smoking compartment

Thân thiện

The conductor walks through the smoking compartment to check tickets.

Definition

Noun: A designated section or room within a passenger train, ship, or other vehicle where smoking is permitted.

Usage

This term specifically refers to a separate area designed to contain smoke and accommodate passengers who wish to smoke, thereby not disturbing others in non-smoking areas. - He stepped into the smoking compartment to have a cigarette. - On older trains, the smoking compartment was often at the end of the carriage.

Advanced Usage

• Historically common, the concept of a smoking compartment has become largely obsolete in many regions due to widespread smoking bans in public transport.
• The term can be used metaphorically to describe any isolated area designated for a specific, potentially bothersome activity.
  • The break room became the unofficial smoking compartment for office gossip.

Variants and Related Words

• Smoking car (noun): A whole railway carriage designated for smoking.
• Smoking lounge (noun): A room in an airport, hotel, or other public building where smoking is allowed.
• Non-smoking compartment (noun): The designated area where smoking is prohibited.

Synonyms

• Smoking carriage
• Smoking car
• Smoker (informal, as in "the smoker")

Antonyms

• Non-smoking compartment
• Non-smoking carriage

Học thuật

Noun

1. a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke

Từ đồng nghĩa

• smoker
• smoking car
• smoking carriage