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use the privy
常用于描述历史或乡村生活的语境。
In the old days, people used a privy instead of a flush toilet.
在过去，人们使用户外厕所而不是抽水马桶。
厕所；卫生间
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厕所；卫生间
a toilet; a room or fixture for urination and defecation
In the old days, people used a privy instead of a flush toilet.
在过去，人们使用户外厕所而不是抽水马桶。
户外排便排尿设施,或开放(厕所)或封闭(户外厕所)。
An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
配有一个或多个厕所的房间或建筑
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
盥洗室:有马桶的房间。
A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
一个小的附属建筑,带有一个有孔的长凳供人排便
a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
The old farmhouse had a small privy in the backyard.
那座旧农舍的后院有一个小户外厕所。
During the camping trip, we used a rustic privy behind the cabin.
露营期间，我们用了小木屋后面一个简陋的户外厕所。
The historical museum restored an 18th-century privy for visitors to see.
历史博物馆修复了一个18世纪的户外厕所供游客参观。
常用于描述历史或乡村生活的语境。
In the old days, people used a privy instead of a flush toilet.
在过去，人们使用户外厕所而不是抽水马桶。
He had to go to the privy in the middle of the night.
他不得不在半夜去厕所。
通常用形容词修饰，如outdoor, old, small等。
The cabin had only an outdoor privy.
小木屋只有一个户外厕所。
Not this
I need to have a privy conversation.
Use this
I need to have a private conversation.
使用名词 'privy' 错误地替代了形容词 'private'。'privy' 是名词，指厕所或户外厕所，而 'private' 是形容词，意为私人的、秘密的。应使用形容词 'private' 来修饰 'conversation'。
Not this
The museum has two old privys.
Use this
The museum has two old privies.
名词 'privy' 的复数形式是不规则变化，应为 'privies'，而非 'privys'。这是拼写错误，应记住其复数形式为 -ies。
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使用厕所
In rural areas, many families still use the privy behind the house.
在农村地区，许多家庭仍然使用屋后的厕所。
去厕所
He excused himself to go to the privy before the meeting started.
他在会议开始前告辞去上厕所。
后院厕所
The old house had a backyard privy that was rarely used.
那栋老房子有一个很少用的后院厕所。
木质厕所
They built a simple wooden privy near the campsite.
他们在露营地附近建了一个简单的木质厕所。
建一个厕所
Volunteers helped build a privy for the school in the remote village.
志愿者们帮助那个偏远村庄的学校建了一个厕所。
清洁厕所
It was his least favorite chore to clean the privy every week.
每周清洁厕所是他最不喜欢做的家务。
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想象“privy”是“private”（私人的）和“pee”（小便）的结合，即私人小便处。
语域：formal 常见场景：户外厕所、历史建筑 “privy”作为名词时，通常指户外厕所或历史建筑中的厕所，语气比较正式或古旧，现代语体中较少使用。
该词通常指室外独立的小厕所，较为古老或非正式。
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