toilet的中文意思

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toilet
/ 5tCilit /

◙ noun
1. 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
2. [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
◙ (toileted, toileting)
1. [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

【语源】

1. 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.)