- (formal)
an entrance hall of a large building, for example where hats and coats can be left 前厅，门厅（如可放衣帽处） The flooring of the church vestibule is made of Italian marble. 教堂前厅的地板是由意大利大理石制成的。
- (specialist)
a space at the end of a coach on a train that connects it with the next coach 通过台（列车两个车厢间的连接处）
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting the space in front of the main entrance of a classical Roman or Greek building): from French, or from Latin vestibulum ‘entrance court’.