释义 |
hallway orig. U.S. An entrance-hall or passage leading to various rooms in a house or building.
1877J. Habberton Jericho Road 173 It passed through the narrow hallway which separated the cell from the jailor's apartments. 1882Harper's Mag. Feb. 347 Entering the Senate hallway. 1883Roe Ibid. Dec. 45/1 The hallway..is wide, and extends to a small piazza in the rear. 1920B. Cronin Timber Wolves ii. 41 He stood hesitating at the entrance to the musty hallway. 1953L. Kuper Living in Towns ii. 13 The front doors..give direct access to hallway and staircase. 1959Shropsh. Mag. Mar. 9/2 He has a beautiful wooden chest in his hallway. 1971Real Estate Rev. Fall 104/2 A woman who had been attacked in the common hallway of her apartment house. |