spend a penny

短语

上公共厕所

发音

AU

词形变化

spending a penny spends a penny 三单 spends a penny spent a penny spending a penny 现在分词 spent a penny 过去式 spent a penny 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To use the toilet.

    爱尔兰 英国 过时 委婉

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

make piss pee wee puddle urinate pee-pee wee-wee make water micturate

上位词 4

pass eliminate excrete egest

下位词 2

wet stale

近义相关 8

make shit crap stool urinate defecate take a crap take a shit

词源

From the act of putting a (pre-decimal) penny in the slot of a pay-toilet cubicle.

来源：wiktionary