每日一词学英语(139-14/09/09): saloon

英国的媒体坚持使用英式英语的拼写和用词，比如saloon或saloon car（美式英语是sedan）: a car with four doors and a boot/trunk (= space at the back for carrying things) which is separated from the part where the driver and passengers sit，小轿车；（三厢式）四门轿车。
*a five-seater family saloo

Second-hand car prices are soaring, with the average saloon worth £600 more than last year. (From Mirror, 13/09/2009: Price of used cars up 30%) 二手车价格飙升，四门轿车平均价格比去年上涨了600镑。

注意“沙龙”是“salon”，比今天这个词少个“o”。不过，“saloon”也有“沙龙”的意思。