The picture to hold is a room set aside so that a whole family can be in it together, children included. Everywhere else, the children might be in the way, or the room might be kept tidy for other people. Here they are not. That is the one idea behind all the uses: at home it shows up as comfort, and in a hotel or a pub it shows up as room and permission.

可以想成一個畫面:有一個房間是特地留給「一家大小」的,小孩也在內。別的地方可能嫌小孩礙事,或是房間要留給客人看;這一間不會。所有用法都繞著這個想法轉——在自己家裡,它表現成「舒服、天天窩在那」;在旅館或英國的酒館裡,它表現成「位子夠、而且小孩可以進來」。

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