| 词汇 | parlour-game |
| 释义 | parlour game noun[ C ] UKold-fashioned(USparlor game)uk /ˈpɑː.lə ˌɡeɪm/ us /ˈpɑːr.lɚ ˌɡeɪm/ a game played inside a house, usually involving words or acting室内游戏（常涉及文字或表演） Miscellaneous games & activities air hockey beer pong belly dancing bran tub buildering cage diving charade Frisbee hoopla horseshoe in-game inline inline skate inline skating pinball machine roller-skating RPG sandbox scavenger hunt screen time Examples of parlour gameparlour game In the processes of storytelling, like a parlourgame of whispers passed on, the truth was continually distorted. Such labels mean nothing to me and are part of a parlourgame played by people of socialist inclination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is no parlourgame for the retailer who may be punished for making a mistake. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Knocking the council house tenant has become a low-grade parlourgame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It ended up by being some sort of parlourgame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The situation as regards mutuals has been rather like the parlourgame of pass-the-parcel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes even a parlourgame will get an answer, when questions will not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is legislation, not a parlourgame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this some sort of parlourgame? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In parlour games the swapping of sides or the changing of places is a straightforward way of making sure the game continues and everyone has a turn. Conferences and seminars can degenerate into parlour games for think tanks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They apply to parlour games, sport, constitutions and society in general. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Knocking the council tenant has become one of their low-grade parlour games. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will there be light- hearted parlour games? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Party politics are not a parlourgame. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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