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a launderette
launderette 是可数名词，单数前需要加 a/an 或 the。
There's a launderette just around the corner.
拐角处就有一家自助洗衣店。
自助洗衣店
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
自助洗衣店
a self-service laundry where customers use coin-operated washing machines
There's a launderette just around the corner.
拐角处就有一家自助洗衣店。
公众可付费使用洗衣和烘干设备的场所。
A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.
自助洗衣店(同Laundromat)
a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
洗钱活动。
A money laundering operation.
I usually do my laundry at the launderette on Saturday mornings.
我通常在周六早上去自助洗衣店洗衣服。
There are several new launderettes in our neighborhood.
我们附近开了几家新的自助洗衣店。
She went to the launderette because her washing machine was broken.
她去了自助洗衣店，因为她的洗衣机坏了。
launderette 是可数名词，单数前需要加 a/an 或 the。
There's a launderette just around the corner.
拐角处就有一家自助洗衣店。
go to the launderette 表示去自助洗衣店洗衣服，the 指具体的某家店。
I need to go to the launderette because the washing machine at home is broken.
我需要去自助洗衣店，因为家里的洗衣机坏了。
at the launderette 表示在自助洗衣店这个地点，不强调去的过程。
She waited at the launderette for her clothes to dry.
她在自助洗衣店等衣服烘干。
Not this
I need to launderette my clothes this weekend.
Use this
I need to go to the launderette to wash my clothes this weekend.
launderette 是名词“自助洗衣店”，不能作动词使用。英语中表达“去洗衣店洗衣服”要用 go to the launderette + wash clothes 或 do the laundry，改后句子结构正确。
Not this
She took her clothes to the laundry.
Use this
She took her clothes to the launderette.
laundry 多指“待洗衣物”或商业洗衣店（不一定自助），而 launderette 专指投币式自助洗衣店。若想表达“自助洗衣店”，应使用 launderette 以准确传达原意。
Not this
I left my clothes in launderette.
Use this
I left my clothes in the launderette.
launderette 是可数名词，单数形式前需要冠词或限定词。定冠词 the 特指某一家自助洗衣店，in the launderette 语法正确，意思明确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
去自助洗衣店
I need to go to the launderette to wash my clothes.
我需要去自助洗衣店洗衣服。
在自助洗衣店
She met her neighbor at the launderette.
她在自助洗衣店遇见了她的邻居。
附近的自助洗衣店
The local launderette is open until midnight.
附近的自助洗衣店营业到午夜。
使用自助洗衣店
Many travelers use the launderette to wash their clothes.
许多旅行者使用自助洗衣店洗衣服。
《我美丽的洗衣店》
The film My Beautiful Laundrette shows everyday life in 1980s London.
电影《我美丽的洗衣店》展现了20世纪80年代伦敦的日常生活。
Use launderette naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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记忆联想：想象一家叫 launderette 的小店，投币自助洗衣——自助洗衣店。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、旅行指南、店铺招牌 该词语体通常较为中性，多用于日常口语或非正式书面语；在英国英语中比较常见，美式英语中更常说 laundromat。
These -ette words compare with launderette. Cigarette, cassette, gazette, brunette, and marionette rhyme: their final stressed vowel-consonant sequence is /et/, as is launderette's. Omelette is a useful lookalike warning: it is usually pronounced /ˈɒmlɪt/ (British) or /ˈɑːmələt/ (American), so it does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.