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单词 toilet
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toilet

noun
 
/ˈtɔɪlət/
/ˈtɔɪlət/
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    [countable] a large bowl attached to a pipe that you sit on or stand over when you get rid of waste matter from your body
    • Have you flushed the toilet?
    • (British English) I need to go to the toilet (= use the toilet).
    • a toilet seat
    • the toilet bowl
    • toilet facilities
    • Do you need the toilet?
    • The girl asked if she could use the toilet.
    • The hotels usually have modern showers and toilets.
    Extra Examples
    • He flushed the letter down the toilet.
    • The caravan is equipped with a sink and a flush toilet.
    Topics Houses and homesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • flush
    • flushing
    • portable
    verb + toilet
    • go to
    • use
    • visit
    toilet + noun
    • bowl
    • seat
    • paper
    preposition
    • in the toilet
    • on the toilet
    See full entry
  2.  
    (British English)
    (North American English bathroom)
    [countable] a room containing a toilet
    • Every flat has its own bathroom and toilet.
    • Who's in the toilet?
    • There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats.
    • There is a separate downstairs toilet.
    Topics Houses and homesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • public
    • communal
    • shared
    See full entry
  3.  
    (British English) [countable]
    (also toilets [plural])
    a room or small building containing several toilets, each in a separate smaller room
    • public toilets
    • toilet facilities
    • Could you tell me where the ladies' toilet is, please?
    • The toilets are located in the entrance area.
    • a disabled toilet (= for disabled people)
    • His new duties included cleaning the toilets.
    British/American toilet / bathroomtoilet / bathroom
    • In British English, but not in North American English, the room that has a toilet in it is usually referred to as the toilet. This room in people’s houses can also be called the lavatory, or informally, the loo. An extra downstairs toilet in a house can be called the cloakroom. In public places, especially on signs, the words toilets, Gents (for men’s toilets) or Ladies (for women’s toilets) are used for a room or small building containing several toilets. You might also see WC or Public Conveniences on some signs.
    • In North American English the room that contains a toilet is called the bathroom, never the toilet. A room with a toilet in a public place can also be called a restroom, ladies’ room, women’s room or men’s room. Washroom is also used, especially in Canada.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • public
    • communal
    • shared
    See full entry
  4. [uncountable] (old-fashioned) the process of washing and dressing yourself, arranging your hair, etc.
  5. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French toilette ‘cloth, wrapper’, diminutive of toile ‘cloth, web’, from Latin tela ‘web’. The word originally denoted a cloth used as a wrapper for clothes; then (in the 17th cent.) a cloth cover for a dressing table, the articles used in dressing, and the process of dressing, later also of washing oneself (sense (4)). In the 19th cent. the word came to denote a dressing room, and, in the US, one with washing facilities; hence, a lavatory (early 20th cent.).
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