gents'
gents' — 名詞
1. a room with toilets that men use when they are in a public place such as a pub,
男廁
公共場所裡的男用洗手間
a room with toilets that men use when they are in a public place such as a pub, restaurant, or train station.
Eshe asked the waiter where the gents' was before ordering dessert.
Eshe 在點甜點之前，先問了服務生男廁在哪裡。
typical pattern: 'the gents'' as a location noun
The pub on Baker Street has the gents' downstairs and the ladies' up by the bar.
Baker Street 上那間酒吧的男廁在樓下，女廁在吧台旁邊。
paired contrast: 'the gents'' vs 'the ladies''
Samir slipped out to the gents' between the second and third songs of the concert.
Samir 在演唱會第二首與第三首歌之間，溜去了一趟男廁。
At Paddington Station the gents' is past the ticket gates on the left.
在 Paddington 車站，男廁就在剪票口過去後的左手邊。
British public-place collocation
There was a long queue for the gents' during the football match's half-time break.
足球賽中場休息時，男廁前面排了好長一條人龍。
- queue for the gents'
- find the gents'
- go to the gents'
- men's room
standard American equivalent
- men's toilet
neutral, more formal
- men's lavatory
formal British, mostly in signs
- ladies'
the women's equivalent
文法句型
the gents'
用法筆記
Almost always used with the definite article ('the gents''). British English; American speakers say 'the men's room' or 'the bathroom'.
常見錯誤
2. an informal short form of 'gentleman', used to praise a man who treats others, e
謙謙君子
對人有禮、待女士尤其紳士的男子
an informal short form of 'gentleman', used to praise a man who treats others, especially women, with kindness and good manners.
Maeve told her sister that Eitan was a real gents' for carrying both heavy suitcases up the stairs.
Maeve 對她妹妹說，Eitan 真是個謙謙君子，幫她們把兩個很重的行李箱搬上樓。
praise construction: 'a real gents''
The taxi driver was a proper gents' — he refused payment when he heard Noor had lost her wallet.
那位計程車司機真是一位謙謙君子——他聽到 Noor 把錢包弄丟了，就拒絕收車資。
Anong said the neighbour who shovelled her driveway every winter was a true gents'.
Anong 說那位每年冬天都幫她鏟車道積雪的鄰居，是個真正的謙謙君子。
Sofia's grandfather was the kind of gents' who always stood up when a woman entered the room.
Sofia 的外公是那種只要有女士進房間就一定起身的謙謙君子。
describes traditional polite behaviour
- a real gents'
- a proper gents'
- a true gents'
文法句型
a real gents'
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: sense 2 always describes a person and takes 'a' or 'a real/proper/true'; sense 1 names a room and almost always takes 'the'. Sense 2 is much rarer in modern British speech than the standard form 'gentleman'.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- queue for the gents'
- door of the gents'
- sign on the gents'
常用片語
- go to the gents'
- find the gents'
- use the gents'
介系詞搭配
- to the gents'
- in the gents'
- out of the gents'