anteroom

英 [ˈæntiruːm]

美 [ˈæntiruːm]

n.  (尤指重要公共建筑的)前厅，接待室

复数：anterooms　

机械

BNC.35462 / COCA.23988

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指重要公共建筑的）前厅，接待室
  a room where people can wait before entering a larger room, especially in an important public building

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 前厅;休息室;接待室
  Ananteroomis a small room leading into a larger room.
  1. He had been patiently waiting in the anteroom for an hour.
     他在前厅耐心地等了一个小时。

英英释义

noun

• a large entrance or reception room or area
  Synonym:antechamberentrance hallhallfoyerlobbyvestibule

双语例句

• Hofer came in from the anteroom carrying several files and a couple of rolled-up maps under his arm.
  霍弗抱着几摞案卷，挟着两卷地图从接待室走了进来。
• On either side of the lounge were emergency rooms with cots, an anteroom, and a toilet room.
  两边的休息室是急诊室的床，一个接待室，一个厕所室。
• He cooled his heels for a full half-hour in the anteroom before the gentleman would see him.
  他在接待室里从冷板凳，足足等了半个钟头那位先生才肯接见他。
• But each special room in Hong Kong also has an anteroom that is designed for the safe donning and removal of personal protection equipment, making them well-suited for coping with Ebola, Dr. Peiris said.
  但裴伟士说，香港的每一个专用隔离室都还有一个前厅，用来安全地穿脱防护装备，因此非常适合应对埃博拉疫情。
• Which one of us has not sat in some anteroom and watched the inscrutable panels of a door that was full of meaning?
  我们中谁没有在某个接待室里做过，眼睛盯着那扇含有各种各样可能性的莫测高深的门板？
• One day, when the emperor had come to visit his uncle, the worthy cure, who was waiting in the anteroom, found himself present when his majesty passed.
  一天，皇帝来看他的舅父，这位尊贵的本堂神甫正在前厅候见，皇上也恰巧走过。
• "Take these flowers into the anteroom or dressing-room," said the viscount;
  “把这些花搬到前厅更衣室去，”子爵说。
• No one in the office promised a quick answer to the matter. In an anteroom he hastily opened his briefcase.
  办公室没人答应对此事从速作答。在休息室里，他迅速地打开皮包。
• Andrea reached the anteroom beyond the little drawing-room. Hours later I unlocked the door and crept downstairs.
  安德烈离开第二间客厅，溜进候见室里。过了几小时，我打开门，溜下了楼。
• He had been patiently waiting in the anteroom for an hour.
  他在前厅耐心地等了一个小时。