a toilet 厕所;盥洗室;洗手间 Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesc1He flushed the letter down the loo. 他把那封信冲下了厕所。 We got stuck in a traffic jam and I was desperate for the loo. 我们碰上交通堵塞走不动,我又急着上厕所。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- outside
- gents’
- …
- go to
- use
- be desperate for
- …
- paper
- roll
- in the loo
- on the loo
Word Origin1940s: many theories have been put forward about the word's origin: one suggests the source is Waterloo, a trade name for iron cisterns in the early part of the century; the evidence remains inconclusive.