| 单词 | the gentlemen's |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe gentlemen's 9. British. Chiefly in plural and in the form the gentlemen's: a lavatory or washroom for men. Cf. gents n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > public > men's the gentlemen's1929 men's room1929 gents1938 1929 ‘H. Green’ Living xviii. 213 ‘You go and leave them in the Gentlemen.’ ‘Leave 'em in the lavatory?’ 1934 E. Waugh Handful of Dust iii. 117 ‘I tell you what I must do, is to telephone. Where is it?’ ‘D'you mean really the telephone or the gentlemen's?’ 1941 J. Cary Herself Surprised xliv. 108 There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema. 2015 @MagnusEngvall 21 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 17 Aug. 2020) Queuing to what I assume is the gentlemens. < as lemmas |
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