名詞 lounge:

1. an upholstered seat for more than one person
   同義詞：sofa, couch
2. a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait
   同義詞：waiting room, waiting area

動(dòng)詞 lounge:

1. sit or recline comfortably
2. be about
   同義詞：loiter, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around

1. The children have made an awful mess in the lounge.
   孩子們把起居室弄得凌亂不堪。
2. After dinner we all adjourned to the lounge.
   飯後我們都到休息室去了。
3. 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。
4. She is waiting for me in the departure lounge.
   她在候機(jī)室等我。
5. Don't lounge around all day: do something!
   別整天閑逛，做點(diǎn)事情吧！

lounge

v.（動(dòng)詞）
lounged,loung.ing,loung.es
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To move or act in a lazy, relaxed way; loll:
閑逛：以懶懶的，放松的方式移動(dòng)或行動(dòng)；漫步：
例句：
lounging on the sofa; lounged around in pajamas.
慵懶地躺在沙發(fā)上；穿著睡衣到處閑逛

To pass time idly:
閑散地度過：
例句：
lounged in Venice till June.
在威尼斯閑逛，直到六月份

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To pass (time) in a lazy, relaxed, or idle way:
閑散度日：懶散地，放松地，隨意地打發(fā)（時(shí)間）：
例句：
lounged the day away.
懶散地打發(fā)日子

n.（名詞）
A public waiting room, as in a hotel or an air terminal, often having smoking or lavatory facilities.
休息室：一間公共的等候室，比如在賓館里或飛機(jī)終點(diǎn)，經(jīng)常有吸煙或衛(wèi)生設(shè)備
An establishment or a room in an establishment, as in a hotel or restaurant, where cocktails are served.
大廳：一個(gè)設(shè)施或一個(gè)設(shè)施中的一間房子（比如在一賓館或餐館中），此處出售雞尾酒

A living room.
起居室
A lobby.
大廳，休息室
A long couch, especially one having no back and a headrest at one end.
躺椅：無靠背而一端有枕頭的長(zhǎng)沙發(fā)

來源：
Possibly from French s`allonger [to stretch out]
可能源自 法語(yǔ) s`allonger [伸展]
from Old French alongier [to lengthen]
源自 古法語(yǔ) alongier [加長(zhǎng)]
from Medieval Latin allong3re
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) allong3re
Latin ad- [ad-]
拉丁語(yǔ) ad- [前綴，表.朝…方向.]
Latin longus [long] * see long
拉丁語(yǔ) longus [長(zhǎng)] *參見 long

【引伸】
loung.er
n.（名詞）