outhouse

英 [ˈaʊthaʊs]

美 [ˈaʊthaʊs]

n.  (主建筑的)外围建筑，附属建筑; 屋外厕所

复数：outhouses　过去式：outhoused　

BNC.20711 / COCA.17207

牛津词典

noun

• （主建筑的）外围建筑，附属建筑
  a small building, such as a shed , outside a main building
• 屋外厕所
  a toilet in a small building of its own

柯林斯词典

• 附属建筑；外围建筑；外屋
  Anouthouseis a small building attached to a house or very close to the house, used, for example, for storing things in.
• 户外厕所
  Anouthouseis an outside toilet.

英英释义

noun

• a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
  Synonym:privyearth-closetjakes

双语例句

• But on drawing nearer she perceived that it was a cloud of dust, lit by candies within the outhouse, whose beams upon the haze carried forward the outline of the doorway into the wide night of the garden.
  但是当她走得更近些后，她才发现那只是一片飞扬的尘土，是被屋内的烛光照亮的，烛光照在那层薄雾上，把门厅的轮廓投射到园子中的茫茫夜色里。
• Some paintings are abstract, and other subjects featured include an outhouse and a person blowing soap bubbles.
  此外，还有一些画表现的是抽象的主题，如一幅画描绘的是一座户外厕所和一个吹肥皂泡的人。
• What had started as a walk at night to the outhouse had turned into a life and death adventure!
  半夜上厕所竟成了一场生死犹关的历险。
• Naturally present in coffee beans, it smells, as you might guess from the name, like Satan's outhouse.
  腐胺的味道，相信你从名字就能猜到，奇臭无比。
• Why won't you build us a decent outhouse?
  你为什么不给我们建个像样的厕所？
• The speeding outhouse is the brainchild of mad-cap mechanic Paul Stender, 43, who created the toilet with his team at Indy Boys Inc, based in Indianapolis, USA.
  这款便携式厕所是43岁机械师保罗斯滕得的心血，由他和位于美国印第安纳波利斯的印第男孩公司的同事们共同开发制作完成。
• Later, when I got into politics, being able to say I had lived on a farm with an outhouse made a great story, almost as good as being born in a log cabin.
  后来，当我从政后，能跟人说说自己曾在一个带有户外厕所的农场生活过的经历，倒也是个精彩的故事，就像和出生在小木屋的故事一样精彩。
• The sparrow's nest under the outhouse roof had been washed away and the birds flitted in and out of the eaves, panicking.
  外间屋顶上的麻雀窝被大雨冲掉了，麻雀在屋檐下惊恐地飞进飞出。
• Years went by, however, and we got used to going to the outhouse, hauling buckets of water, heating with wood, bathing in a metal tub, lighting kerosene lamps.
  然而，若干年过去了，我们已经习惯了使用室外厕所，用桶打水，用木材生火，用金属浴盆洗澡，用煤油灯照明。
• Why don't we just patch on an outhouse in the back yard?
  我们为什么不在房屋的后院盖一个呢？