showerとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English shour, from 古期英語 scūr, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Dutch schoer, German Schauer, Norwegian skur.

発音

• (英国用法) enPR: shou'ər, IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʊ.ə(ɹ)/
• (米国用法) enPR: shou'ər, IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʊ.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ), -aʊə(ɹ)

名詞

shower (複数形 showers)

1. A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, または a similar fall of snow, sleet, または cascade).

   Today there will be frequent showers and some sunny spells.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Job 24:8:

     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.

   Synonym: shower bath

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

   I′m going to have a shower.

   (英国用法, Australia)

   I′m going to take a shower.

   (especially 米国用法)

   Synonym: shower bath

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

   a shower of sparks;  a meteor shower;  a Gatorade shower

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.

   1. A bridal shower.

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

   2. A baby shower.

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

6. (obsolete) A battle, an attack; conflict.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter xiiij, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX:

     With this I maye be sure to come sauf / and goo sauf / and that the quene shal haue her lyberte as she had before / and neuer for no thynge that hath ben surmysed afore this tyme / she neuer fro this day stande in no peryll / for els sayd sir launcelot I dare auenture me to kepe her from an harder shoure than euer I kepte her

7. (chiefly Ireland, Britain, Australia, derogatory) A shower of shit.
   • 1956, Private's Progress (motion picture):

     You all behaved like a shower, now you are to be treated like a shower

8. (chiefly Ireland, euphemistic, derogatory, with of かつ an invective) Used as an intensifying pluralizer or intensifier
   • 1991, Allen Feldman, Formations of Violence: The Narrative of the Body and Political Terror in Northern Ireland, page 208 (University of Chicago Press; →ISBN, 9780226240718)

     It was one of the worst feelings in the H-Block, one of the worst experiences to sit and listen to somebody getting beat. Because you were totally powerless, and you would always get somebody shouting at the door, “You shower of bastards!” It was always a crowd of screws and one or two naked men in a cell. They had total control.

派生した語

• → Japanese: シャワー (shawā)

動詞

shower (三人称単数 現在形 showers, 現在分詞 showering, 過去形および過去分詞形 showered)

1. (followed by with) To spray with (a specified liquid).
2. To bathe using a shower.
3. To bestow liberally, to give or distribute in abundance
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     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. (intransitive) To rain in a shower; to cascade down.

同意語

• (bathe using a shower): have a shower (英国用法), take a shower (especially 米国用法)

派生語

語源 2

From show +‎ -er.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈʃəʊ.ə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʊ.ɚ/

名詞

shower (複数形 showers)

2. One who shows.
4. some object or activity that is shown in a contest

   Example: That calf is going to be a great shower at the fair this year

5. (slang) A man whose penis appears roughly full size both when flaccid and when erect.

   Antonym: grower

関連する語

• show

Further reading

• shower on Wikipedia.
• Shower (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Howser, Whoser, howers, reshow, whores