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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n.名词 noun
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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.
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