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cloakroom

/klohk-room, -room/US // ˈkloʊkˌrum, -ˌrʊm //UK // (ˈkləʊkˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) //

衣帽间,衣帽室,衣物室,衣物间

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a room in which outer garments, hats, umbrellas, etc., may be left temporarily, as in a club, restaurant, etc.; checkroom.
    • : a room adjacent to a legislative chamber or legislative room, where legislators may leave their coats, relax, or engage in informal conversation.
    • : British. a bathroom; a public restroom. a baggage room, as at a railway station, where packages and luggage may be left temporarily or checked through to one's destination.

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Examples

  • Sacco removed the cloakroom nearby, making way for a bar that now extends to the front windows.

  • Its enemies are many of the men and women he shares a cloakroom with—any Republican senator who did not join in.

  • It was a young man with a check for the things; he was waiting for them now in the cloakroom and he seemed nervous.

  • He wrested a chattering Winona from Mrs. Henrietta Plunkett at the door of the ladies' cloakroom.

  • Stoneman pushed his way among the mob which surrounded the badgered Puritan as he attempted to retreat into the cloakroom.

  • Miss Henderson took her hand, and entered a room 346 adjoining the cloakroom.

  • Then one day in the cloakroom he said, "Your great-grandmother—"