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commode

美音:[kə´məud ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.有抽屉的小柜,洗脸台,便桶

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commode为短语/超纲词汇

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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'