| 释义 |
bathroom
[bath n.1]
A room containing a bath and often other toilet facilities. Hence also euphem. for a lavatory.
1780Coxe Russ. Disc. 99 An empty Russian dwelling, and near it a bath-room. 1888Barrie When a Man's Single xv. 242 What are politics when the pipes in the bathroom burst? 1934J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) iv. 108 Julian wanted to go to the bathroom after the dinner party stood up, and on his way to the men's locker room he had to pass Mrs. Gorman's table. 1946‘J. Tey’ Miss Pym Disposes ii. 9 It would show on the bathroom scales at the end of the week, but who cared? 1956A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 260 The Prince of Venosa could never go to the bathroom (cacare non poterat) unless he had first been flogged. 1960Times 14 Sept. 12/7 It is necessary [in U.S.A.]..to realize just what a rest room or bathroom is. I did find it odd..when told that a small day school..had a bathroom on every floor. 1962J. Braine Life at Top xiii. 144 The bathroom cabinet crammed with eau-de-Cologne and talcum and bath salts. 1967House & Garden June 88/4 Bathroom scales..with magnified reading panel, 56s. 9d. 1968Listener 22 Feb. 228/2 An unfortunate amount of the humour in other light British programmes tends to centre around the bathroom. |