| 单词 | public convenience |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspublic convenience d. A particular appliance; a utensil; formerly applied commonly to a conveyance; now often used euphemistically, spec. a (public) lavatory, a water-closet; esp. in public convenience. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > [noun] passagec1300 carriagea1398 port1598 conveyancea1616 vehicle1641 conveniency1660 convenience1671 machine1687 voiture1698 transportation1853 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance compassinga1300 graithc1375 jetc1380 cautelc1440 quaint?a1450 invention1546 trick1548 frame1558 fashion1562 device1570 conveyance1596 address1598 molition1598 fabric1600 machine1648 fancy1665 art1667 fanglementa1670 convenience1671 conveniency1725 contraption1825 affair1835 rig1845 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory closet1496 water closet1736 water closet1747 throne room1787 W.C.1815 netty1825 convenience1841 Johnny1847 lavabo1852 restrooma1856 small room1858 cloakroom1865 lavatory1874 bathroom1883 toilet1886 can1900 place1902 lav1913 washroom1919 head1920 lavvy1922 dike1923 smallest room1930 John1931 khazi1932 loo1940 biffy1942 Wa1953 shitcan1954 commode1958 cludgie1961 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > public vespasienne1834 public lavatory1880 chalet1881 public toilet1895 rear1902 cottage1909 comfort station1923 public convenience1938 vespasian1938 facility1939 superloo1965 1671 Sir C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 65 Before they can order theyr convenience to London by land. 1700 Gov. Nicholson in W. S. Perry Hist. Coll. Amer. Colonial Church: Virginia (1870) I. 120 To find a convenience and provide necessaries for his voyage hither. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xxxix. 19 A convenience to spit in appeared on one side of her chair. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. xii. xi. 293 A man packed up in this leather convenience, with a wife and two children. 1841 S. Bamford Passages Life Radical I. xlii. 236 A convenience, from which emanated the disagreeableness. 1883 Manch. Examiner 30 Oct. 8/4 A post-office car, which contains that great convenience a letter box. 1883 Stevenson in Longman's Mag. 2 296 An American railroad-car..with a stove and a convenience, one at either end. 1938 O. Lancaster Pillar to Post p. xiii The cathedral, the Dean's house..and the public convenience..are all ‘architecture’. 1958 B. Hamilton Too Much of Water ix. 185 Gents and Ladies bathrooms and conveniences. 1963 V. Nabokov Gift iii. 156 A public convenience with thujas around it. public convenience public convenience n. (a) the convenience of the public; (b) (originally) a facility available for public use; (now) spec. a lavatory for the use of the public, a public toilet. ΚΠ 1658 W. Sanderson Compl. Hist. Life King Charles 431 Acts of so high injustice, as no publick convenience can expiate or compensate. 1739 Old Whig II. lxxx. 246 On terms which may without any injustice be limited, regulated, diminished, or extinguished, for the public convenience, by the legislature. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 133 St. Helier is a well-built and well-inhabited Town, accommodated with public Conveniences, and much improved of late Years. 1775 J. Campbell Polit. Surv. Brit. (ed. 2) III. 275 The repairing old and making new roads and other public conveniences. 1843 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 6 278/2 Public convenience demanded great accuracy in weighing the currency. 1921 G. D. H. Cole Future of Local Govt. ii. 15 There is an overwhelming case, from the standpoint of public convenience and efficiency of service, for the regional planning of publicly owned road transport services. 1931 D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings xiv. 154 A small alley..containing..a public convenience. 2004 C. Connelly Attention All Shipping (2005) 167 I reached the end of the esplanade, passed the public conveniences and the beach huts. < as lemmas |
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