词汇 | lounge room |
词源 | lounge room; sitting room; living room; sitkamer. Austral- ians invite you into the “lounge room” if you visit their homes, while Britons ask you to come into the “sitting room.” Both would be inviting you into what both Americans and Canadi- ans call the “living room.” If you were in South Africa, however, you’d be asked into the “sitkamer” (composed of sit plus kamer, Afrikaans for chamber). |
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