| 单词 | salon |
| 释义 | salon /seuh lon"/; Fr. /sann lawonn"/, n. , pl. salons /-lonz"/; Fr. /-lawonn"/. 1. a drawing room or reception room in a large house. 2. an assembly of guests in such a room, esp. an assembly, common during the 17th and 18th centuries, consisting of the leaders in society, art, politics, etc. 3. a hall or place used for the exhibition of works of art. 4. a shop, business, or department of a store offering a specific product or service, esp. one catering to a fashionable clientele: a dress salon; a hair salon. 5. (cap.) (in France) a. the Salon, an annual exhibition of works of art by living artists, originally held at the Salon d'Apollon: it became, during the 19th century, the focal point of artistic controversy and was identified with academicism and official hostility to progress in art. b. a national exhibition of works of art by living artists: Salon des Refusés; Salon des Indépendants. [1705-15; < F < It salone, equiv. to sal(a) hall ( < Gmc; cf. OE sael, OS seli, G Saal, ON salr) + -one aug. suffix] |
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