1
- a large bowl for urinating or defecating into, typically plumbed into a sewage system and with a flushing mechanism; a lavatory便池, 抽水马桶：
Liz heard the toilet flush
利兹听到马桶的冲水声
figurative 〈喻〉my tenure was down the toilet.
我的终身职位泡汤了。
1.1
- a room, building, or cubicle containing one or more of these厕所, 卫生间。
2
- in sing. the process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one's appearance梳洗打扮：
her toilet completed, she finally went back downstairs.
她梳洗打扮后终于回到楼下。
2.1
- as modifier denoting articles used in this process（物品）梳洗用的：
a bathroom cabinet stocked with toilet articles.
放满梳洗用具的浴室橱柜。
2.2
- the cleansing of part of a person's body as a medical procedure（治疗过程中对身体部位的）清洗。
(toileted, toileting)with obj.［usu. as noun toileting］
- assist or supervise (someone, especially an infant or invalid) in using a toilet照料（人, 尤其是婴儿或伤病人士）上厕所。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from French toilette 'cloth， wrapper'， diminutive of toile （see TOILE）. The word originally denoted a cloth used as a wrapper for clothes; then （in the 17th cent.） a cloth cover for a dressing table， the articles used in dressing， and the process of dressing， later also of washing oneself (sense 2). In the 19th cent. the word came to denote a dressing room， and， in the US， one with washing facilities; hence， a lavatory （early 20th cent.）.