擺著順手的家具
這一族就是核心畫面本身：房間裡那件矮矮的、把東西放在手邊的家具。
noun · C1
An old-fashioned piece of furniture with drawers or shelves, usually low, often decorated, and standing on short legs, used for keeping clothes and other things in a bedroom or living room.
矮櫃
核心畫面
Picture a low, handy piece of bedroom furniture, short-legged and easy to reach, that keeps what you need right beside you. The French word it comes from simply means convenient, and that is the thread. If what you need is your clothes, it is a chest of drawers. If what you need is water for your face, it is the stand that holds the bowl and . If you cannot walk to the bathroom at night, it is the chair with a pot under the seat. From that last one, the name slid onto the bathroom fixture itself.
可以想成一件「擺著剛剛好順手」的家具。不高，腳很短，就立在床邊或牆邊。它的法文原意本來就是「方便」。所以整個字都圍著…更多收起
可以想成一件「擺著剛剛好順手」的家具。不高，腳很短，就立在床邊或牆邊。它的法文原意本來就是「方便」。所以整個字都圍著一件事轉：把你需要的東西放在手邊。要收衣物，它是矮櫃。要洗臉，它是放盆和壺的架子。半夜走不到廁所，它就是那張椅面下藏著便盆的椅子。最後連浴室裡的馬桶本身，也跟著借用了這個客氣的名字。From the word’s history
The packet's source entry says the word was borrowed from French commode, literally convenient. That is why every meaning here is some household thing that solves a small problem close at hand.
packet 裡的來源條目寫著：這個字借自法文 commode，字面就是「方便的」。所以這裡每一個意思，都是家裡某件「就近解決一件事」的東西。
Wiktionary entry for commode supplied in this packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1171399475:9972): Borrowed from French commode (literally 'convenient').
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把最私密的需要變方便
還是那件「讓你方便」的家具，只是要解決的事更私密：夜裡或行動不便時，人走不到廁所，那就把廁所搬到床邊。
noun · C1
A piece of furniture shaped like a chair, with a toilet or a pot that can be taken out fitted under the seat, used by someone who cannot easily walk to the bathroom.
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