call of nature

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The bodily urge to urinate or defecate. euphemistic
    — It appears from the evidence adduced that after the canvass had continued five or six consecutive hours, Mr. FORBES and Mr. DECKER, two inspectors went out (though not in company) as they say in "obedience to a call of nature," and were gone five or ten minutes, leaving the box containing the votes for member of Assembly sealed in the care of one inspector. . . .

词形变化

calls of nature plural
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