- (also hallway especially in British English)(North American English also entry)
a space or passage inside the entrance or front door of a building 门厅；正门过道 - in a hall
Her brother was standing in the front hall. 她弟弟在前厅站着。 She ran into the hall and up the stairs. 她跑进门厅，冲上楼梯。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entrance
- entry
- front
- …
- lead to
- across the hall
- along the hall
- at the end of the hall
- …
- in a hall
- (also hallway)(North American English)
a passage in a building with rooms down either side （大楼内的）走廊 - down the hall
I headed for Scott's office down the hall. 我沿着走廊直奔斯科特的办公室。 - across the hall
the room across the hall 门厅对面的房间
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entrance
- entry
- front
- …
- lead to
- across the hall
- along the hall
- at the end of the hall
- …
- down the hall
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a building or large room for public meetings, meals, concerts, etc. 礼堂；大厅 a concert/sports hall 音乐厅/体育馆 a banqueting/conference hall 宴会厅/会议厅 an exhibition hall 展览厅 There are three dining halls on campus. 校园里有三个餐厅。 the Royal Albert Hall 皇家艾伯特厅 - in a hall
The next meeting is in the community hall on Tuesday. 下一次会议将于星期二在社区会堂举行。 - (British English)
A jumble sale will be held in the village hall on Saturday. 星期六将在村礼堂举行义卖。
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb1, Educationb1More than 200 members of the public packed the main hall at the community centre. 小区中心的大礼堂里挤满了两百多名民众。 Our voices echoed round the huge bare hall. 我们的声音在空荡荡的大厅里回响。 The strains of the national anthem filled the hall. 大厅里回荡着国歌的旋律。 at dinner in the mess hall 在食堂吃晚饭 It's important for a concert hall to have good acoustics. 有好的音响效果对音乐厅是很重要的。 Our stand is located in the main exhibition hall. 我们的展位位于主展厅。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cavernous
- huge
- spacious
- …
- crowd
- crowd into
- fill
- …
- in the hall
- into the hall
- through the hall
- …
- hall of residence
- (also hall of residence)(also (North American English also)dorm, dormitory, residence hall)
a building for university or college students to live in 礼堂；大厅 - in hall(s)
She's living in hall(s). 她住在学生宿舍。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cavernous
- huge
- spacious
- …
- crowd
- crowd into
- fill
- …
- in the hall
- into the hall
- through the hall
- …
- hall of residence
- in hall(s)
- (British English)
(often as part of a name 常作名称的一部分 a large country house 大庄园府邸 Haddon Hall 哈登府 Berrington Hall was built in the late 18th century. 柏林顿大厅建于18世纪晚期。
Word OriginOld English hall, heall (originally denoting a roofed space, located centrally, for the communal use of a tribal chief and his people); of Germanic origin and related to German Halle, Dutch hall, also to Norwegian and Swedish hall.