单词 | call of nature |
释义 | call of natureSEE SYNONYMS FOR call of nature ON THESAURUS.COM noun Informal.a need to urinate or defecate. Origin of call of natureFirst recorded in 1850–55 Words nearby call of naturecall money, call names, call number, call of duty, call off, call of nature, call on, call one's own, call on the carpet, callop, callosal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with call of naturecall of nature Need to urinate or defecate, as in He left to answer the call of nature. This euphemism may be dying out. [Mid-1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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