shower

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/    美 /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
    — Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.
  2. One who shows.
    — When you show a credential there's a protocol whereby the showee has assurance that the shower possesses a credential of the particular type without actually seeing the bit string.
  3. A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.
  4. An object or activity that is shown in a contest.
    — That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.
  5. A person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself. slang
    — As a man who can best be described as a "grower not a shower", I helped Brent realize that many people in the gay community are concerned in a very adolescent way with their dick size, including me.
  6. An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.
    — I’m going to have a shower.
  7. A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
    — a shower of sparks;  a meteor shower;  a Gatorade shower
  8. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.
    — Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?
  9. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.; A bridal shower.
    — The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.
  10. A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.; A baby shower.
    — Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves.
  11. A pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.
    — See also shower (juggling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  12. A battle, an attack; conflict. obsolete
    — With this I maye be sure to come sauf / and goo sauf / and that the quene shal haue her lyberte as she had before / and neuer for no thynge that hath ben surmysed afore this tyme / she neuer fro this day stande in no peryll / for els sayd sir launcelot I dare auenture me to kepe her from an harder shoure than euer I kepte her
  13. A shower of shit. Australia,Ireland,UK,derogatory
    — You all behaved like a shower, now you are to be treated like a shower
  14. Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier Ireland,derogatory,euphemistic
    — It was one of the worst feelings in the H-Block, one of the worst experiences to sit and listen to somebody getting beat. Because you were totally powerless, and you would always get somebody shouting at the door, “You shower of bastards!” It was always a crowd of screws and one or two naked men in a cell. They had total control.
  15. A group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless. UK,informal,singular
    — But when I tweeted it out, most of the responses (from the more than one million viewers) were along the lines of: 'what do you expect from this shower?
动词 v.
  1. To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).
  2. To bathe using a shower.
  3. To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.
    — The individual in the army becomes used to holding human life in contempt, in fact the greater the slaughter, the greater is his merit; and the more medals, ribbons, and honors of hero-worship are showered on him, the more he becomes, after a time, indifferent to all sorts of human suffering and loss of human life.
  4. To rain in a shower; to cascade down. intransitive

词形变化

showers plural showers present,singular,third-person showering participle,present showered participle,past showered past showers plural show-er alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
road shower thigh-shower

词源

词源 1
From Middle English schour (“shower”), from Old English sċūr (“shower”), from Proto-West Germanic *skūru (“shower”), from Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“storm, short shower”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north, north wind, cold wind, rain shower”).
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch schoer (“downpour, heavy rainshower”), German Schauer (“shower”), Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish skur (“shower”), Faroese skúrur (“shower”), Icelandic skúr (“shower”), Norn skur (“squall”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra, “storm”), Italian coro (“northwestern wind”), Spanish cauro (“northwestern wind”), Belarusian се́вер (sjévjer), сі́вер (sívjer), Bulgarian and Russian се́вер (séver, “north”), Czech and Slovak sever (“north”), Macedonian север (sever, “north”), Serbo-Croatian sȅvēr, sjȅvēr (“north”), Slovene sẹ́ver (“north”), Ukrainian сі́вер (síver, “cold, cold, bitter wind”).
词源 2
From Middle English showre, schawere, schewere (“one who exhibits something, actor; watchman, overseer, guide; sign; mirror; index finger”), from Old English sċēawere (“an observer, one who examines into a matter; a spy; mirror; actor, buffoon”), equivalent to show + -er. Cognate with Dutch schouwer (“observer, visionary, clairvoyant”), German Schauer (“an inspector”).
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