saloon: [18] Saloon is part of a widespread western European family of words for ‘large room’. They go back to a prehistoric Germanic *salaz, ancestor of German saal. This was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as *sala, whose descendants include French salle and Italian sala. A derivative of this, denoting ‘large size’, was salone, which was borrowed into French as salon. English acquired this at the beginning of the 18th century in two forms: the original salon and the anglicized saloon.
saloon (n.)
1728, anglicized form of salon, and originally used interchangeable with it. Meaning "large hall in a public place for entertainment, etc." is from 1747; especially a passenger boat from 1817, also used of railway cars furnished like drawing rooms (1842). Sense of "public bar" developed by 1841, American English.
双语例句
1. Hidden dangers lurk in every family saloon car.
每部家庭式双排座小轿车都存在隐患。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The Tugboat Saloon and Eatery is a must-visit.
拖轮沙龙和小餐馆是必去之处。
来自柯林斯例句
3. a five-seater family saloon
五座家庭式轿车
来自《权威词典》
4. Getting into the aft cabin involves a slight step down from saloon level.
去后舱需要从餐厅的位置略微往下迈一小步。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The old girl in there runs the saloon bar at the pub in the evenings.
