salon

英 ['sælɒn] 美 [sə'lɑn]

salon 沙龙——沙龙

salon 客厅，会客室，沙龙，美发厅，美容院

来自法语 salon,客厅，会客室，来自意大利语 salone,大厅，厅堂，来自 PIE*sal,居住地，聚居点。在 17，18 世纪的时候，法国巴黎的贵妇人喜欢邀请当时的社会名流或文化人士在家中客厅谈诗论画，因而引申词义沙龙，现也用于指美发厅，美容院等词义。比较 bluestocking.

salon (n.): 1690s, "large room or apartment in a palace or great house," from French salon "reception room" (17c.), from Italian salone "large hall," from sala "hall," from a Germanic source (compare Old English sele, Old Norse salr "hall," Old High German sal "hall, house," German Saal), from Proto-Germanic *salaz, from PIE *sel- (1) "human settlement" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic selo "courtyard, village," obsolete Polish siolo, Russian selo "village," Lithuanian sala "village").

Sense of "reception room of a Parisian lady" is from 1810; meaning "gathering of fashionable people" first recorded 1888 (the woman who hosts one is a salonnière). Meaning "annual exhibition of contemporary paintings and sculpture in Paris" is from its originally being held in one of the salons of the Louvre. Meaning "establishment for hairdressing and beauty care" is from 1913.

1. The glitterati of Hollywood are flocking to Janet Vaughan's nail salon.: 众多的好莱坞名流都去光顾珍妮特·沃恩的美甲店。

2. His apartment was the most famous literary salon in Russia.: 他的公寓是俄国最著名的文学沙龙会所。

3. A boutique and beauty salon are conveniently located within the grounds.: 时装店和美容院就在区内，非常方便。