cloakroom

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cloak·room /ˈkləʊkrʊm, -ruːm $ ˈkloʊk-/ noun [countable]  1. DLTBBa small room where you can leave your coat 衣帽间；衣帽寄存处 SYN American English coatroom2  British EnglishTOILET a room in a public building where there are toilets – used when you want to be polite 厕所，洗手间，化妆室〔委婉说法〕 SYN American English rest room Where’s the ladies’ cloakroom? 女洗手间在哪里？

Examples from the Corpus

cloakroom• Both the counterfoil and the voting slip have identical numbers printed on them similar to a cloakroom or raffle tickets.• Gingrich himself dragged some of the defectors into the House cloakroom for one last arm twist.• Ten minutes later as she sat in the Ladies' cloakroom, smelling-salts to her nose, Sophie joined her.• An entrance porch, cloakrooms and lavatories made up the rest of the accommodation.• That betraying look in her eyes in the cloakroom just now must have told him he'd won again.• Until now, when one sat here in the cloakroom, surrounded by old raincoats, shaking as though struck down by fever.• She presides over the cloakroom, which is in a hallway under the stairs of the adjacent building.• Leaving the box, she went to the cloakroom where she was violently and unexpectedly sick.

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cloakroom
cloak‧room /ˈkləʊkrʊm, -ruːm $ ˈkloʊk-/ noun [countable]
1. a small room where you can leave your coat
   SYN  coatroom American English
2. British English a room in a public building where there are toilets – used when you want to be polite
   SYN  rest room American English:
    Where’s the ladies’ cloakroom?

cloak·roomBrE /ˈkləʊkruːm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkloʊkruːm/ 🔊BrE /ˈkləʊkrʊm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkloʊkrʊm/ 🔊 noun(especially BrE) (NAmE usually check·room, ˈcoat check, coat·room) a room in a public building where people can leave coats, bags, etc. for a time 衣帽间；衣帽寄放处(BrE) a room that contains a toilet or toilets 厕所；卫生间；洗手间

• In BrE, but not in NAmE, the room that has a toilet in it is usually referred to as a toilet. This room in people's houses can also be called the lavatory, or informally, the loo. An extra downstairs toilet in a house can be called the cloakroom. In public places, especially on signs, the words toilets, Gents (for men's toilets) or Ladies (for women's toilets) are used for a room or small building containing several toilets. You might also see WC or Public Conveniences on some signs. 在英式英语而非美式英语中，厕所一般称为 toilet，住宅中的厕所亦可称为 lavatory 或（非正式用法）loo。住宅楼下附加的厕所可叫做 cloakroom。在公共场所，尤其在指示牌上，toilets、Gents（男厕所）或 Ladies（女厕所）指有几个小间的厕所。有的指示牌亦可能用 WC 或 Public Conveniences。
• In NAmE the room that contains a toilet is usually called the bathroom, never the toilet. A room with a toilet in a public place can also be called a restroom, ladies' room, women's room or men's room. Washroom is also used, especially in Canada. 在美式英语中，厕所一般称为 bathroom，从不叫 toilet。公共厕所亦可称为 restroom、ladies' room、women's room 或 men's room，还可用 washroom，尤其是在加拿大。