In the English language alone, there are are many words not only for the bathroom - toilet, lavatory, WC - but also for Men and Women.
僅在英語中,就有很多詞可以表示「廁所」的意思——如toilet、lavatory、WC——同時也有很多表示「男士」和「女士」的。
Not so long ago the doors of bathrooms were marked "Ladies" and "Gentlemen," but it is safe to say that both of these species in the old-fashion meanings of these words are extinct, so instead, we've started using pictograms as bathroom signs. And though most of the restrooms are marked with the simple triangles that we know and recognize so well, decorative bathroom signs are becoming more and more popular.
不久以前,浴室的門上還標著「女士」和「先生」的字樣,可以肯定的是,這兩個詞的老式含義已經滅絕了,所以,我們開始使用象形圖作為浴室標識。雖然大多數的衛生間都是用我們熟悉的簡單三角形標記的,但裝飾性的衛生間標識正變得越來越受歡迎。
以上這些標誌
老司機看懂了幾個
你敢說嗎
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