- (also saloon car)(both British English)(North American English sedan)
a car with a boot (= space at the back for carrying things) that 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 a four-door saloon 一辆四门大轿车
- (also saloon bar)(also lounge bar)(all British English)
a bar in a pub, hotel, etc. that is more comfortable than the other bars and where the drinks are usually more expensive 轿车: 酒吧,旅馆等中的酒吧,比其他酒吧更舒适,且饮料通常更贵 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 The cowboy died in a fight in a saloon. 这个牛仔在酒馆的一次斗殴中丧生。 There were sawdust-on-the-floor Western saloons with gunfights and poker games. 有铺着锯屑的西式沙龙,有枪战和扑克游戏。
a large comfortable room on a ship, used by the passengers to sit and relax in (客轮上的)交谊厅 The saloon on deck B has room for 140 passengers. 乙甲板的休息室可容纳140名乘客。
Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘drawing room’): from French salon, from Italian salone ‘large hall’, augmentative of sala ‘hall’.