| 单词 | parlour car |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparlour car parlour car n. U.S. a railway carriage more luxuriously furnished than a standard carriage, esp. one with comfortable movable chairs. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > other types of passenger carriage caravan1821 private car1826 Jim Crow car1835 ladies' car1841 saloon car or carriage1842 palace car1844 ladies' carriage1847 parliamentary carriage1849 parlour car1859 composite carriage1868 Pullman1869 observation car1872 first1873 compo1878 bogie carriage1880 chair-car1880 club car1893 corridor carriage1893 tourist-car1895 birdcage1900 dog box1905 corridor coach1911 vista-dome1945 Stolypin1970 1859 Harper's Mag. June 9/2 As they approached the steps of the parlor car their progress was arrested by a black puddle left by the recent rains. 1977 A. Cooke Six Men vi. 187 We went off to the train in much better spirits, settled in two dumpy elbow chairs of the parlour car and were soon sliding under the river. 1995 Hongkong Standard 26 Aug. (Financial Review section) 9/3 Cruise ships that dock at Skagway supply about half the 140,000 passengers who travel in its 1890s-vintage parlour cars each year. < as lemmas |
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