necessary place

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A place used for the business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory. euphemistic,obsolete
    — He bought, for example, a common edition of Horace, of which he tore off gradually a couple of pages, carried them with him to that necessary place, read them first, and then sent them down as a sacrifice to Cloacina: this was so much time fairly gained, and I recommend you to follow his example.

词形变化

necessary places plural

词源

Likely formed under influence from necessarium (“monastic latrine, outhouse, or lavatory”) and necessary (“outhouse; lavatory”).
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