commode

/kəˈməʊd/ (bre, ipa) · [kəmˈod] /kəˈməʊd/ (ame, ipa) · [kəmˈod] /kə-ˈmōd How to pronounce commode (audio)/ (ame, mw)

commode — 名詞

  • commodesingular
  • commodesplural

1. a chair-shaped piece of furniture holding a removable pan beneath the seat, used

1.名詞C2
釋義

便椅

下方藏便盆的椅形便器，供病患或長者使用

a chair-shaped piece of furniture holding a removable pan beneath the seat, used as a portable toilet by sick or elderly people who cannot easily reach a bathroom.

例句

The nurse wheeled a wooden commode next to Otis's hospital bed after his hip operation.

Otis 髖部手術後，護理師把一張木製便椅推到他的病床旁。

typical hospital/eldercare context

Amihan kept a small commode by her grandmother's bed for night trips.

Amihan 把一張小便椅放在祖母床邊，方便她夜裡使用。

home eldercare scene

同義詞

用法筆記

Subject is usually a patient, an elderly person, or a caregiver; the device sits beside the bed rather than in a bathroom.

常見錯誤

❌Please flush the commode.
✅Please empty the commode pan.
💡this kind of commode has a removable pan, not a flushing mechanism.

2. a flush toilet built into a bathroom — a formal or polite word that some America

2.名詞C2
釋義

抽水馬桶

美式委婉用語，指浴室裡的抽水馬桶

a flush toilet built into a bathroom — a formal or polite word that some American speakers use instead of saying 'toilet' directly.

例句

The realtor pointed out the new tiling and the porcelain commode in the upstairs bathroom.

房仲指出樓上浴室的新磁磚以及那只瓷製抽水馬桶。

real-estate listing register

Sana's grandmother always called the bathroom fixture a commode, never a toilet.

Sana 的祖母總是把浴室裡的那個東西叫做 commode，從不直說 toilet。

polite / older-generation register

同義詞
  • toilet

    the everyday neutral word; commode is the politer alternative

  • lavatory

    another formal alternative, more common in British English

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this commode is a fixed bathroom fixture you flush, not a portable bedside chair. Often a politeness term — a host saying 'the commode is down the hall' avoids the bluntness of 'toilet'.

常見錯誤

❌I poured the dirty mop water into the commode in the garage.
✅I poured the dirty mop water into the bucket in the garage.
💡a commode is a bathroom fixture, not a generic container.

3. a low, often decorated chest of drawers — typically an antique piece used to sto

3.名詞C2
釋義

矮抽屜櫃

古典風格的矮櫃，常見於臥房或玄關

a low, often decorated chest of drawers — typically an antique piece used to store clothes or household items in a bedroom or hallway.

例句

Christopher inherited an eighteenth-century walnut commode from his great-aunt in Vienna.

Christopher 從維也納的姑婆那裡繼承了一只十八世紀的胡桃木矮抽屜櫃。

antique-furniture context

Two gilded commodes stood beside the grand fireplace in the hotel lobby.

兩只鍍金矮抽屜櫃立在飯店大廳大壁爐的兩側。

decorative interior scene

同義詞
  • chest of drawers

    the everyday neutral term; commode implies older or more decorative

  • bureau

    American English alternative for a bedroom chest of drawers

用法筆記

Most common in antique-dealing, interior-design, and museum contexts. A commode in this sense is usually lower and more decorative than a tallboy or a regular chest of drawers.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a tall white commode from the office supply store.
✅I bought a tall white filing cabinet from the office supply store.
💡a commode in this sense is a low, often antique piece of bedroom furniture, not a modern office unit.