1 a piece of equipment that produces a spray of water that you stand under to wash; the small room or part of a room that contains a shower 淋浴器；淋浴间: The shower doesn't work. 淋浴设备坏了。She's in the shower. 她在淋浴间。I'd like a room with a shower, please. 请给我一间有淋浴设备的房间。 ☞picture on page C7 见C7页插图

2 an act of washing yourself by standing under a shower 淋浴: I'll just have a quick showerthen we can go out. 我赶快去淋个浴，然后我们便可以出去了。

3 a short period of rain 阵雨 ☞Look at rain and acid rain. 参看rain及acid rain。

4 a lot of very small objects that fall or fly through the air together （从空中洒落的许多小物品的）一阵: a shower of sparks/broken glass 一阵火星╱碎玻璃