a room in a large private house in which guests can be received and entertained
客厅,起居室。
consciously refined, light-hearted, and elegant
有教养的,轻松愉快的,高雅的
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drawing-room small talk .轻松愉快的闲谈。
(of a song or play)characterized by a polite observance of social proprieties
(歌曲或戏剧)遵守社会礼仪的
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a stock figure of Thirties drawing-room comedy .三十年代客厅喜剧中的老一套人物。
"mid 17th cent. (denoting a private room attached to a more public one): abbreviation of 16th-cent.