lounge

Word family

Related topics: Buildings, Air, Leisure, House

lounge1 /laʊndʒ/ S3 noun [countableC]

1 TBBTTAa waiting room at an airport 〔机场的〕等候室

the departure lounge

候机室

2 DLa public room in a hotel or other building, that is used by many people as a place to relax 〔宾馆等的〕公共休息室

the television lounge

电视放映室

3. British EnglishBrEDHH the main room in a house where people relax, watch television etc 〔住所中的〕起居室，客厅 SYN living room

4. British EnglishBrEDFDDL a lounge bar 雅座酒吧

5. American EnglishAmE a cocktail bar 鸡尾酒酒吧

→ cocktail lounge , sun lounge

Examples from the Corpus

lounge• The origins of the hotel are also apparent in the impressive entrance hall, cocktail bar and lounge.• They oversee the hotels' restaurants, cocktail lounges, and banquet facilities.• the airport's departure lounge• The car itself had the look of a narrow lounge in a posh London pub.• There's no dining room or lounge, but guests can have a self-service breakfast for £2.50.• They brought him magazines from the staff lounge and extra cigarettes.• In the lounge Lord Beddington was taking a short rest after the exigencies of luncheon.• What use would it have been if I had gone into the lounge without something like that?

departure lounge• Moments before boarding I caught a glimpse of a television set in the departure lounge.

lounge2 verb [intransitiveI]

1 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SITSTAND to stand, sit, or lie in a lazy or relaxed way 懒洋洋地站[坐，躺]着

Nathan was lounging on the grass bank outside the cottage.

内森正懒洋洋地躺在小屋外的草堤上。

► see thesaurus at sit

2 lounge around (also lounge about British EnglishBrE)LAZY to spend time relaxing and doing nothing, often when you should be doing something 百无聊赖地消磨[打发]时间 SYN laze around

James does nothing but lounge around the apartment.

詹姆斯在公寓里转来转去，无所事事。

Examples from the Corpus

lounge• And as for the three highlanders lounging around the spikey Volkswagen.• The sergeant lounged back in his chair and gnawed the end of his pen.• Are you the sort of person who likes to lounge in bed at the weekend?• A few steamers lounge in the blue water.• I dried off, then lounged on a hammock at the poolside.• Margarett snaps Miss Sheldon, chaperone of the Florentine School, and two schoolmates lounging on deck chairs.• I lounged on the couch in the attic sitting-room, pyramidal in shape with deep-set windows.• I dried off and lounged on the ledge of tiles that formed a long sitting area opposite the pool.

Origin lounge2

(1500-1600) Perhaps copying slow movement

lounge1 nounlounge2 verb

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