中文翻译与英英解释 | (出高价住在校长家里的)特别寄宿生。
| | | parlour: 短语和例子 parlo(u)r n. 1.〔古、方〕起居 ... | | boarder: n. 1.寄膳者,寄宿生。 2.(车船、飞机等的)乘客。 ... | |
A parlour boarder was a special category of lodger in 18th and 19th century England who lived permanently with another family, ate at their family table, but in addition had the use of a personal sitting room?the parlour. The term also applied to a special category of boarder at a boarding school, normally the child of deceased or wealthy parents, put in the charge of the headmistress of the school and, while attending classes with the rest, was nevertheless treated as a cut above the other students, possibly even having a servant to attend her. |
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