loo

loo1
noun
  1. (Brit. informal)a toilet
    (英,非正式)厕所
语源
  1. 1940s: many theories have been put forward about the word's origin: one suggests the source is Waterloo, a trade name for iron cisterns in the early part of the century; the evidence remains inconclusive

loo2
noun
  1. [mass noun]a gambling card game, popular from the 17th to the 19th centuries, in which a player who fails to win a trick must pay a sum to a pool
    卢牌戏(17至19世纪盛行的设有赌金、罚金的纸牌赌博游戏)
语源
  1. late 17th cent.: abbreviation of obsolete lanterloo from French lanturlu, a meaningless song refrain
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