English Dictionary

necessary

/ˈnɛsəˌsɛɹi/

noun

(chiefly UK, archaic, euphemistic, usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory. / (obsolete) Necessity.

A passport is necessary for international travel.

意味（1）

(chiefly UK, archaic, euphemistic, usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.

It soon became fashionable for even the poorest families to have a necessary not far from their cabin. […] The more affluent settlers painted their necessarys in bright colors and carved their names on the doors.

意味（2）

(obsolete) Necessity.

[…] loss of that whole dominion of New England, and consequently of their Majesties' other American Plantations, endangered not only by the want of provisions, but by the many ships, vessels, seamen and other necessarys in New England, ...