a small area at the entrance to a building, such as a house or a church, that is covered by a roof and often has walls 门廊；门厅 
She stood in the porch and rang the doorbell. 她站在门廊上按响了门铃。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entrance
- church
- back
- …
- door
- light
- in the porch
- (North American English) (also veranda, verandah (both especially British English))
a platform with an open front and a roof, built onto the side of a house on the ground floor （房屋底层有顶半敞的）走廊，游廊 Extra ExamplesThey were sitting out on the porch in the cool evening air. 在傍晚的凉爽空气中，他们坐在门廊里。 After dinner we sat on the front porch and talked for hours. 晚饭后，我们坐在门廊聊了好几个小时。 The screened porch looks across the backyard into the woods. 有屏风的门廊隔着后院看着树林。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- back
- front
- side
- …
- step
- light
- swing
- …
- on the porch
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French porche, from Latin porticus ‘colonnade’, from porta ‘passage’.