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a/an [outhouse]
outhouse 指户外简易厕所，常见于乡村或老式房屋。
They built an outhouse behind the cabin.
他们在小木屋后面建了一个户外厕所。
户外厕所；茅房
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户外厕所；茅房
a small outdoor building used as a toilet, with a bench with holes for the user
They built an outhouse behind the cabin.
他们在小木屋后面建了一个户外厕所。
户外厕所,茅厕
a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
We used the outhouse behind the cabin.
我们在木屋后面使用了户外厕所。
Many old homesteads still have outhouses in the backyard.
许多老宅的后院仍然有户外厕所。
The outhouse smelled terrible in the summer heat.
这间户外厕所在夏天高温下气味难闻。
outhouse 指户外简易厕所，常见于乡村或老式房屋。
They built an outhouse behind the cabin.
他们在小木屋后面建了一个户外厕所。
We had to use the outhouse because the indoor toilet was broken.
室内厕所坏了，我们只好用户外厕所。
There were spiders in the outhouse.
户外厕所里有蜘蛛。
Not this
He built an outhouse to store his gardening tools.
Use this
He built a shed to store his gardening tools.
在英语中，'outhouse'特指户外厕所，而非任何户外小屋。表示存放工具的小屋应使用'shed'。
Not this
We have an outhouse for summer barbecues.
Use this
We have an outdoor patio for summer barbecues.
'Outhouse'意为厕所，不适合用于烧烤等社交活动。应使用'outdoor patio'或'backyard'等词。
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使用户外厕所
When the plumbing broke, we had to use the outhouse at the back of the farm.
水管坏了的时候，我们不得不使用农场后面的户外厕所。
建一个户外厕所
The ranger built a simple outhouse near the campsite.
护林员在露营地附近建了一个简单的户外厕所。
户外厕所门
The outhouse door wouldn't close properly in the wind.
风吹得户外厕所的门怎么也关不上。
后院的户外厕所
They kept an old backyard outhouse long after the house had indoor plumbing.
房子装上室内管道很久之后，他们仍保留着后院的一个旧户外厕所。
木制户外厕所
The wooden outhouse stood at the edge of the garden.
那座木制户外厕所立在花园边上。
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联想：out（外）+ house（屋）——户外的小屋，就是茅厕。
语域：neutral 常见场景：rural areas、camping、historical writing outhouse 多用于口语，指户外简易厕所，常见于乡村、露营或历史叙述；正式场合通常用 toilet 或 restroom。
这些词都拼作 -ouse，且都以 /aʊs/ 结尾，与 outhouse 末尾的 /haʊs/ 读音一致；注意 outhouse 的重音在第一个音节 /ˈaʊthaʊs/。形近词 browse /braʊz/ 以浊音 /z/ 结尾，读音不同。
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