toilet
toilet
noun
noun
- a large bowl for urinating or defecating into, typically plumbed into a sewage system and with a flushing mechanism; a lavatory
便池，抽水马桶；洗脸盆，洗手盆
Liz heard the toilet flush.
利兹听到马桶的冲水声。
my tenure was down the toilet.
我的终身职位泡汤了。
■a room, building, or cubicle containing one or more of these
厕所；卫生间；盥洗室，浴室 - [in sing.]the process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one's appearance
梳洗打扮
her toilet completed, she finally went back downstairs.
她梳洗打扮后终于回到楼下。
■[as modifier]denoting articles used in this process
梳洗用具
a bathroom cabinet stocked with toilet articles.
浴室里放满盥洗用具的橱子。
■the cleansing of part of a person's body as a medical procedure
（治疗过程中的身体部位的）清洗
- [with obj.][usu. as noun toileting]assist or supervise (someone, especially an infant or invalid) in using a toilet
照料（婴儿、病人等）上厕所
- mid 16th cent.: from French toilette 'cloth, wrapper', diminutive of toile (see toile). The word originally denoted a cloth used as a wrapper for clothes; then (in the 17th cent.) a cloth cover for a dressing table, the articles used in dressing, and the process of dressing, later also of washing oneself (sense 2). In the 19th cent. the word came to denote a dressing room, and, in the US, one with washing facilities; hence, a lavatory (early 20th cent.)
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