shower
US: /ˈʃaʊɝ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
shower /'ʃouə/
- danh từ
- người chỉ, người cho xem, người dẫn; người trưng bày
- trận mưa rào; trận mưa đá
- trận mưa (đạn, đá...)
- a shower of bullets: trận mưa đạn, đạn bắn như mưa
- sự dồn dập, sự tới tấp
- a shower of gifts: đồ biểu tới tấp
- letters come in showers: thư từ gửi đến tới tấp
- (vật lý) mưa
- meson shower: mưa mezon
- động từ
- đổ, trút; bắn xuống như mưa; rơi xuống
- to shower blows on someone: đánh ai túi bụi
- ((thường) + upon) gửi (quà biếu...) tới tấp (đến cho ai); đến dồn dập
- đổ, trút; bắn xuống như mưa; rơi xuống
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a piece of equipment producing a spray of water that you stand under to wash yourself; the small room or part of a room that contains a shower: a hotel room with bath and shower + He's in the shower. + a shower cubicle + a shower curtain
2 the act of washing yourself with a shower: (especially BrE) to have a shower + (especially AmE) to take a shower + shower gel
3 a short period of rain or snow: wintry / scattered snow showers + April showers + We were caught in a heavy shower.
4 a large number of things that arrive or fall together: a shower of glass / leaves + a shower of sparks from the fire + a shower of kisses / insults
5 (AmE) a party at which you give presents to a woman who is getting married or having a baby: a bridal / baby shower
+ verb
1 [V] to wash yourself under a shower: She showered and dressed and went downstairs.
2 [V] ~ (down) on sb/sth
~ down to fall onto sb/sth, especially in a lot of small pieces: Volcanic ash showered down on the town after the eruption.
3 [VN] ~ sb with sth to drop a lot of small things onto sb: The bride and groom were showered with rice as they left the church. + The roof collapsed, showering us with dust and debris.
4 [VN] ~ sb with sth
~ sth on sb to give sb a lot of sth: He showered her with gifts. + He showered gifts on her.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 sprinkle, sprinkling, drizzle:
Scattered showers are predicted for this afternoon.
2 deluge, torrent, flood, stream, barrage, overflow, abundance, profusion:
Showers of confetti rained on the parade from the offices.
v.
3 sprinkle, rain, pour, spray, bombard, fall, descend, drop:
Debris and ash from the volcano showered down on the village.
4 lavish, inundate, overwhelm, heap, load (down):
On return from her triumphant tour, Sylvia was showered with gifts and praise.
Collocation dictionary
1 for washing your body
ADJ.
cold, cool, hot | power | brief, quick
I'll just take a quick shower.
| electric | en suite, private
VERB + SHOWER
have, take
SHOWER + NOUN
cubicle, curtain, room | head, mixer, rose, tray | gel
2 of rain or snow
ADJ.
rain, sleet, snow | heavy, light | blustery, wintry | scattered | April
SHOWER + VERB
spread | die out
Scattered showers during the afternoon will die out by late evening.
3 of small objects
ADJ.
dust, meteor, meteorite
PREP.
~ of
The grinding wheel sent out a shower of sparks.
Concise English dictionary
showers|showered|showering'ʃaʊə(r)
noun
+a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you
+washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
+a brief period of precipitation
+a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
+someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see
+a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person
verb
+expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
+spray or sprinkle with
+take a shower; wash one's body in the shower
+rain abundantly
+provide abundantly with
