toilet

• n. トイレ、洗面所; 身だしなみを整える、着飾る
• vi.櫛でとかす、着飾る
• vt.着飾る

toil、net、小単語の接尾辞-etから。文字通り、小さな網、ひいては小さな袋。後に、トイレで衣類や洗面用具を掛けるための網や袋を指すようになり、ひいては、着替え、身だしなみ、化粧室、最終的には主にトイレ、洗面所を指すようになる。

toilet (n.)

1530s, earliest in English in an obsolete sense "cover or bag for clothes," from Middle French toilette "a cloth; a bag for clothes," diminutive of toile "cloth, net" (see toil (n.2)). Toilet acquired an association with upper class dressing by 18c., through the specific sense "a fine cloth cover on the dressing table for the articles spread upon it;" thence "the articles, collectively, used in dressing" (mirror, bottles, brushes, combs, etc.). Subsequent sense evolution in English (mostly following French uses) is to "act or process of dressing," especially the dressing and powdering of the hair (1680s); then "a dressing room" (1819), especially one with a lavatory attached; then "lavatory or porcelain plumbing fixture" (1895), an American euphemistic use.

Toilet paper is attested from 1884 (the Middle English equivalent was arse-wisp). Toilet training is recorded from 1940.

1. The original kitchen was sandwiched between the breakfast room and the toilet .

キッチンは最初に朝食とトイレの間に挟まれていた。

2.The toilet was full to the brim with insects.

トイレには虫がいっぱい這っている。

3.She made Tina flush the pills down the toilet .

彼女はティナに錠剤を便器に投げ込ませた。

4.He was found trying to flush banknotes down the toilet .

便器からお札を流そうとしたところ発見された。

5.Wash your hands after using the toilet .

便の後は手を洗います。