hall

英 [hɔːl]

美 [hɔːl]

n. 门厅; 正门过道; (大楼内的)走廊; 礼堂; 大厅

复数：halls　现在分词：halling　

Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.800 / COCA.1839

牛津词典

noun

门厅；正门过道
a space or passage inside the entrance or front door of a building
1. She ran into the hall and up the stairs.
  她跑进门厅，冲上楼梯。
（大楼内的）走廊
a passage in a building with rooms down either side
1. I headed for Scott's office down the hall.
  我沿着走廊直奔斯科特的办公室。
礼堂；大厅
a building or large room for public meetings, meals, concerts, etc.
1. She's living in hall(s) .
  她住在学生宿舍。
礼堂；大厅
a building or large room for public meetings, meals, concerts, etc.
1. She's living in hall(s) .
  她住在学生宿舍。
大庄园府邸
a large country house
1. Haddon Hall
  哈登府

N-COUNT （房子或公寓的）门厅
Thehallin a house or flat is the area just inside the front door, into which some of the other rooms open.
1. The lights were on in the hall and in the bedroom.
  门厅和卧室的灯都亮着。

in AM, use 美国英语用 entrance hall

（大楼里的）走廊，过道
Ahallin a building is a long passage with doors into rooms on both sides of it.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 hallway

See also:Its 300 inhabitants will be celebrating with a dance in the village hall...We picked up our conference materials and filed into the lecture hall...It was brilliant to hear George Harrison in concert at the Royal Albert Hall last week.city hall town hall
（大学或学院的）学生宿舍
If students livein hallin British English, orin a hallin American English, they live in a university or college building called ahall of residence.
N-IN-NAMES （乡间）大庄园，府第（用于住宅名称中）
Hallis sometimes used as part of the name of a large house in the country.
1. He died at Holly Hall, his wife's family home.
  他在妻子的娘家冬青府去世。
N-IN-NAMES 厅，会堂，礼堂（尤用于礼堂、音乐厅等名称中）
Hallis sometimes used as part of the name of a large building, especially one where public events or concerts take place
1. ...New York's Carnegie Hall.
  纽约的卡内基音乐厅
See also:entrance hall music hall

noun

a large entrance or reception room or area
Synonym:anteroomantechamberentrance hallfoyerlobbyvestibule
a college or university building containing living quarters for students
Synonym:dormitorydormresidence hallstudent residence
a large building for meetings or entertainment
a large room for gatherings or entertainment
1. lecture hall
2. pool hall
a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research
1. halls of learning
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
1. the elevators were at the end of the hall
Synonym:hallway
the large room of a manor or castle
Synonym:manor hall
a large and imposing house
Synonym:mansionmansion housemanseresidence

There is a telephone inside the entrance hall.
门厅内有部电话。
Within minutes the hall was full of choking smoke.
几分钟不到，大厅里就弥漫着呛人的烟雾了。
The other boys straggled away, some to their work in the kitchen, some to the great hall.
其他男孩散开了，有些去厨房干活去了，有些去大厅了。
The venue for the show is Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre Hall
展览地点在伯明翰国家展览中心大厅。
The great hall was overflowing with people
大礼堂里挤满了人。
Visitors entered the exhibition hall in a steady stream.
参观者川流不息地进入展览厅。
Then I saw a gun under the hall table so I knew that something was wrong
后来我看到大厅的桌子下有一把枪，我就意识到有些不对劲儿。
The meeting hall was seething at once.
会场上顿时沸腾起来了。
We sat each paper in the Hall
我们每一场考试都是在大厅里考的。
The lights were on in the hall and in the bedroom.
门厅和卧室的灯都亮着。