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antechamber

/an-tee-cheym-ber/US // ˈæn tiˌtʃeɪm bər //UK // (ˈæntɪˌtʃeɪmbə) //

候见厅,候机厅,候补厅,候机室

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a chamber or room that serves as a waiting room and entrance to a larger room or an apartment; anteroom.

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Examples

  • Once inside the school cafeteria, which served as an antechamber, each candidate had his own booth.

  • We're standing in a dark, closet-sized antechamber just off a quiet street in Palermo Hollywood, Buenos Aires.

  • And the gruff voice of the drayman, growing impatient in the antechamber: "Come, come, make haste."

  • One morning, Jenkins having called in the course of his round, found Constance alone and doing nothing in the antechamber.

  • As the Rabbis say, 'Repent in the antechamber, that thou mayest enter the room of state.'

  • The den of the sibyl was much darker than the antechamber; the color of the walls could scarcely be distinguished.

  • Gazonal, horrified by the gaze of Astaroth, rushed into the antechamber, after bowing to the terrible old woman.