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How to mark the men's bathroom and women's bathroom in English?
In the United States, women often use powder to euphemistically indicate that they want to go to the bathroom, for example, I want to powder my nose. This shows American humor. Men use the word John to mean the bathroom. For example, I visited John twice last night. I went to the bathroom last night. A more elegant way of saying it is "relieving oneself", so going to the toilet has become "relieving oneself".
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The general expression of toilet in English is:
1, roof, bathroom, this is a common American language;
2, the toilet, British people like to use it, Americans call the toilet on the train or plane a toilet;
This is the abbreviation of water closet, which originally means toilet 3.W.C It is no longer used in western countries, but it is widely used in China because of its convenience.
Fourthly, this is what intellectuals say. It is said that in the19th century, students of Cambridge University in England had to do four things every morning, first, pray, second, eat breakfast, third, smoke, and fourth, go to the toilet, so later, "fourth" became synonymous with "toilet".
In Britain, toilets are very common. It is a colloquial word, generally referring to toilets in private houses. Its origin is as follows: It is said that in Britain, 100 in many buildings is a toilet. Because 100 is similar to loo, loo is called toilet.
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Baidu encyclopedia _ toilet
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