/'pʊlmən; `pulmən/
(also `Pullman car, US `parlor car) n (esp formerly) luxurious type of railway carriage without compartments, and with seats grouped at tables （尤指旧时）豪华型列车车厢（无隔间, 设有桌椅）.

n[C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: George M. Pullman (1831-97), U.S. inventor who designed the car;]
[Sense: 2; Origin: because they were made to fit under the seats of Pullman cars]
a very comfortable train carriage, or a train made up of these carriages