Lavatory
[ 'lævətɔri ]
其它 Other
n. 厕所;盥洗室;<宗>洗礼盆;
💡 词根助记
lav洗,冲洗+atory场所→冲洗的地方→洗手间
📝 例句
The lavatory is vacant.
厕所现在无人使用.
The lavatory won' t flush.
抽水马桶不灵。
Is the lavatory vacant?
厕所里没有人吧?
Where is the ladies' lavatory please?
请问女卫生间在哪儿？
May I use your lavatory I'm bursting! ie I need to urinate urgently.
我可以用用你们的厕所吗--我实在憋不住了.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ laboratory-实验室,lavatory-盥洗室:他在实验室工作后到盥洗室洗手
※ la-拼音“拉”,va-谐音“蛙”,tory- story故事:这是一个关于厕所里拉出青蛙的故事
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-lav-表示“冲洗”
常见变体有-lus-
📖 牛津释义
lavatory
n
1 (also dated 旧亦作 `water-closet) device, usu consisting of a bowl connected to a drain, used for disposing of waste matter from the body 抽水马桶.
2 room, building, etc equipped with this device （有抽水马桶的）厕所. =>Usage at toilet 用法见toilet.
🎯 考研助记
lava(拉屋)+tory(名缀):拉屎的屋即 厕所 网友：yqy 补充：“来我”（谐音）：我来上厕所
🔁 扩展释义
*['lævәtәri]n. 洗脸盆, 厕所
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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That's right. We will take 10 pigs, 10 sheep and sixty chickens. The chickens can eat the food that we would otherwise throw away. They will provide us with eggs and meat.
没错。我们要带上10头猪、10只羊还有60只鸡。鸡吃我们的剩饭剩菜。它们为我们提供蛋和肉。
She was a lively young woman with patience and imagination.
她是一个活泼的女子，具有耐心和想象力。
I always carry matches with me at such times and I tore out the pages of the first chapter of the book I was reading to get the fire going.
在这样的时候我身上总是带着火柴的，为了让火堆燃下去，我从我正在看的那本书的第一章撕下几页。