hall S2 W2 / hɔl $ hɒl / 名词 [可数名词]

1 entrance the area just inside the door of a house or other building, that leads to other rooms 同义词 hallway

in the hall

We hung our coats in a cupboard in the hall.

a huge tiled entrance hall

2 corridor a passage in a building or house that leads to many of the rooms 同义词 corridor , hallway :

Each floor had ten rooms on both sides of the hall.

3 public building a building or large room for public events such as meetings or dances

sports/exhibition/banqueting etc hall

The school has a new sports hall.

Five hundred people filled the lecture hall.

church/village hall (= used by people who live in a place )

A coffee morning is to be held in the village hall.

a concert at Carnegie Hall → city hall ( 2 ) , concert hall , dance hall , music hall ( 2 ) , town hall

4 for students especially British English a college or university building where students live 同义词 hall of residence , dorm American English

in hall

For a brief time Tom and Dave had shared a room in hall.