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potty

英 ['pɒtɪ] 美 ['pɑti]

解释

adj. 傻气的；微不足道的；着迷的；势利的
n. 便壶；小孩用的拉屎座椅（等于potty chair）；小孩用的厕所（等于pottie）

※ 提供单词"potty"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

potty 尿壶，幼儿的便盘

来自pot,壶，罐，-y,小词后缀。

英文词源

potty (adj.): "crazy, silly," 1916, slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to potter (v.). Earlier slang senses were "easy to manage" (1899) and "feeble, petty" (1860).
potty (n.): 1942, child's word for "chamber pot," from pot (n.1). Potty-training is attested from 1958. Potty-mouth "one who uses obscene language" is student slang from 1968.

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例句和用法

1. The baby has done a wee in his potty.: 婴儿往便壶里撒了尿。

2. The kids are driving me potty!: 这群小崽子烦死我了！

3. He seems to have gone / to be quite potty.: 他好像疯疯癫癫的了.

4. He is potty about comics.: 他对漫画书着了迷.

5. A person with his ambition won't stay long in a potty little firm like this.: 一个有雄心大志的人在这样一个不起眼的小公司里是待不长的.