saloon

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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sa·loon /səˈluːn/ noun [countable]  1. DFDDLa public place where alcoholic drinks were sold and drunk in the western US in the 19th century 〔19 世纪美国西部的〕酒馆 SYN bar2. (also saloon bar) British English a comfortable room in a pub 〔酒馆内的〕雅座酒吧 SYN lounge bar3  (also saloon car) British EnglishTTC a car that has a separate enclosed space for your bags etc 〔有独立空间装行李的〕厢式小客车；大轿车 SYN American English sedan a four-door family saloon 四门家庭厢式轿车 → estate car4. TTWa large comfortable room where passengers on a ship can sit and relax 〔客轮上的〕交谊厅

Examples from the Corpus

saloon• The town, with a population of more than 2,000, boasted 18 saloons and 100 mining companies.• He got a job sweeping out a saloon and was allowed to sleep in the carriage house behind it.• But you expect that sort of thing in a literary saloon.• He stopped in several other saloons before he reached Clinton Place.• Volvo has won a safety award for its innovative integrated child seat fitted to all new 900-series saloons.• Miguelito sat at the saloon table.Origin saloon (1700-1800) French salon, from Italian salone “large hall”, from sala “hall”

sa·loon nounChineseSyllable  

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saloon
sa‧loon /səˈluːn/ noun [countable]1. a public place where alcoholic drinks were sold and drunk in the western US in the 19th century
   SYN  bar
2. (also saloon bar) British English a comfortable room in a pub
   SYN  lounge bar
3. (also saloon car) British English a car that has a separate enclosed space for your bags etc
   SYN  sedan American English:
    a four-door family saloon ⇨ estate car
4. a large comfortable room where passengers on a ship can sit and relax
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ bar a place where people go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks: A man went into a bar and ordered a drink. | Let’s meet up in the hotel bar. | The city centre is full of wine bars and restaurants. | The club has a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
   ▪ pub a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served: Do you fancy going to the pub? | a country pub
   ▪ public house British English formal a pub: The fight took place outside a public house in the city centre.
   ▪ sb’s local informal a pub near where you live, especially one you often go to: The Red Lion’s my local.
   ▪ inn a small hotel or pub, especially an old one in the countryside – often used in the name of the hotel or pub: The Bull Inn dates back to the 15th century. | The hotel was once a 17th century coaching inn (=used by people travelling by coach and horses).
   ▪ gastropub a pub that is known to serve very good food: a gastropub with a riverside restaurant | the Windmill Gastropub
   ▪ tavern British English a pub in the past where you could also stay the night – used nowadays in the names of some pubs: the Turf Tavern | Marlowe was killed in a fight in a tavern.
   ▪ watering hole informal a bar, pub etc where people drink alcohol – often used humorously. A watering hole is also the name for a place where wild animals go to drink: The bar became a popular watering hole for journalists. | What’s your favorite watering hole?
   ▪ dive informal a bar, club etc that is cheap and dirty: The place is a bit of dive.
   ▪ honky-tonk American English informal a cheap bar where country music is played: They played in every honky-tonk in Tennessee.
   ▪ saloon a bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relax: I felt like a cowboy walking into a saloon in the Wild West. | Do you want to stay in the saloon, or would rather go into the other bar?

sal·oonBrE /səˈluːn/ 🔊NAmE /səˈluːn/ 🔊 noun

(also saˈloon car) (both BrE) (NAmE sedan) a car with four doors and a boot/ trunk (= space at the back for carrying things) which is separated from the part where the driver and passengers sit 小轿车；（三厢）四门轿车◆a five-seater family saloon五座家庭式轿车 (also saˈloon bar) (both BrE) = lounge bar a bar where alcoholic drinks were sold in the western US and Canada in the past （旧时美国西部和加拿大的）酒吧，酒馆a large comfortable room on a ship, used by the passengers to sit and relax in （客轮上的）交谊厅