shower

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I.show‧er¹ S2 /ˈʃaʊə $ ʃaʊr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: scur]
1. FOR WASHING IN a piece of equipment that you stand under to wash your whole body:
Why does the phone always ring when I’m in the shower?
I’d like to use the shower if that’s all right.
The bathroom has a separate shower cubicle (=a shower in a separate part of the room).
2. ACT OF WASHING an act of washing your body while standing under a shower:
I need a shower.
take a shower
Nick rolled out of bed and took a shower.
have a shower especially British English:
Mary loves having a hot shower after she’s been swimming.
3. RAIN a short period of rain or snow:
More heavy showers are forecast for tonight.
a shower of rain
a snow shower
A few wintry showers are likely.
4. LOTS OF THINGS a lot of small light things falling or going through the air together
shower of
Peter kicked the fire and sent up a shower of sparks.
A shower of leaves fell towards the ground.
5. PARTY American English a party at which presents are given to a woman who is going to get married or have a baby:
We gave a shower for Beth.
a baby shower
6. PEOPLE [usually singular] British English informal a group of stupid or lazy people
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THESAURUS
▪ rain noun [uncountable] water that falls in small drops from clouds in the sky: The rain has stopped at last. | There had been heavy rain during the night.
▪ drizzle noun [uncountable] light rain with very small drops of water: A light drizzle was falling as I left the house.
▪ shower noun [countable] a short period of rain that can be heavy or light: More heavy showers are forecast for tonight. | a light shower of rain
▪ downpour noun [countable usually singular] a short period of very heavy rain that starts suddenly: A sudden downpour sent us running for shelter. | a torrential downpour
▪ hail noun [uncountable] frozen rain that falls in the form of ↑hailstones (=small balls of ice): The hail and high winds have destroyed many of the county’s crops.
▪ sleet noun [uncountable] a mixture of snow and rain: The rain had turned to sleet | Sleet and snow fell.
▪ the rains noun [plural] heavy rain that falls during a particular period in the year in tropical countries: The farmers are waiting for the rains to come.
▪ monsoon noun [countable ] the heavy rain that falls between April and October in India and other southern Asian countries: The monsoon is late this year. | the monsoon season
II.shower² BrE AmE verb
1. [intransitive] to wash your whole body while standing under a shower:
Mike shaved and showered.
2. [transitive] to give someone a lot of things
shower somebody with something
She showered him with kisses.
Tom showered Amy with presents.
shower something on/upon somebody
She had no children and showered her love on her three nieces.
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to scatter a lot of things onto a person or place, or to be scattered in this way
shower down/over/upon
The top shelf broke and books showered down.
shower something with something
The ship was showered with hot ash from the volcano.
shower something on/over something
Hundreds of leaflets were showered over the town.

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shower
When you shower, you wash your body in a stream of falling water.

◎	['∫auə]
※	danh từ
	■	người chỉ, người cho xem, người dẫn; người trưng bày
	■	trận mưa rào; trận mưa đá, trận mưa tuyết; nước rải rác rơi đột ngột
		☆	a shower of spray
			mưa bụi
	■	số lượng các vật rơi, số lượng các vật đến cùng nhau
	■	trận mưa (đạn, đá...)
		☆	a shower of bullets
			trận mưa đạn, đạn bắn như mưa
	■	vòi hoa sen; buồng tắm vòi hoa sen
	■	sự tắm rửa ở trong buồng tắm vòi hoa sen, sự tắm dưới vòi hoa sen
	■	(từ Mỹ, nghĩa Mỹ) bữa tiệc có nhiều tặng phẩm cho ai (nhất là người đàn bà chuẩn bị cưới hoặc sinh con)
	■	sự dồn dập, sự tới tấp
		☆	a shower of gifts
			đồ biếu tới tấp
		☆	letters come in showers
			thư từ gửi đến tới tấp
	■	(vật lý) mưa
		☆	meson shower
			mưa mezon
※	ngoại động từ
	■	đổ, trút; bắn xuống như mưa; rơi xuống
		☆	to shower blows on someone
			đánh ai túi bụi
	■	gửi, trao (quà biếu...) tới tấp (đến cho ai); đến dồn dập
	■	làm cho (một số lượng lớn các vật) rơi lên ai
		☆	to shower the newly-weds with confetti
			tung hoa giấy như mưa vào những đôi vợ chồng mới cưới
※	nội động từ
	■	rơi như một trận mưa
		☆	small stones showered (down) on us from above
			những viên đá nhỏ ở trên cao rơi như mưa xuống chúng tôi

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  exhibitor, exhibitioner, cascade, rain shower, shower bath, shower down, lavish