释义 |
drawing roomn. (hyphenated when attrib. 作定语时加连字符) 1 a room for comfortable sitting or entertaining in a private house 客厅,起居室 2 (作 attrib.) restrained; observing social proprieties 上流社会(的) drawing-room conversation 上流社会的谈话 3 US a private compartment in a train [美] (火车车厢里的)特等卧室 4 hist. a levee, a formal reception esp. at court [史义] (尤指宫廷内的)正式接见 [earlier withdrawing room, because originally used for women to withdraw to after dinner] |