标题: Luxury Hotels for Dogs and Cats; No Humans Allowed [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 9-27-2010 12:18 标题: Luxury Hotels for Dogs and Cats; No Humans Allowed 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Ana Campoy, At This Hotel, Even a Pooch Can Live in the Lap of Luxury;
Customer Service Is Everything; Please Don't Use the Word 'Kennel.' Wall
Street Journal, Sept.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704358904575478101934394026.html
Note:
(a) chenille fabric (n; French for caterpillar): a kind of fabric
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenille_fabric
(b) stockyard (n): "a yard for STOCK; specifically : one in which transient
cattle, sheep, swine, or horses are kept temporarily for slaughter, market,
or shipping"
* stock (n): "6a(2): LIVESTOCK"
* livestock (n): "animals kept or raised for use or pleasure; especially :
farm animals kept for use and profit"
All definitions are from www.m-w.com.
(c) The report uses "PDAs (personal displays of affection)." Usually PDA
stands for PUBLIC display of affection (among human lovers).