在科技发达的今天,抽水马桶早已司空见惯。然而,抽水马桶并非自古有之,最初的马桶也不是如今这般模样。那么,是谁发明了第一个马桶?马桶又经历过哪些蜕变呢?让我们跟随本文一起了解抽水马桶漫长而艰难的“进化”过程吧。有这样一种大胆的说法:有人认为抽水马桶是“过去一千年中最重要的发明之一”。《伦敦时报》在其千禧年专版不仅给出了如上评论,还将马桶这项发明和其他一些成就相提并论,诸如15世纪的古登堡印刷机、原子弹以及1969年的人类登月。 In today’s advanced technology, toilets have long been commonplace. However, toilets are not old and the original toilets are not like today. So, who invented the first toilet? What changes did the toilet experience? Let’s follow this article to understand the long and difficult “evolution” of the toilet. There is such a bold statement: Some people think that the flush toilet is “one of the most important inventions in the past thousand years.” “London Times” not only gave the above commentary in its millennium special edition, but also compared the invention of the toilet bowl with other achievements, such as the 15th-century Gutenberg press, the atomic bomb, and the 1969 human landing.