little girls' room

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of ladies' room: a public lavatory intended for use by women. euphemistic,informal
    — The women's toilet (as distinguished from the ladies' room in a speakeasy, the johnny at school, the little girls' room at a party in an apartment, and the wash-my-hands on a train) was clean enough.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A room belonging to or used by little girls, particularly their bedroom.

词形变化

little girls' rooms plural little girl's room alternative little girls room alternative

词源

Originally from the need to find public lavatories for children, possibly by analogy with the somewhat earlier-attested little boys' room, but already in broader euphemistic use by its first known appearance in John O'Hara's BUtterfield 8.
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