| 词组 | bathe |
| 释义 | bathe ◊ 'bath' In British English, a bath is a long rectangular container which you fill with water and sit in while you wash your body. The bathroom had two basins, a huge bath and more towels than I had ever seen. In American English, a container like this is called a bathtub or a tub. I spent hours in the warmth of the bathtub. I lowered myself deeper into the tub. If you bath someone, you wash them in a bath. She will show you how to bath the baby. We bathed and dried Sandy together. You do not say that people bath themselves. British speakers say that someone has a bath. I'm going to have a bath. ◊ 'bathe' American speakers say that someone takes a bath or, more formally, that they bathe . I took a bath, my second that day. After golf I would return to my apartment to bathe and change. Bathe is not used with this meaning in British English. In British English, when someone bathes, they swim or play in a lake or river or in the sea. It is dangerous to bathe in the sea here. This use of bathe is now rather old-fashioned. In modern English, you usually say that someone goes swimming or goes for a swim. American speakers sometimes say that someone takes a swim. She's going for a swim. I went down to the ocean and took a swim. In both British and American English, if you bathe a cut or wound, you wash it. He bathed the cuts on her feet. She had watched her mother bathe his face and bandage his hands. Note that 'bath' and 'bathe' both have the present participle bathing and the past tense and past participle bathed. |
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