tearoom

名词 n.
/ˈtiˌɹum/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A café which serves tea, usually with light food.
    — At Rannoch, the platforms were rebuilt. Although the station tearoom couldn't be reached by rail during the closure, which started on October 5, it did help feed and sustain the workforce.
  2. A public lavatory. euphemistic,slang
  3. A public lavatory.; A meeting place for gay men. US,dated,euphemistic,slang
    — I'm deathly afraid of the tearooms though, John. Some of my best friends have been entrapped and busted by the fuzz.
  4. A room in a workplace set aside for tea breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc; a break room. Australia

词形变化

tearooms plural tea room alternative

词源

From tea + room. In reference to a lavatory, probably as a variant of t-room (“toilet room”).
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