toilet
英 ['t??l?t]
美['t??l?t]
- n. 廁所，盥洗室；梳妝，打扮
- vi. 梳妝，打扮
- vt. 給…梳妝打扮
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?toilets;
助記提示
1. toil let it out 老外辛苦的讓……出來.
中文詞源
toilet 梳妝，打扮，廁所，衛(wèi)生間
來自 toil,網(wǎng)，-et,小詞后綴。字面意思即小網(wǎng)，引申詞義小袋子，后用于指廁所掛衣服或化 妝品的網(wǎng)兜或袋子，引申詞義梳妝，打扮，梳妝室，并最終主要用于指廁所，衛(wèi)生間。
英文詞源
- toilet (n.)
- 1530s, earliest in English in an obsolete sense "cover or bag for clothes," from Middle French toilette "a cloth; a bag for clothes," diminutive of toile "cloth, net" (see toil (n.2)). Toilet acquired an association with upper class dressing by 18c., through the specific sense "a fine cloth cover on the dressing table for the articles spread upon it;" thence "the articles, collectively, used in dressing" (mirror, bottles, brushes, combs, etc.). Subsequent sense evolution in English (mostly following French uses) is to "act or process of dressing," especially the dressing and powdering of the hair (1680s); then "a dressing room" (1819), especially one with a lavatory attached; then "lavatory or porcelain plumbing fixture" (1895), an American euphemistic use.
Toilet paper is attested from 1884 (the Middle English equivalent was arse-wisp). Toilet training is recorded from 1940.
雙語例句
- 1. The original kitchen was sandwiched between the breakfast room and the toilet.
- 廚房最初夾在早餐廳和廁所之間。
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- 2. The toilet was full to the brim with insects.
- 廁所里爬滿了蟲子。
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- 3. She made Tina flush the pills down the toilet.
- 她讓蒂娜把藥丸扔進馬桶里沖走。
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- 4. He was found trying to flush banknotes down the toilet.
- 他試圖把鈔票從馬桶里沖走時被發(fā)現(xiàn)。
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- 5. Wash your hands after using the toilet.
- 便后要洗手。
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