| 单词 | parlour |
| 释义 | parlour (pɑːʳləʳ ) Word forms: parlours regional note: in AM, use parlor 1. countable noun A parlour is a room in a house for sitting in. [old-fashioned] 2. countable noun [noun NOUN] Parlour is used in the names of some types of shops which provide a service, rather than selling things. ...a funeral parlour. ...a notorious massage parlour. Synonyms: establishment, shop, store, salon Collocations: parlour trick Considering his annoying parlour trick - which involves telling people what they are thinking - that shouldn't come as a huge surprise to the cops. Times, Sunday Times Reliably amusing, and often enlightening - even if the conceit occasionally feels like a parlour trick. Times, Sunday Times All the same, the sense of a parlour trick lingers, as well as of unintended absurdity. The Times Literary Supplement After reading this, my parlour trick was to show mixed groups the cards and note their responses. Times, Sunday Times It's not a parlour trick. Globe and Mail Too many of them also spend too much time at the barbers and tattoo parlour. Times, Sunday Times The superfan immediately headed to a tattoo parlour to immortalise the autograph. The Sun They passed a tattoo parlour and her sons began clamouring for her to have one done. Times, Sunday Times First they must design a funky, wallmounted tank for a tattoo parlour. The Sun Two days later he visited a tattoo parlour. The Sun |
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