单词 | comfort room |
释义 | > as lemmascomfort room comfort room n. (originally) a room in a public building or workplace furnished with amenities such as facilities for resting, personal hygiene, and storage of personal items (now rare); (later) a public toilet (now chiefly Philippine English); cf. restroom n. ΚΠ 1886 Santa Fe Daily New Mexican 24 Dec. On the west side of the third floor..are the large public comfort rooms, closets, lavatories, cloak rooms, post-office, etc. 1920 Railway Age 2 Apr. 1087/1 The men are provided with comfort rooms, containing stoves, toilet facilities, wash basins, etc. 1929 Decatur (Illinois) Herald 7 Nov. 18/3 In the back of the retail salesroom..are women's and men's comfort rooms. 1985 F. Marcos in N.Y. Times 1 Nov. a10/5 I was able to urinate as much as 3,000 c.c. in one day... If you'd seen me going to the comfort room. 2009 C. S. Bond & L. M. Simons Next Front v. 56 A pink-painted ‘comfort room’, said to be the first indoor flush toilet on the island. < as lemmas |
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