- [countable]
a large bowl attached to a pipe that you sit on or stand over when you get rid of waste matter from your body 坐便器；抽水马桶 
Have you flushed the toilet? 你冲厕所了吗？ - (British English)
I need to go to the toilet (= use the toilet). 我得去趟洗手间。 a toilet seat 马桶座圈 the toilet bowl 马桶 toilet facilities 卫生设施 Do you need the toilet? 你需要用洗手间吗？ The girl asked if she could use the toilet. 女孩问她是否可以用厕所。 The hotels usually have modern showers and toilets. 酒店通常有现代化的淋浴和厕所。
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa1He flushed the letter down the toilet. 他把信扔进抽水马桶冲掉了。 The caravan is equipped with a sink and a flush toilet. 房车配有一个洗涤池和一个抽水马桶。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flush
- flushing
- portable
- …
- go to
- use
- visit
- …
- bowl
- seat
- paper
- …
- in the toilet
- on the toilet
- (British English) (North American English bathroom)[countable]
a room containing a toilet 厕所；卫生间；盥洗室 Every flat has its own bathroom and toilet. 每套公寓都带有洗澡间和盥洗室。 Who's in the toilet? 谁在用厕所？ There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats. 楼梯平台上有一个公共卫生间供 4 套公寓使用。 There is a separate downstairs toilet. 楼下有单独的厕所。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- communal
- shared
- …
- (British English) [countable] (also toilets [plural])
a room or small building containing several toilets, each in a separate smaller room （有几个分隔坐便器的）厕所间，厕所 public toilets 公共厕所 toilet facilities 卫生设施 Could you tell me where the ladies' toilet is, please? 请问哪里有女厕所？ The toilets are located in the entrance area. 卫生间在入口位置。 a disabled toilet (= for disabled people) 残疾人专用厕所 His new duties included cleaning the toilets. 他的新职责包括打扫厕所。
British/American toilet / bathroomtoilet / bathroom- In British English, but not in North American English, the room that has a toilet in it is usually referred to as the toilet. This room in people’s houses can also be called the lavatory, or informally, the loo. An extra downstairs toilet in a house can be called the cloakroom. In public places, especially on signs, the words toilets, Gents (for men’s toilets) or Ladies (for women’s toilets) are used for a room or small building containing several toilets. You might also see WC or Public Conveniences on some signs.
- In North American English the room that contains a toilet is called the bathroom, never the toilet. A room with a toilet in a public place can also be called a restroom, ladies’ room, women’s room or men’s room. Washroom is also used, especially in Canada.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- communal
- shared
- …
- [uncountable] (old-fashioned)
the process of washing and dressing yourself, arranging your hair, etc. 梳洗；打扮
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French toilette ‘cloth, wrapper’, diminutive of toile ‘cloth, web’, from Latin tela ‘web’. The word originally denoted a cloth used as a wrapper for clothes; then (in the 17th cent.) a cloth cover for a dressing table, the articles used in dressing, and the process of dressing, later also of washing oneself (sense (4)). In the 19th cent. the word came to denote a dressing room, and, in the US, one with washing facilities; hence, a lavatory (early 20th cent.).