john
名词 n.
英 /ˈd͡ʒɒn/
美 /ˈd͡ʒɑn/
英文释义
名词 n.
-
A prostitute's client.
— The girls sat there while the johns (customers) moped around giving them the once-over.
- A device or place for urination and defecation: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.
- A Western man traveling in East Asia.
- A male mule.
词汇关系
词源
From the male given name John (q.v.), whose ubiquity led to extensive use of the name in generic contexts. Its use for toilets derives from John and Cousin John, which both probably relate to jacques and jakes, used in equivalent senses by the British and Irish.
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