单词 | toilet |
释义 | toilet /toy"lit/, n. 1. a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination. 2. a lavatory. 3. a bathroom. 4. See toilet bowl. 5. a dressing room, esp. one containing a bath. 6. the act or process of dressing or grooming oneself, including bathing and arranging the hair: to make one's toilet; busy at her toilet. 7. See toilet set. 8. the dress or costume of a person; any particular costume: toilet of white silk. 9. Surg. the cleansing of a part after childbirth or a wound after an operation. 10. Archaic. See dressing table. 11. go down (or in) the toilet, to become worthless or profitless; be doomed: The team's entire season went down the toilet. Also, toilette (for defs. 6, 8). [1530-40; < F toilette small cloth, doily, dressing table, equiv. to toile TOIL2 + -ette -ET] |
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