Word · Frequency #19685
launderette
自助洗衣店
a self-service laundry where customers use coin-operated washing machines
- 1.
A place that has facilities for washing and drying clothes that the public may pay to use.
公众可付费使用洗衣和烘干设备的场所。
- 2.
a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
自助洗衣店(同Laundromat)
- 3.
A money laundering operation.
洗钱活动。
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。
In use
I usually do my laundry at the launderette on Saturday mornings.
There are several new launderettes in our neighborhood.
She went to the launderette because her washing machine was broken.
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。
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
at the launderette 表示在自助洗衣店这个地点，不强调去的过程。
Connections
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。
Pop culture & quotes
- My Beautiful Laundrette
- 《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。
Learner notes
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。
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。
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.
Learn the forms together
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