n.休息室；候機室；起居室

v.閑蕩；懶散地斜靠

We watched television in the hotel lounge. 我們在旅館休息室里看電視。

Please move forward to the passenger lounge . 請向前走到旅客休息室。

The children have made an awful mess in the lounge. 孩子們把起居室弄得凌亂不堪。

I don't want to lounge about town. I have other things to do. 我不想在市區(qū)閑逛。我還有別的事要做。

I just lounge around the house. 我就待在家里閑晃。

Teenage boys were lounging against the wall. 十幾歲男孩們懶散地靠在墻上。

lounge作名詞時,意思是“休息處”“躺椅”“漫步”,轉(zhuǎn)化為動詞時,意思是“懶散地斜倚或靠坐”,表示身體放松時的舒適與安逸。引申可表示“懶散地混日子”。

lounge常用作不及物動詞,其后常與 about 或around連用。