| 单词 | flush toilet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflush toilet 8. Of a lavatory, its plumbing, etc., as flush toilet. Also occasionally elliptical. Cf. flush v.2 3, flush-box n., flush-tank n. at Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [adjective] > type of privy, lavatory, or W.C. Turkish1855 washdown1881 flush1908 outside1913 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > types of pan-closet1855 trough-closet1870 tumbler closet1870 pan-latrine1897 flush toilet1950 Porta Potti1968 Johnny-on-the-spot1971 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 604/1 The closet..is furnished with a positive flush valve. 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 605/3 China push button flush in front of tank. 1950 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1949 220 Flush toilets, bathing and laundry, street cleaning, and fire protection require an average of about 40 to 75 gallons per day per capita. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. viii. 216 Flush toilets both wasted potential fertilizer and polluted the streams. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai iii. 38 We were lucky to have arrived after the installation of ‘the flush’. 1967 Guardian 28 Apr. 4/6 A notable change from chemical to flush lavatories, both inside and outside caravans. 1967 Gloss. Sanitation Terms (B.S.I.) 60 Flush valve (flushing valve), a valve, for controlling the flushing of a W.C. pan. < as lemmas |
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