commode
美音:
[kə´məud
]英音:
[kə´məud
]n.有抽屉的小柜,洗脸台,便桶
难易程度:
commode为短语/超纲词汇
词根
mod=manner(方法)
commode
/kə'məʊd; kə`mod/
n
1 piece of bedroom furniture to hold a chamber-pot 便桶箱(放便桶的寝室家具).
2 chest of drawers (有抽屉的)柜橱.
commode
n[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French;Origin: commode 'useful, suitable', from Latin commodus, from com- ( COM-) + modus 'measure']
a piece of furniture shaped like a chair that can be used as a toilet
an old-fashioned piece of furniture with drawers or shelves
AmE a word meaning 'toilet' used by people who do not like saying 'toilet'