n (1)阵雨(雪等)，一阵喷洒的水(short fall of rain or snow，etc; sudden sprinkle of water)[C]：Scattered～s are expected this afternoon. 今天下午可能有零星小雨。a week of scattered～s 下了一周的零星小雨;be caught in a hard/heavy～赶上一阵暴/大雨; Snow～s are predicted. 预报有阵雪。a～of spray 一阵喷雾;〖同〗sprinkle，drizzle，downpour;

(2)大量(great deal of things coming together)[C]：a～of stones/sparks/bullets/arrows/dust/ash/tears 一阵乱石/火花/弹雨/乱箭/灰尘/灰烬/泪水; a～of acorns/falling leaves 橡树果/树叶纷纷落下; A～of contributions reached to the Red Cross. 大批的捐献物品抵达红十字会。a～of wealth 大宗财产; a～of insults/blessings/praise/criticism/questions 一连串的辱骂/祝福/赞扬/批评/问题; a～of letters/cards/presents 大批的信件/明信片/礼物;〖同〗fall，rain，flood;

(3)淋浴(wash in such a condition)[C]：take/have a～淋浴; a～cap 淋浴帽;

(4)淋浴设备(室)(apparatus or space for giving such a bath)[C]： I'm in the～. 我在淋浴室呢。have a～fitted in the bathroom 浴室里装有一套淋浴设备; Our～has a tiled floor. 我们的淋浴室铺了瓷砖地面。

(5)礼物赠送会(party given to bestow presents)[C](AmE)： The neighbours had a～for the girl. 邻居们为那个女孩举行了一次礼品赠送会。a～party 送礼会; a kitchen/linen～厨房用品/亚麻织物赠送会; an engagement～订婚礼品赠送会;a baby～婴儿礼品赠送会;

(6)一群懒或脏的人(group of lazy or dirty people)[C] (尤 BrE)： Now listen，your～of idiots! 听着，你们这群白痴!You're a real～and get your haircut. 你们真是邋遢透顶，快把头发剪掉。

v(1)阵雨般地降落(fall in abundance)[I+prep (on)，I+adv (down)，I+p+(down)+prep (on)]：Dust～ed (down) on us from above. 尘土阵雨般地落在我们身上。The withered leaves came～ing down. 枯萎的树叶纷纷落下。Nuts～ed down when the tree was shaken. 一摇树干，坚果便阵雨般地落了下来。Sincere wishes～ed (down) on the new graduates.大家纷纷向新毕业生表示衷心的祝愿。

(2)使……大量抛弃或给予某人(scatter sth on sb or give sth to sb in large quality)[T+n+prep(with/on/upon)]：～dust/stones/leaflets on sb 把大量的灰尘/石块/传单撒向某人;～benefits/gifts/kindness/affection/blessings upon (on) sb 给予某人大量的恩惠/礼物/仁慈/爱/祝福;Honours were～ed upon the football players. 荣誉纷纷落在这些足球运动员的头上。They～ed confetti on the bride and bridegroom/the bride and bridegroom with confetti. 他们向新娘和新郎撒彩色纸屑。We were～ed with invitations. 大批邀请信雪片儿似的向我们飞来。The first winner was～ed with praise. 第一名获奖者备受人们赞赏。The wave～ed spray over us. 浪头迎面打来，把我们溅得浑身是水。〖同〗bestow，rain，pour，deluge;

(3)淋浴(have a quick bath)[I]：He～ed quickly before he got dressed. 他很快地冲了一个澡后穿上衣服。〖同〗bath;

(4)下阵雨(rain in showers)[I]：It started to～. 开始下起了雨。 〖同〗sprinkle，wet，rain，drizzle;

【辨异】动词shower与spray的区别在于shower通常指某物无意中被意外地洒上水、 灰尘等，如：Dust～ed (down) on us from above.(尘土阵雨般落在我们身上。)而spray是指用某些制剂来喷洒在某物之上以完全覆盖住某物。如：They sprayed the old car with new paint.(他们把旧车喷上一遍新漆。)