| 释义 |
ˈsmoke-room
[smoke n. or v.]
A room in a club-house, hotel, or the like, set apart for the accommodation of those who wish to smoke. Also attrib.
1883Daily News 29 Sept. 3/2 A young man..in the smoke-room on the night of sailing from Queenstown. 1891E. Roper By Track & Trail ix. 125 We smokers left them and took up our quarters in our proper place, the smoke-room. 1906Nature 17 May 53/2 The book is full of smoke⁓room gossip and snatches of sailors' songs. 1937[see lounge bar s.v. lounge n. 4]. 1945Auden Coll. Poetry 134 That caged rebuked question Occasionally let out at clambakes or College reunions, and which the smoke⁓room story Alone, ironically enough, stands up for. |