lounge
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/
美 /ˈlaʊ̯nd͡ʒ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.
— He […] prevailed on Captain Musgrave to introduce him to a family, where he supposed he might find a monstrous good lounge for the rest of the time he was to be quartered in the neighbourhood.
- A place where one can lounge; an area, establishment, house etc. where loungers gather and where one can relax and be at ease.; A couch.
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The act of someone who lounges; idle reclining.
— That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.
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A room of a house for casual relaxing and entertaining.
— Near-synonyms: den, living room, sitting room, parlour, parlor, rec room
- A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair.
- A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
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An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
— Near-synonyms: bar, pub, divan; see also Thesaurus:pub
动词 v.
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To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
— We like to spend our Sundays lounging about at home in our pyjamas.
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To walk or go in a leisurely manner.
— When this bejewelled exquisite lounged through the streets playing on his flute, puffing at a cigar, and smelling at a nosegay, the people whom he met threw themselves on the earth before him and prayed to him with sighs and tears.
词源
词源 1
Origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).
词源 2
Origin uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French s'allonger (“to lie down”). Compare French longer (“to walk along”). Compare also German lungern (“to hang or lounge around, linger”).
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