vt. 沐浴, 用水洗

vi. 洗澡

Bathe \Bathe\, v. i.
1. To bathe one's self; to take a bath or baths. ``They bathe
in summer.'' --Waller.

2. To immerse or cover one's self, as in a bath. ``To bathe
in fiery floods.'' --Shak. ``Bathe in the dimples of her
cheek.'' --Lloyd.

3. To bask in the sun. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Bathe \Bathe\, n.
The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual
bathe. --Edin. Rev.


Bathe \Bathe\ (b[=a][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bathed}
(b[=a][th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bathing}.] [OE. ba[eth]ien,
AS. ba[eth]ian, fr. b[ae][eth] bath. See 1st {Bath}, and cf.
{Bay} to bathe.]
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.'' --T. Arnold.

3. To moisten or suffuse with a liquid.

And let us bathe our hands in C[ae]sar'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.