| 释义 |
drawing room
noun
Etymology: short for withdrawing room
1.
a. archaic : a room to which one may retire for privacy or rest : closet; especially : one adjacent to public apartments
b. obsolete : a room or apartment forming a private part of the suite of a person (as a king) living in state and being often the setting of various informal activities or gatherings
c. : a more or less formal reception room (as in a home or hotel); especially : the room to which ladies withdraw from the dining room — compare parlor, sitting room
d. : a private room on a railroad passenger car with three berths and an enclosed toilet
2. : a formal or ceremonial reception; especially : one that is an official function of a royal court
< made her curtsy at the queen's last drawing room >
3.
a. : persons gathered in a drawing room
< disturbed the drawing room with his radical talk >
b. drawing rooms plural : people of substance and position accustomed to formal living : polite society
< the report of her elopement shocked the drawing rooms > |