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anteroom

/an-tee-room, -room/US // ˈæn tiˌrum, -ˌrʊm //UK // (ˈæntɪˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) //

前厅,前室,接待室,前台

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a room that admits to a larger room.
    • : a waiting room.

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Examples

  • There was a black kid waiting in the anteroom and I asked him if he would stand up for us.

  • At this time, House Speaker Nicholas Longworth made his own alcohol and served it to colleagues in his anteroom.

  • When the corporate lobbyists arrived, however, they were told to cool their heels in an anteroom.

  • Left alone in the anteroom, mademoiselle crossed to the window and dropped limply into a chair.

  • No servant of the chateau was allowed past the door of the outer anteroom, now commonly spoken of as the guardroom of the tower.

  • With a half-smile he rose, and going to the door he bade his page who was idling in the anteroom go summon the captain.

  • The next moment he is having a cooling drink among his confrères in the anteroom.

  • "Speak very low; he is in there," she said, pointing to the anteroom where Millar was hiding.