bathing
游泳,洗海水澡
Bath·ing n. Act of taking a bath or baths.
Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein.
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Bathe v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bathed p. pr. & vb. n. Bathing.]
1. To wash by immersion, as in a bath; to subject to a bath.
Chancing to bathe himself in the River Cydnus. --South.
2. To lave; to wet. “The lake which bathed the foot of the Alban mountain.”
3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.
And let us bathe our hands in Cæsar's blood. --Shak.
4. To apply water or some liquid medicament to; as, to bathe the eye with warm water or with sea water; to bathe one's forehead with camphor.
5. To surround, or envelop, as water surrounds a person immersed. “The rosy shadows bathe me. ” --Tennyson. “The bright sunshine bathing all the world.” --Longfellow.
bathing
n 1: immersing the body in water or sunshine
2: the act of washing yourself (or another person) [syn: washup]