/bɑ:θ; US bæθ ||; bæθ/noun (
plural baths /bɑ:ðz ;bæðz
||; /)
1 [C] (also bathtub /ˈbɑ:θtʌb ||; ˈbæθˌtʌb/) a large container for water in which you sit to wash your body 浴缸: Can you answer the phone? I'm in the bath! 你接电话好吗?我在洗澡呢! ☞picture on page C7 见 C7 页插图
2 [sing] an act of washing the whole of your body when you sit or lie in a bath filled with water 沐浴;泡浴: to have a bath 沐浴 (especially US 尤为美) Would you prefer to take a bath or a shower? 你喜欢泡浴还是淋浴?
3 baths [pl] (Brit 英) (old-fashioned 旧) a public building where you can go to swim
4 [C] [usu.pl] a public place where people went in past times to have a wash or a bath (公共)浴场;澡堂: Roman baths 古罗马浴池