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lavabo

/luh-vey-boh, -vah-/US // ləˈveɪ boʊ, -ˈvɑ- //UK // (ləˈveɪbəʊ) //

厕所,厕所里,厕所里的,厕所是个好地方

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural la·va·boes.

    • : Ecclesiastical. the ritual washing of the celebrant's hands after the offertory in the Mass, accompanied in the Roman rite by the recitation of Psalm 26:6–12.the passage recited.the small towel or the basin used.
    • : a large stone basin equipped with a number of small orifices through which water flowed, used for the performance of ablutions.
    • : a washbowl with a spigot-equipped water tank above, both mounted on a wall: now often used for decoration or as a planter.

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Examples

  • In general the lavabo is a sort of trough; in some places it has an almery for towels, &c.

  • Nothing represented the poverty of the Legion so much as this "lavabo."

  • In the sacristy are a Venetian lavabo, some embroideries, and a fine fifteenth-century processional cross.

  • Do you ever use any ceremony such as the Lavabo, or swinging of the incense immediately before or after the service?

  • The only portions of the monastery which remain in a fair state of preservation are the Chapter House and the Lavabo.