showernoun詞源 1/ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/

• 1

  A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.

  • Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.
  • They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter.
• 2

  A device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump.

• 3

  An instance of using of this device in order to bathe oneself.

  • I’m going to have a shower.
  • I’m going to take a shower.
• 4

  A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.

  • a shower of sparks;  a meteor shower;  a Gatorade shower
  • The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire.
• 5

  A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.

  • Would male strippers be appropriate for the divorce shower?
  • Her church group has planned an adoption shower.
• 6

  A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.

  • The shower will be held at the home of the bridesmaid.
• 7

  A party associated with a significant event in a person's life, at which the person usually receives gifts.

  • Her friends are throwing her a shower after her mom leaves.
• 8

  artshobbiesjugglingA pattern where the juggler passes objects horizontally from one hand to the other around chest height, and upward over the juggler's head to return to the first hand.

  • See also shower (juggling) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

showerverb詞源 1/ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/

• 1

  To spray with (a specified liquid) (followed by with).

• 2

  To bathe using a shower.

• 3

  To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance.

  • He showered his new partner with expensive gifts.
  • The individual in the army becomes used to holding human life in contempt, in fact the greater the slaughter, the greater is his merit; and the more medals, ribbons, and honors of hero-worship are showered on him, the more he becomes, after a time, indifferent to all sorts of human suffering and loss of human life.
• 4

  To rain in a shower; to cascade down.

showernoun詞源 2/ˈʃəʊ.ə(ɹ)/

• 1

  One who shows.

  • When you show a credential there's a protocol whereby the showee has assurance that the shower possesses a credential of the particular type without actually seeing the bit string.
  • Once the showee looks at the object, the shower removes his or her gaze from the showee and gazes back at the object (see below and Fig. 5.2).
• 2

  An object or activity that is shown in a contest.

  • That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year.
• 3

  slangA person whose penis is close to its erect size when flaccid; the penis itself.

  • As a man who can best be described as a "grower not a shower", I helped Brent realize that many people in the gay community are concerned in a very adolescent way with their dick size, including me.
  • "Growers" are guys whose penises tend to contract a lot lengthwise when flaccid, while "show-ers" are guys whose penises could be said to merely "deflate" without contracting much in length.