3go to the toiletespecially British EnglishBrEHBH to passwasteliquid or waste matter from your body 上厕所
Mummy, I need to go to the toilet!
妈妈,我要上厕所!
Examples from the Corpus
go to the toilet• I couldn't be bothered to go to the toilet and they always came and changed me.• Encourage those who are mobile to go to the toilet on their own.• I really needed to go to the toilet, but that meantwalkingpast them on to the other side of the hall.• Over the next day and a half she only left the room twice to go to the toilet.• The old man got up to go to the toilet again.• Then, next time you go to the toilet, try this stop test half way through emptying your bladder.
4[uncountableU] old-fashionedPUT ON CLOTHES the act of washing and dressing yourself 梳洗,打扮
She finished her toilet.
她梳洗打扮已毕。
nCOLLOCATIONS
verbs
go to the toilet (also use the toilet especially British EnglishBrE)
He got up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night.
need the toiletBritish EnglishBrE (=need to use the toilet)
Does anyone need the toilet before we set off?
flush the toilet (=make water go through it to clean it)
I heard someone flush the toilet.
adjectives
a public toilet especially British EnglishBrE
He set off across the square in search of a public toilet.
a disabled toiletBritish EnglishBrE (=one for disabled people)
Is there a disabled toilet?
an outside toilet (=one that is outside a house, not in it)
The house was small, with no hot water and an outside toilet.
an indoor toilet
Many cottages lacked a bathroom or indoor toilet.
toilet + NOUN
toilet facilities
Toilet facilities are available at the bus station.
the toilet seat
He always left the toilet seat up.
the toilet bowl
She was scrubbing the toilet bowl.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘go to toilet’. Say go to the toilet.
nTHESAURUS
toiletBritish EnglishBrE a room with a toilet in it, in someone’s house or in a public place
He locked himself in the toilet.
the public toilets
bathroom a room with a toilet in it, in someone’s house. In British English, bathroom is used especially when you want to be polite. In American English, it is the usualword to use
He asked to use the bathroom.
restroomAmerican EnglishAmE a room in a public place that has one or more toilets in it
She went into the store to use the restroom.
lavatory formal a room with a toilet in it. In American English lavatory is used mainly for toilets in a public building or on a plane. In British English it is used both about public toilets and toilets in people’s houses
public lavatories
He didn’t have time to visit the lavatory.
looBritish EnglishBrE informal, johnAmerican EnglishAmE informal a room with a toilet in it. Loo is very common in everydayspoken British English
‘Where’s Chris?’ ‘He’s in the loo.’
Can I use your loo?
Where’s the john?
bogBritish EnglishBrE informal a very informal word for a toilet, which is not considered polite
The nearest bog was miles away.
the ladiesBritish EnglishBrE, the ladies’ roomAmerican EnglishAmE a public toilet for women
Where’s the ladies?
I need to go to the ladies’ room.
the gentsBritish EnglishBrE, the men’s roomAmerican EnglishAmE a public toilet for men
(1500-1600)Frenchtoilette“cloth put around the shoulders while arranging the hair or shaving, toilette, toilet”, from toile“net, cloth”, from Latintela“something woven”