| 单词 | lavatory |
| 释义 | lavatory (once / 9448 pages) n A lavatory is a bathroom or a restroom. You should go to a restaurant's lavatory to wash your hands before dinner. Lavatory is a slightly formal way to say "bathroom." Most people would never refer to this room in their own homes as a lavatory, although they might use this word for public restrooms in schools, hospitals, or other buildings. In the U.K., a lavatory is just a toilet, and its earliest meaning was "washbasin," from the Latin root lavatorium, or "place for washing." WORD FAMILYlavatory: lavatories USAGE EXAMPLESPublic lavatories, which were not common at the time, were often just several toilet holes in a row built over a river. Washington Post(Nov 15, 2016) Their caution seem to be well-grounded, as people online have been less than enthusiastic about the unisex lavatory. BBC(Oct 31, 2016) B/E, based in Wellington, Florida, makes aircraft cabin interiors including seating, storage and lavatory systems. Seattle Times(Oct 24, 2016) 1n a room or building equipped with one or more toilets Syn|Hypo|Hyper bathroom, can, john, lav, privy, toilet head (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship comfort station, convenience, public convenience, public lavatory, public toilet, restroom, toilet facility, wash rooma toilet that is available to the public washrooma lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place) W.C., closet, loo, water closeta toilet in Britain ladies' room, powder rooma woman's restroom in a public (or semipublic) building latrinea public toilet in a military area men's, men's rooma public toilet for men room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling 2n a toilet that is cleaned of waste by the flow of water through it Syn|Hyper flush toilet can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne, toilet a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination 3n a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face Syn|Hyper basin, washbasin, washbowl, washstand sink plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe |
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