salon

noun

1. elegant sitting room where guests are received

2. gallery where works of art can be displayed

3. a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work

Synonym: beauty salonbeauty parlorbeauty parlourbeauty shop

1. 美容院;美发厅;发廊
A salon is a place where people have their hair cut or coloured, or have beauty treatments.

e.g. ...a new hair salon.
新开的美发厅
e.g. ...a beauty salon.
美容院

2. 高级服装店;时装店
A salon is a shop where smart, expensive clothes are sold.

3. (旧时较为流行的)文艺界名流聚会，雅集，文艺沙龙
A salon is an informal meeting of fashionable writers or artists, which is held at the house of someone who is well-known. Salons were more common in former times.

e.g. 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。

4. (豪华住宅的)客厅,会客室
A salon is a sitting room in a large, grand house.

1. 客厅：正宗的英国下午茶特色有三:幽雅舒适的环境--如家中的客厅(Salon)或花园;丰盛的冷热点心(refreshments)--要由女主人亲手调制;高档的茶具(tea set)--银制茶具(silver tea set)或细瓷杯碟(fine China cup and dish),

2. 公司：看看网站的例子: 出版电子杂志的沙龙公司(Salon)对愿意浏览标题广告的访问者提供免费服务,而不想看广告的人就需支付费用才能看网站内容了. 同样的道理也适用于 IPTV: 讨厌广告的观众通过付费屏蔽它们. 少付钱,就得多看几则广告.