1. 抽水馬桶;便池 A toilet is a large bowl with a seat, or a platform with a hole, which is connected to a water system and which you use when you want to get rid of urine or faeces from your body.
e.g. She made Tina flush the pills down the toilet. 她讓蒂娜把藥丸扔進(jìn)馬桶里沖走。
2. 廁所;衛(wèi)生間;洗手間 A toilet is a room in a house or public building that contains a toilet.
e.g. Annette ran and locked herself in the toilet... 安妮特跑向洗手間,把自己鎖在里面。 e.g. Fred never uses public toilets. 弗雷德從不使用公共廁所。
in AM, use 美國英語用 bathroom, rest room
3. 上廁所;上洗手間 You can say that someone goes to the toilet to mean that they get rid of waste substances from their body, especially when you want to avoid using words that you think may offend people.
in AM, usually use 美國英語通常用 go to the bathroom
toilet英英釋義
noun
1. the act of dressing and preparing yourself
e.g. he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast
Synonym: toilette
2. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
Synonym: lavatorylavcanjohnprivybathroom
3. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Synonym: cancommodecrapperpotpottystoolthrone
4. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
e.g. his career was in the gutter all that work went down the sewer pensions are in the toilet