toilet:专指厕所(大小便的地方),抽水马桶、便池。
英语释义:A toilet is a large bowl with a seat, or a platform with a hole, which is connected to a water system and which you use when you want to get rid of urine or faeces from your body.
washroom:指带有盥洗设施的盥洗室、洗手间,尤其是公共场所中的洗手间。
英语释义:A washroom is a room with toilets and washing facilities, situated in a large building such as a factory or an office block.
restroom:指带有休息室的洗手间,与washroom意义相近,在美语中常用。
英语释义:A toilet that is available to the public.
注:以上三个词语在现在的日常语言交流中,已经可以混用,都可以用来指洗手间、厕所等。
toilet
【音标】英['tɔɪlət] 美['tɔɪlət]
【释义】n. 1、厕所;盥洗室;卫生间。2、洗漱,打扮。3、女士服装。
【例句】
1、This is a pay toilet.
这是一个收费厕所。
2、Spending a few minutes, you can make your toilet.
花上几分钟,你就能结束你的梳洗打扮。
3、Madam does not wish to be interrupted while she is at her toilet.
夫人不希望在梳妆打扮时受到打扰。
washroom
【音标】英['wɒʃruːm] 美['wɑːʃruːm]
【释义】n. 盥洗室,厕所,洗手间。
【例句】
1、As soon as the class was over, he ran directly to the washroom.
一下课,他就直奔厕所去了。
2、His new house has a big washroom.
他的新家有一个很大的盥洗室。
3、To have a private washroom was luxurious.
有私人盥洗室是再惬意不过的。
restroom
【音标】英[ˈrestru:m] 美[ˈrɛstˌrum, -ˌrʊm]
【释义】n. <美>(在酒店、饭店内的)公用厕所,盥洗室,卫生间
【例句】
1、Before I leave, I need to visit the restroom.
在我离开前,我必须去一下洗手间。
2、The restroom is at the end of the hallway to the right.
洗手间在走廊尽头右转的地方。
3、It tells people things like where the restroom is.
它能告诉人们比如休息室在哪这样的事情。