en‧trance 1 S3 W3 / entrəns / 名词

1 [可数名词] a door, gate etc that you go through to enter a place 反义词 exit

entrance to/of

the main entrance to the school

front/back/side entrance

the station entrance

entrance hall/foyer/gate etc

2 [可数名词，通常单数] the act of entering a place or room, especially in a way that people notice :

Bridget made a dramatic entrance into the room.

3 [不可数名词] the right or ability to go into a place

entrance to

Entrance to the museum is free.

Reporters even managed to gain entrance to her hotel.

How much is the entrance fee (= money you pay to get in somewhere ) ?

4 [不可数名词] permission to become a member of or become involved in a profession, university, society etc :

the initial interview for entrance to the Civil Service

entrance examinations

5 [可数名词] when a person, country, organization etc first becomes involved in a particular area of activity

entrance into

The referendum blocked Switzerland’s entrance into the European Economic Area.

6 make your/an entrance to come onto the stage in a play

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + entrance

the main entrance She found a parking space close to the hospital’s main entrance.

the front/back/rear/side entrance There is a long drive with steps leading to the front entrance.

a narrow entrance I could see part of the yard through the narrow entrance.

a wide entrance There was a wide entrance at the front of the building.

the hotel/hospital/museum etc entrance Our taxi pulled up outside the hotel entrance.

the harbour entrance British English , the harbor entrance American English We watched as the ferry approached the harbour entrance.

the tunnel entrance At high tide, the tunnel entrance is totally submerged.

动词

come/go/pass etc through an entrance People passed in single file through the narrow entrance.

use an entrance It’s quicker to use the side entrance.

block an entrance A large stone blocked the entrance to the tomb.

entrance + NOUN

an entrance hall (= a room at the entrance to a building ) He walked through the front door into the entrance hall.

an entrance lobby/foyer (= an area at the entrance to a large building ) There was no sign of her in the entrance foyer.

an entrance gate/door Soldiers were guarding the entrance gate.