sitting-room
sitting-room — 名詞
1. a room inside a house that is used for relaxing, talking with guests, reading, o
客廳
家中起居、待客的房間
a room inside a house that is used for relaxing, talking with guests, reading, or watching television.
The children were watching a cartoon in the sitting-room while Hannah cooked dinner.
孩子們在客廳看卡通，Hannah 則在煮晚餐。
collocation: in the sitting-room
Rin's family has a cosy sitting-room with a fireplace and two large bookshelves.
Rin 家有一間舒適的客廳，裡面有壁爐和兩個大書架。
After dinner, Tariq and Ayana moved to the sitting-room to play chess by the fire.
晚餐後，Tariq 和 Ayana 到客廳去，在壁爐旁邊下棋。
collocation: move to the sitting-room
The sitting-room walls were painted a pale yellow that made the space feel bright.
客廳的牆壁漆成了淡黃色，讓整個空間感覺很明亮。
sitting-room + noun (compound modifier)
Noa invited her neighbours over for tea in the sitting-room last Sunday afternoon.
上週日下午，Noa 邀請了鄰居過來，在客廳喝茶聊天。
- in the sitting-room
- into the sitting-room
- the sitting-room door
- sitting-room furniture
- sitting-room floor
- family sitting-room
- cosy sitting-room
- large sitting-room
- front sitting-room
- ground-floor sitting-room
- living room
the modern equivalent, now the most common term in both British and American English
- lounge
used in British English, often for a more formal or hotel setting; slightly less common for a private home
- parlour
old-fashioned term, rarely used in modern everyday speech
文法句型
in + the/a sitting-room
[verb] + to + the sitting-room
sitting-room + [noun] (as modifier)
用法筆記
This word is a direct synonym of 'living room'. In British English, 'sitting-room' was the traditional term for this room, though 'living room' is now used in both British and American English. In American English, 'living room' is the standard term and 'sitting-room' is very rare.