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词汇 latrine
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Definition of latrine in English:

latrine

noun ləˈtriːnləˈtrin
  • A toilet, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks.

    厕所;(尤指营地或兵营中的)公共厕所

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They dig latrines, cobble together privies and chicken coops, and struggle to build cabins from piles of pine logs.
    • In addition, one to five communal latrines are placed along the site perimeter.
    • This is a picture of part of a public latrine - the kind which the Municipal Corporation puts up near slums which don't have water or sewage connections.
    • With two latrines for a community of 22,000 people, the only option for most doesn't include any sort of room, let alone sanitation.
    • With no water-borne sewerage, the settlements use chemical toilets, ventilated pit latrines or the bucket system.
    • He had dozed off in the latrine and slept through the raid.
    • Deciding that cleaning toilets in the latrine and tables in the mess wasn't for him, Mauldin transferred to the infantry.
    • Treatment should be carried out by medical personnel at a treatment centre where proper sanitation methods such as washing facilities and a proper latrine are available.
    • However, the new colony provided them with ‘tiled roof houses’, latrines and sanitation facilities.
    • In large villages, each home or group of homes has a latrine (pit-style toilet).
    • He has been known to place safety briefings in the latrine; there is nowhere that his safety arm does not reach.
    • By the 15th century the quay was outfitted with a crane and a public latrine.
    • One soldier, rather close to the bottom of the ladder, was quite satisfied to simply keep the latrines clean and the barracks stoves going in cold weather.
    • He was walking in light footwear across his base camp on his way to the latrine.
    • Runoff from latrines into camp water was probably the main source of infection.
    • Of late, the latrine had become a public toilet for the staff (both men and women) of the crime branch.
    • Following weeks of firefights, mortars punished the site from above, nearly destroying the camp's latrine.
    • The latrines are appropriately dreary and spartan, their fluorescent lighting bathed in a familiar hazy glow.
    • Most homes have one room, the latrines are makeshift, and families are lucky to survive on US $20 a month.
    • Public latrines were in the same vicinity as the hospital.
    Synonyms
    lavatory, wc, water closet, convenience, public convenience, facilities, urinal, privy, outhouse, earth closet, jakes

Origin

Middle English (rare before the mid 19th century): via French from Latin latrina, contraction of lavatrina, from lavare 'to wash'.

  • Although this was found in Middle English, it was rare before the mid 19th century. It came via French from Latin latrina ‘privy’, a shortening of lavatrina, from lavare ‘to wash’.

Rhymes

Aberdeen, Amin, aquamarine, baleen, bean, been, beguine, Benin, between, canteen, careen, Claudine, clean, contravene, convene, cuisine, dean, Dene, e'en, eighteen, fascine, fedayeen, fifteen, figurine, foreseen, fourteen, Francine, gean, gene, glean, gombeen, green, Greene, Halloween, intervene, Janine, Jean, Jeannine, Jolene, Kean, keen, Keene, Ladin, langoustine, lean, limousine, machine, Maclean, magazine, Malines, margarine, marine, Mascarene, Massine, Maxine, mean, Medellín, mesne, mien, Moline, moreen, mujahedin, Nadine, nankeen, Nazarene, Nene, nineteen, nougatine, obscene, palanquin, peen, poteen, preen, quean, Rabin, Racine, ramin, ravine, routine, Sabine, saltine, sardine, sarin, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, seventeen, shagreen, shebeen, sheen, sixteen, spleen, spring-clean, squireen, Steen, submarine, supervene, tambourine, tangerine, teen, terrine, thirteen, transmarine, treen, tureen, Tyrrhene, ultramarine, umpteen, velveteen, wean, ween, Wheen, yean

Definition of latrine in US English:

latrine

nounləˈtrinləˈtrēn
  • A toilet or outhouse, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks.

    厕所;(尤指营地或兵营中的)公共厕所

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is a picture of part of a public latrine - the kind which the Municipal Corporation puts up near slums which don't have water or sewage connections.
    • Treatment should be carried out by medical personnel at a treatment centre where proper sanitation methods such as washing facilities and a proper latrine are available.
    • One soldier, rather close to the bottom of the ladder, was quite satisfied to simply keep the latrines clean and the barracks stoves going in cold weather.
    • Deciding that cleaning toilets in the latrine and tables in the mess wasn't for him, Mauldin transferred to the infantry.
    • The latrines are appropriately dreary and spartan, their fluorescent lighting bathed in a familiar hazy glow.
    • Runoff from latrines into camp water was probably the main source of infection.
    • He had dozed off in the latrine and slept through the raid.
    • In large villages, each home or group of homes has a latrine (pit-style toilet).
    • With two latrines for a community of 22,000 people, the only option for most doesn't include any sort of room, let alone sanitation.
    • They dig latrines, cobble together privies and chicken coops, and struggle to build cabins from piles of pine logs.
    • He has been known to place safety briefings in the latrine; there is nowhere that his safety arm does not reach.
    • Most homes have one room, the latrines are makeshift, and families are lucky to survive on US $20 a month.
    • By the 15th century the quay was outfitted with a crane and a public latrine.
    • He was walking in light footwear across his base camp on his way to the latrine.
    • In addition, one to five communal latrines are placed along the site perimeter.
    • Of late, the latrine had become a public toilet for the staff (both men and women) of the crime branch.
    • Public latrines were in the same vicinity as the hospital.
    • With no water-borne sewerage, the settlements use chemical toilets, ventilated pit latrines or the bucket system.
    • Following weeks of firefights, mortars punished the site from above, nearly destroying the camp's latrine.
    • However, the new colony provided them with ‘tiled roof houses’, latrines and sanitation facilities.
    Synonyms
    lavatory, wc, water closet, convenience, public convenience, facilities, urinal, privy, outhouse, earth closet, jakes

Origin

Middle English (rare before the mid 19th century): via French from Latin latrina, contraction of lavatrina, from lavare ‘to wash’.

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