shower

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shower用作名詞時意思是“陣雨”,轉化爲動詞意思是“下陣雨”“似陣雨般降落”,引申還可表示像陣雨般“大量地給予”。
shower可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞或代詞作賓語。
shower接with或on可表示“傾倒或大量給予某物”,用on爲英式英語,後接人,用with爲美式英語,後接物或事物。
shower後可接介詞(up)on或是with，表示相同的意思，但適用於不同的國家：英國人習慣用(up)on與shower搭配。美國人習慣用介詞with與shower搭配。They showered congratulations (up)on him. Flowers were showered (up)on her.They showered him with congratulations. She was showered with flowers.

(WASHING DEVICE) a device that releases drops of water through a lot of very small holes and that you stand under to wash your whole body
(RAIN) a short period of rain or snow
(MASS) a lot of small objects or drops of liquid coming through the air
(PARTY) a party held for a woman just before she gets married or gives birth to a child, when she is given presents for her future home or baby
(FALL) to fall down or come out in a shower, or to make something do this
(WASH) to take a shower

A shower is a device for washing yourself. It consists of a pipe which ends in a flat cover with a lot of holes in it so that water comes out in a spray.
A shower is a small enclosed area containing a shower.
Theshowers or the shower in a place such as a gym is the area containing showers.
If you take a shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.
If you shower, you wash yourself by standing under a spray of water from a shower.
A shower is a short period of rain, especially light rain.
You can refer to a lot of things that are falling as a shower of them.
If you are showered with a lot of small objects or pieces, they are scattered over you.
A shower is a party or celebration at which the guests bring gifts.
a derogatory term applied to a person or group, esp to a group considered as being slack, untidy, etc
a large number of particles formed by the collision of a cosmic-ray particle with a particle in the atmosphere
a person or thing that shows