bather /'beida(r)/ noun 1 [C] (6r£) a person who is swim- ming in the sea，a river，etc.(在海、河等中）游泳的人 2 bathers [pi.] {Austral^) = swimming costume, swim­ming TRUNKS

bath-house /'ba:0haos; NAmE 'bae0-/ noun 1 a public building in which there are baths，steam rooms, etc•澡 堂；公共浴室 2  a building in which you change

your clothes for swimming (游泳处的）更衣室 bath.ing /'bei5m/ /7〇wn [li] (6r£) the activity of going into the sea, a river，etc. to swim (到海、河等中的■)游 泳，畅游：ties /or bathing and boating 游分知划船 设施◊ a sa/e bathfng beach —处;可以安全游砵&海滩 'bathing cap noun [especially NAmE) = swimming cap 'bathing costume noun (BrE, old-fashioned) = swim­ming costume

'bathing machine noun a shelter with wheels that people in the past went into to put swimming clothes on, which was then pulled to the edge of the sea so they could swim from it活动更衣室（旧时推到海边） 'bathing suit noun {NAmE or old-fashioned) = swim­ming costume

'bath mat noun 1 a piece of material that you put beside the bath/BATHTUB to stand on when you get out 浴室脚垫（放長浴缸旁）2 a piece of rubber that you put on the bottom of the bath/BATHTUB so that you do not slip浴缸防滑垫（放在浴缸里） bathos /'beiGos; NAmE -0a:s/ noun [U] (format) (in writing or speech 写作或演讲）a sudden change, that is not always intended, from a serious subject or feeling to sth that is silly or not important 突降（指严肃的内容突 然变得荒谬，常非出自本意）

bath-robe /'baiGraub; NAmE 'baeGroub/ (also robe) noun 1 a loose piece of clothing worn before and after taking a bath 浴表；浴袍 2 (M4/r?£) .= dressing gown bath-         〇Tf /'ba:0ru:m; -rum; NAmE 'bse0-/ noun

1                  a r(   which there is a bath/BATHTUB, a wash­

basin and often a toilet 浴室； 盤洗室 ： Go and wash your hands in the bathroom.到盟洗室洗手去。2

a room in which there is a toilet, a sink and sometimes a bath/ bathtub or shower 洗手间■;卫生间：J have to go to the bathroom (= use the toilet).我得上洗手间。◊ Where^ the bathroom? (= for example in a restaurant) 卫生间i哪里？ 〇 note at toilet bath-tub /'ba:0tAb; NAmE baeG-/ noun (especially NAm£) =BATH n.{l)

bath-water /'ba:0wo:ta(r); ； NAmE 'baeGwoitar; -wait-/ now/? [U] water in a batli/BATHTUB 洗澡水 ITiTOI see baby n.

bathy-sphere /'bae0isfi9(r); NAmE -sfir/ noun a round container in which a person can be carried down to the deep ocean, usually used for scientific study 探海球

(载人进行海下观察>

batik /ba'ti:k/ noun [U, C] a method of printing patterns on cloth using wax (= a solid substance made from fat or oil) on the parts that will not have any colour; a piece of doth printed in this way 巴蒂克印花法；蜡防印

花法；蜡染；蜡防印花布

bat-man /'baetman/ noun {pi. -men /-man/) (8r£) the personal servant of an officer in the armed forces 勤务

兵；传令兵

bat mitzvah /.baet 'mitsva/ (also ,bas mitzvah) noun "I a ceremony and celebration that is held for a Jewish girl between the ages of 12 and 14 at which she

accepts the religious responsibilities of an adult 受诚丰L (12至14岁的犹太女孩行@成人礼> 2 the girl who is celebrating this occasion 行受诫礼的女孩一compare BAR MITZVAH

baton I'bsetxm; -to; NAmE ba'tain/ noun 1 {especially Br£) =truncheon： a baton charge (= one made by police carrying batons, to force a crowd back)持警棍驱击

2                  a -thin light stick used by the person (called a conductor) who is in control of an orchestra, etc.

(乐队.）指無棒 3 a small light stick that one member of a team in a relay race passes to the next person to run (接力赛的）接力棒：to pass/htmd over the baton 交接力'棒◊ (figurative) The President handed over the baton (= passed responsibility) to his successor.