gentlemen's room

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any room intended for use by men, particularly
    — From the indenture... we learn that the house [sc. the Fortune Theater] had three tiers, consisting of boxes, rooms, and galleries; that there were "two-penny rooms," and "gentlemen's"...
  2. Any room intended for use by men; A waiting room in a railway station or other public building, often including a separate lavatory. historical
    — ...Passenger House, containing ticket office, baggage room, ladies' room, gentlemen's room, water closet, say 50 feet by 20 feet...
  3. Any room intended for use by men; Synonym of men's room: a public lavatory intended for males. dated,euphemistic
    — In each ladies' lavatory-room in the palace there were four pairs of these basins, and in each gentlemen's room three pairs and a range of five.

词形变化

gentlemen's rooms plural

词源

Originally a clipped form of waiting room; in later use, a clipped form of lavatory room, toilet room, private room, etc.
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