parlor
英 美['pɑrlɚ]
- n. 客厅；会客室；业务室
- adj. 客厅的
词态变化
复数: parlors;
助记提示
1、parl- + -or ( -our ).
2、含义就是：会谈、谈话、交谈的房间。
2、含义就是：会谈、谈话、交谈的房间。
中文词源
parlor 客厅，店铺，店面
来自古法语parler,说话，词源同parley,Parliament.引申词义说话的地方，会客室，后用于指店铺，店面等。
英文词源
- parlor (n.)
- c. 1200, parlur, "window through which confessions were made," also "apartment in a monastery for conversations with outside persons;" from Old French parleor "courtroom, judgment hall, auditorium" (12c., Modern French parloir), from parler "to speak" (see parley (n.)).
Sense of "sitting room for private conversation" is late 14c.; that of "show room for a business" (as in ice cream parlor) first recorded 1884. As an adjective, "advocating radical views from a position of comfort," 1910.
双语例句
- 1. Leroy stole up the hall to the parlor.
- 勒罗伊偷偷穿过门厅走到客厅。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.
- 她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. She had a facial at the beauty parlor.
- 她在美容院做了一次美容.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The parlor overlooks the street.
- 这客厅可俯瞰街道.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. They were conversing in the parlor.
- 他们正在客厅谈话.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》