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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- toilet [ 'tɔɪlɪt] [ 'tɔɪlɪt]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- toilet ['tɔɪlɪt]
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1.
n
another word for lavatory
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2.
n
[old-fashioned]
the act of dressing and preparing oneself
- to make one's toilet
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3.
n
[old-fashioned]
a dressing table or the articles used when making one's toilet
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4.
n
[rare]
costume
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5.
n
the cleansing of a wound, etc, after an operation or childbirth
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6.
n
[Etymology]
C16: from French toilette dress, from
toile
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1.
n
another word for lavatory
Examples
- pay toilet
- 自动收费的厕所 → pay
- toilet articles
- 梳妆用具 → toilet
- a toilet brush
- 便池用刷 → toilet
- The toilet is on the left side of the front desk.
- 厕所就在前台左边。 → toilet
- Flush the toilet after each using.
- 便后请冲水。 → toilet
- The toilet is the cleanest place in the house.
- 厕所是这个房间里最干净的地方。 → toilet
- She spends two hours every day over her toilet.
- 她每天花两个小时梳妆打扮。 → toilet
- We only had an outside toilet.
- 我们只有一个户外厕所。 → outside
- to go to the toilet
- [esp BRIT] 上厕所 → toilet
- a pay toilet → pay
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