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单词 bidet
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bidetn.

/bidɛ//bɪˈdɛt/
Etymology: < French bidet pony; of unknown origin: compare Old French bider (Godefroy) to trot. In 16th cent. the French word meant also some small kind of dagger. (The Celtic comparisons made by Diez and Littré are rejected by Thurneysen.)
1. A small horse.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > defined by size > small
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tit1548
Galloway1598
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bidet1631
pony1659
runt1725
criollo1894
cuddyc1930
1631 B. Jonson Chloridia 163 I will returne to my selfe, mount my Bidet, in a dance; and coruet vpon my Curtall.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. ii. 18 Then there are thanks for two bidets which Henry sends him.
1863 G. A. Sala Strange Adventures Capt. Dangerous II. vi. 202 I trotted behind on a little Bidet.
2. /ˈbiːdeɪ/. ‘A vessel on a low, narrow stand, which can be bestridden’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon) for bathing purposes. Now usually a shallow oval basin fitted in a bathroom, used for washing the perineum.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > vessel for bathing in > types of
furo1615
semicupium1634
bidet1766
hip bath1806
slipper-bath1829
sitz bath1842
saucer bath1860
Roman tub1911
ofuro1934
bathinette1936
Jacuzzi1966
hot tub1973
plunge pool1973
1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy I. v. 64 Will custom exempt from the imputation of gross indecency a French lady, who shifts her frousy smock in presence of a male visitant, and talks to him of her lavement, her medecine, and her bidet!
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Bidet, commonly pronounced biddy, a kind of tub, contrived for ladies to wash themselves, for which purpose they bestride it like a little French poney, or post horse, called in France bidets.
1801 Ann. Reg. 1799 (Otridge ed.) ii. Useful Projects 401/1 A machine answering the purposes of a portable water-closet, or bidet, and easy chair.
1959 R. Gant World in Jug 60 We checked into our hotel near the Opéra and the boys joked about the bidets.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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