sitting roomUK, or USold-fashioned
 
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Examples

We've just bought a new coffee-coloured rug for the living room.我们刚买了一条咖啡色的新地毯，打算铺在客厅。
I want to do the living room this afternoon.
She's made a first-class job of decorating the living room.
The television is usually the focal point of the living room.
That picture would go well on the wall in the living room.那幅画挂在客厅墙上正合适。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parts of buildings: rooms
antechamber
anteroom
atelier
attic
ballroom
dormitory
drawing room
dressing room
efficiency room
en suite
master bedroom
meat locker
multi-chambered
multi-room
observation lounge
utility room
vestibule
waiting room
wet room
workroom

Examples from literature

People put lamps, coffee tables, or plants in them so they feel like they’re driving in their living room. 

living room | American Dictionary

living room
noun[ C ]
(alsolivingroom)us/ˈlɪv·ɪŋ ˌrum, -rʊm/
the room in a house or apartment where people sit or relax together but do not usually eat or sleep

Examples of living room

living room
The art of sound reproduction proposes to bring a full orchestra into our livingroom.
A toothbrush in a bathroom cabinet, or a supermarket, or a livingroom, or a suitcase, or a bin, has a physical/material context.
The livingroom obviously has both east and west lighting.
The axis has a clearly defined beginning in the hall and a clear endpoint in the far livingroom.
The family hearth, in the livingroom below, is seen from this position.
It seems logical to assume that the livingroom, as the centre of the household, symbolizes the earthly paradise.
Meals were eaten in the livingroom, rather than in the kitchen and all the family ate together at the same table.
The livingroom, the dining room and two bedrooms each had two windows and faced the street.
The west wall of the livingroom, under the balcony, is fully glazed with top hung sliding doors leading to a generous porch with planters.
These scenes were connected within the limits of the livingroom.
In fact one third of the livingroom is lowered a half level to connect to the kitchen and dining area below.
The least private spaces are of course the rented room in the south followed by the entrance hall, the livingroom and the bedroom.
The kitchen was moved to the end of the corridor, and the six-tatami livingroom became better shielded from outside.
Other reasons given for eating in the livingroom include the lack of a suitable alternative, especially of a sufficiently large kitchen.
These allow a permanent view from one space to the other, but with them open you can plunge from the livingroom into the pool.
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