| 单词 | parlour game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparlour game parlour game n. (originally) a version of an outdoor game adapted for playing in the parlour; (later) any game suitable for playing indoors, esp. a word game (also in extended use). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] jeu de société1793 parlour game1854 party game1929 1854 Bk. of Parlour Games 3 A Manual of Parlour Games has long been a desideratum. 1872 A. Elliot Within Doors i. 45 Numerous Parlour Games have recently been introduced... Such are Parlour Croquet,..Parlour Billiards, [etc.]. 1894 I. Zangwill in Critic (N.Y.) 24 Nov. 342/2 In the parlor-game of ‘Consequences’. 1923 W. de la Mare Riddle 127 She talks to you; but it's all make-believe. It's all a ‘parlour game’. 1995 Guardian 5 Oct. ii. 7/4 If one popular literary parlour game is naming forgotten Nobellists, a second is speculating about the next winner. < as lemmas |
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