Shower

(noun.) washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle; 'he took a shower after the game'.

(noun.) a plumbing fixture that sprays water over you; 'they installed a shower in the bathroom'.

(noun.) a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; 'a little shower of rose petals'; 'a sudden cascade of sparks'.

(noun.) a party of friends assembled to present gifts (usually of a specified kind) to a person; 'her friends organized a baby shower for her when she was expecting'.

(noun.) a brief period of precipitation; 'the game was interrupted by a brief shower'.

(verb.) take a shower; wash one's body in the shower; 'You should shower after vigorous exercise'.

(verb.) spray or sprinkle with; 'The guests showered rice on the couple'.

(verb.) rain abundantly; 'Meteors showered down over half of Australia'.

(verb.) provide abundantly with; 'He showered her with presents'.

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• On sped my rainbow, fast as light; I flew as in a dream; For glorious rose upon my sight That child of Shower and Gleam. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A shower of tears terminated her sad harangue. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Though stoical, I was not quite a stoic; drops streamed fast on my hands, on my desk: I wept one sultry shower, heavy and brief. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• No gleam of fire, no glittering shower of sparks, no roar of bellows; all shut up, and still. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I will not sit down upon nothing, she replies with a shower of nods. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• What wasteful desolation have we not suffered from the deluge of a sudden shower! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• These letters have been falling about like a shower of lady-birds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The pleasant showers and genial warmth of spring greatly altered the aspect of the earth. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• We rested, unpacked, and shopped a little between the showers. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• His nose once brought to it, shall be held to it by these hands, Mr Venus, till the sparks flies out in showers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• How have I delighted, as I walked, to see them driven in showers about me by the wind! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• We were greeted with an endless round of applause and showered with ornaments of gold, platinum, silver, and precious jewels. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Pale as the snow that showered about her, with clasped hands, Idris stood before me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She showered upon him the tenderest epithets that love could devise, he addressed her from the North Pole of his frozen heart as the Spouse of Christ! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Long before we saw the sea, its spray was on our lips, and showered salt rain upon us. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Compliments, invitations, and presents were showered upon him in abundance from all quarters; his society was courted by all, and all appeared proud of his acquaintance. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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