Word · Frequency #19685
launderette
自助洗衣店
核心释义
a self-service laundry where customers use coin-operated washing machines
- 1.
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.
- 2.
自助洗衣店(同Laundromat)
a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
- 3.
洗钱活动。
A money laundering operation.
公众可付费使用洗衣和烘干设备的场所。；自助洗衣店(同Laundromat)；洗钱活动。
用法In use
I usually do my laundry at the launderette on Saturday mornings.
用法提示：launderette 是名词，指自助洗衣店。
There are several new launderettes in our neighborhood.
用法提示：这里用复数形式 launderettes。
She went to the launderette because her washing machine was broken.
用法提示：launderette 在句中作地点名词。
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。
go to the launderette
go to the launderette 表示去自助洗衣店洗衣服，the 指具体的某家店。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- go to the launderette
- 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。
- at the launderette
- 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。
- local launderette
- 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。
- use the launderette
- 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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：想象一家叫 launderette 的小店，投币自助洗衣——自助洗衣店。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
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