lavatory

Lavatory為英語常用名詞，指代廁所、盥洗室或洗手池等衛生設施，其複數形式為lavatories，英式與美式發音略有差異。該詞既可用於描述獨立洗手間，也可特指盥洗設備，常見於建築、交通（如飛機衛生間）及公共衛生領域，常見搭配如public lavatory（公共廁所）、lavatory basin（盥洗盆）等。

其內涵涵蓋多種場景：在公共設施中代指廁所空間，在宗教或歷史建築中可指淨手器具，現代用法則擴展至包含抽水馬桶的衛生房間。部分語境下與bathroom、washroom等近義詞通用，但更偏正式用語。

詞源可追溯至拉丁語lavare（清洗），最初指宗教儀式中的淨手器具或洗滌場所，14世紀後逐步演變為現代衛生設施術語。19世紀隨抽水馬桶普及，詞義進一步擴展為“含沖水設備的廁所房間”。

基本介紹

• 外文名：lavatory
• 詞性：名詞

單詞釋義

英 [ˈlævətri] 美 [ˈlævətɔːri]

n. 盥洗室，廁所；（洗手間內的）洗臉盆，洗手池

[ 複數 lavatories ]

短語搭配

folding lavatory 折式盥洗台 ; 折式盥洗器 ; 摺疊盥洗器 ; 摺疊式盥洗台

lavatory flush 盥洗室充水箱

health lavatory 衛生廁所

public lavatory 公共廁所

lavatory floor 盥洗室地板

lavatory truck 衛生間清潔車

lavatory basin 盥洗盆

macs lavatory 男廁所

雙語例句

• The nearest public lavatory is at the station. 最近的公共廁所在車站。
• There's an alcove with a small sink and mirror, and a door to the tiny, but private lavatory. 壁龕里有一個小洗臉盆和一面鏡子，還有一扇門通往一個微型但私用的盥洗室。
• The Emilio Carranza School's freshly painted walls, new lavatory doors and flower-beds show a way forward. 埃米利奧·卡蘭薩學校新粉刷的牆壁、新的廁所門和花床為我們指明了前進的道路。
• His mute and illiterate mother, and her extended family, raised her two sons in a small flat in Algiers with neither a lavatory nor running water. 他沉默寡言目不識丁的母親和她的大家庭在阿爾及爾的一間小公寓裡撫養她的兩個兒子，那裡既沒有廁所，也沒有自來水。
• There's a bathroom and a lavatory upstairs. 樓上有浴室和衛生間。
• The latest scare is the computer keyboard: supposedly it contains nearly 70 times more microbes than the average lavatory seat. 最新的嚇人的東西是電腦鍵盤：據說，平均而言，比起一般馬桶座， 鍵盤細菌的數量多了將近70倍。
• I've just been to the lavatory. 我剛去過盥洗室梳洗了一番。
• Where's the lavatory? 廁所在哪裡？
• We have lavatory inside the VIP lounge. 我們VIP休息室里設有洗手間。
• Each of the classrooms has an adjoining quiet room and lavatory. 每間教室都有一間相鄰的安靜房間和廁所。
• It is not the only airline looking to the lavatory to save money. 全日空公司並非唯一一家指望通過廁所來省錢的航空公司。
• I got an antique tub with a faucet trickling down in the small lavatory. 我的臥室緊挨著樓下的客廳，小衛生間裡老式澡盆的水龍頭滴滴答答地漏水。
• One in three American men does not wash his hands after using a public lavatory. 1/3的美國男人在公共廁所如廁後不洗手。
• Even if it means that the visitor has to leave the bottles behind in an airport lavatory. 即使這意味著參觀者不得不把酒倒進機場的廁所。
• There’s an alcove with a small sink and mirror, and a door to the tiny, but private lavatory. 壁龕里有一個小小的洗臉盆和一面鏡子，一扇門通往一個微型但私用的廁所間。
• Computer keyboards can harbour more harmful bacteria than a lavatory seat, it has been claimed. 已經證實，計算機鍵盤比馬桶座更容易成為有害細菌的溫床。
• Shanghai is plastered with advertisements on everything from airport trolleys to lavatory walls. 在上海，從飛機場的手推車到洗手間的牆面都無一倖免地被貼上各種廣告。
• Once finished, the lavatory will often flush automatically, lower the seat and then clean itself. 一旦方便結束，馬桶通常會自己沖水，放低座位，自我清潔。
• Present lavatory installation practices and recommended standards, however, preclude such a posture... 目前的安裝廁所的執業和推薦性標準，卻忽略這樣一種現狀…。
• "To be honest, I probably use it more often than the internal lavatory now. It's just so convenient." 老實說，我現在用這間室外廁所的次數比室內的還要多，非常方便。
• But the Emilio Carranza school's freshly painted walls, new lavatory doors and flower-beds show a way forward. 但是埃米利奧·卡蘭薩學校新粉刷的牆壁、新的廁所門和花床表明了未來的方向。
• ''Most of time, I was strapped and tied with rough coir strings except when they allowed me to go to the lavatory.'' 我知道自己會被殺害，我沒有機會。很多時候，我被用椰殼纖維做的粗繩捆起來，只有他們允許我上廁所時才能鬆綁。
• In September several tweeted live on the plight of two women who were hiding in an airport lavatory in Jiangxi province. 9月，一些推特發推直播了兩位躲在江西省機場廁所的女性的困境。
• "I've wanted a red telephone box for years and I didn't have an outside lavatory, so I thought I could combine the two." 這些年我一直想有個紅色電話亭，而且我沒有室外衛生間，所以我覺得可以把兩者合二為一。
• He read truly great books on the lavatory, and maintained that some, Ulysses for instance, could not be fully appreciated elsewhere. 他確實在廁所里完成了一些名著的閱讀，而且堅持認為，其中的一些作品(比如，《尤利西斯》)的妙處是在其他地方無法完全領悟的。
• Sam has lost interest in flushing underwear down the lavatory, I am pleased to say, but he still likes tipping shampoo down the drain. 不過我可以欣慰地說，Sam對把褲衩放在馬桶里衝掉已經失去興趣了。但他還是喜歡把洗髮液往水池裡倒。