parlor

• n. 客厅；会客室；业务室
• adj. 客厅的

来自古法语parler,说话，词源同parley,Parliament.引申词义说话的地方，会客室，后用于指店铺，店面等。

parlor (n.)

c. 1200, parlur, "window through which confessions were made," also "apartment in a monastery for conversations with outside persons;" from Old French parleor "courtroom, judgment hall, auditorium" (12c., Modern French parloir), from parler "to speak" (see parley (n.)).

Sense of "sitting room for private conversation" is late 14c.; that of "show room for a business" (as in ice cream parlor) first recorded 1884. As an adjective, "advocating radical views from a position of comfort," 1910.

1. Leroy stole up the hall to the parlor.

勒罗伊偷偷穿过门厅走到客厅。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.

她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. She had a facial at the beauty parlor.

她在美容院做了一次美容.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The parlor overlooks the street.

这客厅可俯瞰街道.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. They were conversing in the parlor.

他们正在客厅谈话.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》