lounge /laʊndʒ/ CET6 TEM4 ( lounging, lounged, lounges )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT In a hotel, club, or other public place, a lounge is a room where people can sit and relax. 休息厅

  例：

  I spoke to her in the lounge of a big Johannesburg hotel where she was attending a union meeting.

  我在约翰内斯堡一家大酒店的休息室和她说过话，当时她在那儿参加一个工会会议。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT In an airport, a lounge is a very large room where people can sit and wait for aircraft to arrive or leave. 等候大厅

  例：

  Instead of taking me to the departure lounge they took me right to my seat on the plane.

  他们没有带我去候机厅，而是直接把我带到了飞机的座位上。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT In a house, a lounge is a room where people sit and relax. 起居室 [英国英语]

  例：

  The present owners added a new kitchen, a front porch and a lounge.

  目前的主人增添了一个新的厨房，一个前沿和一个会客厅。

• 4. 

  V-I If you lounge somewhere, you sit or lie there in a relaxed or lazy way. 懒洋洋地坐着; 懒散地躺着

  例：

  They ate and drank and lounged in the shade.

  他们在阴凉处懒洋洋地坐着，又吃又喝。