| 单词 | corridor |
| 释义 | corridor —corridored, adj. /kawr"i deuhr, -dawr', kor"-/, n. 1. a gallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway. 2. a passage into which several rooms or apartments open. 3. a passageway in a passenger ship or railroad car permitting access to separate cabins or compartments. 4. a narrow tract of land forming a passageway, as one connecting two major cities or one belonging to an inland country and affording an outlet to the sea: the Polish Corridor. 5. a usually densely populated region characterized by one or more well-traveled routes used by railroad, airline, or other carriers: The Northeast corridor extends from Washington, D.C., to Boston. 6. Aeron. a restricted path along which an aircraft must travel to avoid hostile action, other air traffic, etc. 7. Aerospace. a carefully calculated path through the atmosphere along which a space vehicle must travel after launch or during reentry in order to attain a desired orbit, to avoid severe acceleration and deceleration, or to minimize aerodynamic heating. [1585-95; < MF < Upper It corridore (Tuscan corridoio), equiv. to corr(ere) to run ( < L currere) + -idore < L -i-torium; see -I-, -TORY2] |
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