• n. 客廳；會客室；業(yè)務(wù)室
• adj. 客廳的

來自古法語parler,說話，詞源同parley,Parliament.引申詞義說話的地方，會客室，后用于指店鋪，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.

勒羅伊偷偷穿過門廳走到客廳。

來自柯林斯例句

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

她躺在客廳的一張小長椅上.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. She had a facial at the beauty parlor.

她在美容院做了一次美容.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The parlor overlooks the street.

這客廳可俯瞰街道.

來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. They were conversing in the parlor.

他們正在客廳談話.

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》