bath, bathe
1.作动词用时,以清洁为目的的洗澡用bath,以娱乐或治疗为目的的洗澡(游泳)用bathe。例如:
One baths so as to get clean.
人洗澡是为了清洁。
I don't much care for bathing.
我不大喜欢游泳。
2.作名词用时, bath指室内浴, bathe指室外浴(如河、湖、海等)。例如:
他正在隔壁洗澡。
[误] He is having a bathe in the next door.
[正] He is having a bath in the next door.
3.美式英语中,名词只用bath,动词只用bathe。
4.bathe可用于比喻义,而bath一般不用于比喻意义。