- a room in a large private house in which guests can be received and entertained客厅, 起居室。
attrib.
1- consciously refined, light-hearted, and elegant有教养的, 轻松愉快的, 高雅的：
drawing-room small talk.
轻松愉快的闲谈。
1.1
- (of a song or play) characterized by a polite observance of social proprieties（歌曲或戏剧）遵守社会礼仪的：
a stock figure of Thirties drawing-room comedy.
三十年代客厅喜剧中的老一套人物。
词源
mid 17th cent. (denoting a private room attached to a more public one)： abbreviation of 16th-cent. withdrawing-room 'a room to withdraw to'.