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单词 parlour
释义

parlour or (esp N American) parlor /pärˈlər/

noun
  1. A simple unpretentious drawing room or dining room, or a smaller room of similar kind
  2. A family sitting room or living room (old)
  3. A room where conversation is allowed in a monastery or nunnery
  4. A private room for conversation or conference in a public building, office, etc
  5. A more or less private room in an inn or public house
  6. A shop fitted out like a room, or a room attached to a shop, esp for personal services to customers, or one providing a particular service or selling specified goods, such as a beauty parlour or an ice-cream parlour (orig US)
adjective

Used in or suitable for a parlour

ORIGIN: Anglo-Fr parlur (Fr parloir) from parler to speak

parˈlour-boardˈer noun

A pupil at a boarding school who enjoys particular privileges

parlour car or parlor car noun (US)

A luxuriously fitted railway saloon carriage

parlour game noun

An (esp informal) indoor game

parˈlour-maid noun

A maidservant who waits at table

parlour pink noun

A rather tepid Socialist

parlour tricks plural noun

  1. Minor social accomplishments
  2. Performances intended to impress

beauty parlour and funeral parlour see under beauty and funeral

milking parlour

A special room or building in which cows are milked

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