toilet的词源

英文词源

toilet (n.)

1530s, earliest in English in an obsolete sense "cover or bag for clothes," from Middle French toilette "a cloth; a bag for clothes," diminutive of toile "cloth, net" (see toil (n.2)). Toilet acquired an association with upper class dressing by 18c., through the specific sense "a fine cloth cover on the dressing table for the articles spread upon it;" thence "the articles, collectively, used in dressing" (mirror, bottles, brushes, combs, etc.). Subsequent sense evolution in English (mostly following French uses) is to "act or process of dressing," especially the dressing and powdering of the hair (1680s); then "a dressing room" (1819), especially one with a lavatory attached; then "lavatory or porcelain plumbing fixture" (1895), an American euphemistic use.

Toilet paper is attested from 1884 (the Middle English equivalent was arse-wisp). Toilet training is recorded from 1940.

中文词源

toilet（厕所）：用作梳妆台台布的小块薄麻布

很多人一看到英语单词toilet就想到“厕所”，其实，在历史上，toilet这个词跟厕所一点关系也没有。它来自法语，原本是toile（一种薄麻布）的指小形式，本意是“一小块薄麻布”，表示用来包衣服的布，后来词义演变为“梳妆台台布”，后来继续演变为“梳妆打扮”，在往后演变为“梳妆室”。由于女性经常在厕所里盥洗和梳妆打扮，所以人们又将厕所美其名曰toilet。由此可见，toilet是“厕所”的雅称，本身并不含有“厕所”之一。并且，作动词时，toilet不是“上厕所”的意思，而是“梳洗打扮”的意思。

toilet：['tɒɪlɪt] n.厕所，盥洗室，洗手间vi.梳妆，打扮，盥洗vt.给……梳妆打扮

toile：[twɑːl] n.薄麻布，一种棉质印花布

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：toilet 词源，toilet 含义。

toilet：梳妆，打扮，厕所，卫生间

来自 toil,网，-et,小词后缀。字面意思即小网，引申词义小袋子，后用于指厕所挂衣服或化 妆品的网兜或袋子，引申词义梳妆，打扮，梳妆室，并最终主要用于指厕所，卫生间。

toilet：梳妆，打扮，厕所，卫生间

来自 toil,网，-et,小词后缀。字面意思即小网，引申词义小袋子，后用于指厕所挂衣服或化 妆品的网兜或袋子，引申词义梳妆，打扮，梳妆室，并最终主要用于指厕所，卫生间。