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

• He had been patiently waiting in the anteroom for an hour.
  他在前厅耐心地等了一个小时。
• "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。
• 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。
• They were waiting in an anteroom for interrogation.
  他们在接待室等候讯问。
• A lobby or an anteroom, as of a theater or hotel
  休息室，候客室如戏院或旅馆的休息室或接待室
• In an anteroom he hastily opened his briefcase.
  在休息室里，他迅速地打开皮包。
• But if you believe, as I wrote last month, that radical innovations in management theory are increasingly infrequent, the anteroom of uncrowned visionaries would empty quickly.
  但如果你像我上月所写的那样，认为管理理论的革命性创新日益罕见，那么可供评选的思想家很快就会所剩无几。
• 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。
• 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。