lounge

lounge
verb
  1. [no obj., with adverbial of place]lie, sit, or stand in relaxed or lazy way
    懒洋洋地躺(或坐、站)着
    several students were lounging about reading papers.
    几个学生懒洋洋地在那里看报。
noun
  1. a public room in a hotel, theatre, or club in which to sit and relax
    (旅馆、剧场或俱乐部的)休息室
    ■a spacious area in an airport with seats for waiting passengers
    (机场)候机大厅
    the departure lounge.
    候机室。
    ■(Brit.)a sitting room in a house
    (英)起居室
  2. [in sing.](Brit.)an act or spell of lounging
    (英)虚度光阴
语源
  1. early 16th cent. (in the sense 'move indolently'): perhaps symbolic of slow movement. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 19th cent
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