英语词汇“parlour-boarders”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

parlour or (esp N American) parlor /pärˈlər/

noun

A simple unpretentious drawing room or dining room, or a smaller room of similar kind

A family sitting room or living room (old)

A room where conversation is allowed in a monastery or nunnery

A private room for conversation or conference in a public building, office, etc

A more or less private room in an inn or public house

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

Minor social accomplishments
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

parlour or (esp N American) parlor /pärˈlər/