n.休息室;候机室;起居室
v.闲荡;懒散地斜靠
We watched television in the hotel lounge. 我们在旅馆休息室里看电视。
Please move forward to the passenger lounge . 请向前走到旅客休息室。
She is waiting for me in the departure lounge. 她在候机室等我。
The children have made an awful mess in the lounge. 孩子们把起居室弄得凌乱不堪。
用作动词 (v.)I don't want to lounge about town. I have other things to do. 我不想在市区闲逛。我还有别的事要做。
lounge作名词时,意思是“休息处”“躺椅”“漫步”,转化为动词时,意思是“懒散地斜倚或靠坐”,表示身体放松时的舒适与安逸。引申可表示“懒散地混日子”。
lounge常用作不及物动词,其后常与 about 或around连用。