• n. 休息室；闲逛；躺椅；（英）酒吧间
• vi. 闲逛；懒洋洋地躺卧；闲混
• vt. 虚度光阴

可能来自法语allonger,逗留，停留，来自al-,向，long,长的，长时间的。引申词义停留，逗留，休息。用于指休息厅，候机厅，酒吧等。

lounge

lounge: [16] It is the verb lounge (originally ‘move indolently’) which came first; its application as a noun to a ‘room where one can sit and take one’s ease’ came later, in the 18th century. It is not at all clear where the word came from, but some have linked it with the long obsolete noun lungis, which denoted both a ‘gangling foolish fellow’ and ‘someone who is slow or dilatory at doing things’. This was borrowed in the 16th century from French longis, which was apparently a generic application of Longīnus, the name of the Roman centurion who pierced Christ’s side with a spear as he was hanging on the cross.

lounge (n.)

"comfortable drawing room," 1881, from lounge (v.); in the sense of "couch on which one can lie at full length," it is attested from 1830. Lounge lizard is by 1917, perhaps from 1912, a term of contempt, originally in reference to men who hung around in tea rooms to flirt.

lounge (v.)

"to loll idly," c. 1500, Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps [Barnhart] from French s'allonger (paresseusement) "to lounge about, lie at full length," from Old French alongier "lengthen," from Latin longus "long" (see long (adj.)). Another etymology traces it through obsolete lungis (n.) "slow, lazy person" (c. 1560), from Middle French longis, a generic application of Longinus, supposed to be the name of the centurion who pierced Christ's side with a spear in John xix:34. Popular etymology associated the name directly with long (adj.). Related: Lounged; lounging.

1. They checked in their luggage and found seats in the departure lounge.

他们办完行李托运，到候机室找了座位坐下。

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2. Let's meet in the cocktail lounge at the Hilton.

我们在希尔顿酒店的酒吧间碰头吧。

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3. Clara had been reading in a lounge chair under a shady tree.

克拉拉一直坐在树阴下的躺椅上看书。

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4. When we had eaten, we dossed down in the lounge.

我们吃过后，就在休息室里睡下了。

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5. Unobtrusively, the other actors filed into the lounge.

其他演员不声不响地鱼贯进入休息室。

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