laundromat
['lɔ:ndrəumæt, 'lɑ:n-]
- n. (美)自助洗衣店
英英释意
- 1. a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
英文词源
- laundromat (n.)
- "automatic coin-operated public laundry," 1946, originally (1942) a proprietary name by Westinghouse for a type of automatic washing machine; from laundry + ending probably suggested by automat. Also used for public clothes-washing places in U.S. were washateria (1935), laundrette (1945). The Westinghouse machine was popular after the war and was available with coin chutes and timers.
实用场景例句
- Laundromat is really depressing.
- 自助洗衣店真闷.
《简明英汉词典》
- So I went to the Laundromat.
- 我就去自助洗衣店.
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- Trev: Oh, all right. Let's go to the Laundromat, then.
- 崔佛: 喔, 好吧. 那就在自助洗衣店碰面啰.
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- Somehow I managed to lug the wet clothes to the laundromat.
- 我想方设法才艰难地将湿衣物拖到自助洗衣店.
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- Next to the building, there's a drug store and laundromat.
- 楼旁边有一家烟店和一家自助洗衣店.
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- C . The laundromat is between the book store and the clinic.
- 干洗店在书店和诊所的当中.
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- Where is the nearest Laundromat?
- 最近的自助洗衣店在哪里?
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- Do you know where the Laundromat nearby is?
- 你知道这附近的自助洗衣店在哪儿 吗 ?
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- Is there a laundromat around here?
- 这附近有自动洗衣店 吗 ?
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- OK. And is there a laundromat near here?
- 好的. 这附近有洗衣店 吗 ?
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- Today most families a washing machine and dryer, making bothersome trips to the laundromat unnecessary.
- 今天大多数家庭都有洗衣机和甩干机, 去自助洗衣店(洗衣)是一件麻烦、没必要的事.
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- The young mother, the laundromat patron, the manicurist - these represent advertisers'attempts to depict opinion leaders.
- 上面说的那位年轻的母亲 、 洗衣店里的顾客 、 修指甲的美容师 -- 他们表达了广告商的意图,即:将意见引导人加以描绘.
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