cottage
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 小屋，茅舍
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cotage and Medieval Latin cotagium, from Old Northern French cot, cote (“cottage, hut”) + -age (“surrounding property”), from Old Norse kot, from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kuta- (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, possibly borrowed from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota (“hut, tent”), probably akin to Proto-Iranian *kátah (“house; roof”). However, also compare Dutch and English hut.
Slang sense “public toilet” from 19th century, due to resemblance.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A small house.
- A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
- (UK, slang, archaic) A public lavatory.
- (Polari) A meeting place for homosexual men.
动词 Verb
- To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
- (intransitive, Polari, of men) To have homosexual