toilet
n.厕所，盥洗室；梳洗，梳妆
释义2：
toilet
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◙ noun1. 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.)
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