lavabo

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ləˈveɪbəʊ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.
  2. The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.
    — These small liturgical towels got […] the name of Lavabo cloths or Lavaboes.
  3. A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.
    — […] the […] pontiff, as he […] moved his hands […] at the Lavabo, or at the various benedictions […]
  4. A trough used for washing at some medieval monasteries.
  5. A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. euphemistic,humorous
    — Mr. Pond fussed out and she heard the door of the little lavabo in the passage open with a loud creak.

词形变化

lavabos plural lavaboes plural

词源

From the Christian ritual, which was traditionally accompanied in Catholicism by a recitation of Psalm 25:6 (Psalm 26:6, in the Hebrew and in most modern translations) which in Latin begins with the word lavābō (“I will wash”). The sense of "room with a toilet" developed under the influence of lavatory and lav.
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