| 释义 |
lav|læv|
A colloq. shortening of lavatory n. 4.
1913C. Mackenzie Sinister Street I. vii. 99 Tell the army to line up behind the lav. at four o'clock. 1933D. L. Sayers Murder must Advertise i. 8 You've only got to warn him not to use the directors' lav., and not to tumble down the iron staircase. 1960J. R. Ackerley We think the World of You 51, I asked instead if I could use the lav. 1961[see Elsan]. 1973J. Thomson Death Cap iv. 64 Gilbert Leacock went out to the lav... I heard the chain being pulled. |