路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
- 蝉丑辞飞路别谤路濒颈办别 adjective
- 耻苍路蝉丑辞飞路别谤别诲 adjective
- 飞别濒濒-蝉丑辞飞路别谤别诲 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of shower1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of shower1
Idioms and Phrases
- hit the showers,
- to go and take a shower (originally of a group bathing in a space with multiple overhead nozzles, as in a gym, school, locker room, etc.):
The coach made us run one more lap before we hit the showers.
After eight hours helping them move, I'm ready to hit the showers and go to bed.
- Baseball. (of a pitcher) to be replaced in a game, usually because of ineffectiveness:
He was throwing inconsistently and found himself hitting the showers before the fifth inning four times in two months.
- to stop giving one鈥檚 full effort, as if the game or task were over:
You don't hit the showers if you're up three touchdowns in the first quarter鈥攜ou finish the game with the same intensity you started with.
- send to the showers, Baseball.
- to replace (a pitcher) during a game, usually because they are ineffective:
The coach sent him to the showers after he walked three batters in a row.
- to cause (a pitcher) to be replaced in a game, as by getting many hits off them; knock out of the box:
Two home runs and a line-drive double sent her to the showers.
More idioms and phrases containing shower
see cold shower .Example Sentences
"April showers" has been a bit of a misnomer in my area lately.
US President Donald Trump has some well-known nemeses: illegal immigrants, low-flow showers and last, but definitely not least, the head of the US central bank.
A cool, wet weather pattern will probably bring some April showers to Southern California over the next few days.
The position of the areas of high and low pressure may alter by next weekend, allowing cooler air to reach northern parts of the UK and showers may affect southern areas.
He says he has even found bottles of urine, which "tend to be under baths or under shower trays".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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