| 单词 | parlour game |
| 释义 | parlour game noun[C] UKold-fashioned(USparlor game)uk/ˈpɑː.lə ˌɡeɪm/us/ˈpɑːr.lɚ ˌɡeɪm/agameplayedinside ahouse, usuallyinvolvingwords oracting 室内游戏（常涉及文字或表演）Miscellaneous games & activities
Examplesofparlour gameparlour game In the processes of storytelling, like aparlourgameof whispers passed on, the truth was continually distorted. From theCambridge English Corpus Such labels mean nothing to me and are part of aparlourgameplayed by people of socialist inclination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is noparlourgamefor the retailer who may be punished for making a mistake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Knocking the council house tenant has become a low-gradeparlourgame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It ended up by being some sort ofparlourgame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The situation as regards mutuals has been rather like theparlourgameof pass-the-parcel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes even aparlourgamewill get an answer, when questions will not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is legislation, not aparlourgame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this some sort ofparlourgame? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In parlour games the swapping of sides or the changing of places is a straightforward way of making sure the game continues and everyone has a turn. From theCambridge English Corpus Conferences and seminars can degenerate into parlour games for think tanks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They apply to parlour games, sport, constitutions and society in general. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Knocking the council tenant has become one of their low-grade parlour games. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will there be light- hearted parlour games? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Party politics are not aparlourgame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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