| 释义 |
washroom orig. and chiefly N. Amer.|ˈwɒʃruːm|
[f. wash v. + room n.1]
a. A room equipped for washing oneself.
b. A lavatory or W.C.
1806in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1809) X. 77 They have usually two good rooms in front, bed-rooms, kitchen, wash-room, and other convenient apartments in the rear. 1855‘P. Paxton’ Capt. Priest 160 Finally a long wash⁓room completed the odd assemblage. 1878R. T. Cooke Happy Dodd 293 He..fairly went down on his knees to her in the wash-room. 1892Gunter Miss Dividends v, He ejaculates nervously: ‘I'll just wash my hands, and be with you in a moment,’ and moves hurriedly back to the gentlemen's wash-room at the rear of the car. 1908S. E. White Riverman xi, That evening..Orde returned to the hotel. After freshening up in the marbled and boarded wash-room, he hunted up Newmark. 1941Auden New Year Let. iii. 54 In Pullman washrooms. 1952S. Spender Learning Laughter 140 The indoor separate lavatory and washroom with shower. 1962A. Lurie Love & Friendship iv. 76 The jokes one makes in washrooms. 1978Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. (Parade Suppl.) 12/3 A queasy stomach sends him dashing for the washroom on bumpy plane flights. 1980Ottawa Citizen 16 June 35/2 Washroom sex can mean a hand reaching for a groin underneath toilet cubicles or it can involve two men in the cubicle. |