时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

   听说过这样一则笑话:一个外宾想上厕所,便对翻译说:“I wonder if I can gosomewhere?”(我可以方便一下吗?)而翻译却把somewhere误解为“某处”,因而回答道“Yes, you can goanywhere in China。”(行,中国你哪儿都可以去。)外宾不禁愕然。可见,如不了解英语中“厕所”的一些表达法是会误事的。


  1.Public lavatory 1 意为“公厕”。
  在公共场所,厕所门上都标有Gent's(男厕),或Ladies'(女厕),有时也标有 Men's, Men's room, Gentleman's, Women's Women's room. 例如:
  Where is the Gent's?(厕所在哪儿?)
  If you would like a wash, the Gentleman's is just over there。(如果要上厕所,男厕就在那边。)
  2.toilet 是最常用的一个词。可指“公厕”,也可指“私厕”。例如:
  I wonder where the toilet is。(我想知道厕所在哪儿。)
  3.lavatory 是个客气的词,但不如toilet常用。
  4.bathroom 是书面语。
  5.loo 是一个口语词,在英国用得很普通,主要指私人住宅中的厕所。例如:
  Excuse me, would you like to tell me where the loo is?(请问,厕所在哪儿?)
  6.powder room 是美语,女士常用。例如:
  I would like to powder my nose。就表现了美国人的幽默。
  7.wash room, washing room, restroom 常用于美国英语。
  8.W.C。是water closet 的缩写,常用于英国英语,表示“有抽水没有设备的厕所”,有时也可用手势表示,即拇指和食指圈成圆,其他三指向上,模仿成英文W和C的形态。
  9.John 是俚语。例如:
  Last night I went to visit John twice。(昨晚我去了趟厕所。)
  10.go and see one's aunt 是俚语,常用于英国英语,表示“上厕所”“去大便”。

n.盥洗室,厕所
  • Is there any lavatory in this building?这座楼里有厕所吗?
  • The use of the lavatory has been suspended during take-off.在飞机起飞期间,盥洗室暂停使用。
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