单词 | drawing room |
释义 | drawing roomnoun 1A room in a large private house in which guests can be received and entertained.This was once a state bedroom for visiting dignitaries but is now an elegant drawing room for entertaining important guests....
1.1 [as modifier] (Of a song or play) characterized by a polite observance of social proprieties: a stock figure of Thirties drawing-room comedy...
OriginMid 17th century (denoting a private room attached to a more public one): abbreviation of 16th-century withdrawing-room 'a room to withdraw to'. |
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