outhouse

英語

使用紙板牆和纖維玻璃天花板的戶外廁所

詞源

繼承自中古英語 outhous，等價於 out- +‎ house。對照古諾爾斯語 úthús。

發音

• 音頻（美國）

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名詞

outhouse (複數 outhouses)

1. (過時) 遠離主建築或從主建築沒有直接的入口進入的小型附屬建築
2. (加拿大、美國) 木頭隔間的戶外廁所（通常糞池上只有一個蹲位），一般為長期建築
   • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine‎^[1]:

     There was a considerable outhouse, which he unlocked and we entered.

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   • 1945 8月 17, George Orwell [筆名；本名 Eric Arthur Blair], 章號 6, 出自 Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:

     […] plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses

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近義詞

• (戶外廁所)： 參見 Thesaurus:outhouse
• (附屬建築)： 參見 outbuilding

上位詞

• house

派生詞彙

• built like a brick outhouse

動詞

outhouse (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 outhouses，現在分詞 outhousing，一般過去時及過去分詞 outhoused)

1. (及物) 安置在單獨的建築中
   • 1969, Great Britain. National Libraries Committee, Frederick Sydney Dainton, Report of the National Libraries Committee (page 85)

     In our discussion of outhousing we have tried to take into account the inconvenience to users as well as the potential savings in costs.

   • 1975, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional Papers, 卷 28，頁號 38:

     The Information Department is outhoused but there are operational reasons for this and it would, in any case, be physically impossible to house the staff of the Department in the main building.

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