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hall

/hawl/US // hɔl //UK // (hɔːl) //

大厅,礼堂,大堂,厅

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a corridor or passageway in a building.
    • : the large entrance room of a house or building; vestibule; lobby.
    • : a large room or building for public gatherings; auditorium: convention hall; concert hall.
    • : a large building for residence, instruction, or other purposes, at a college or university.
    • : a college at a university.
    • : a large room in which the members and students dine.dinner in such a room.
    • : British. a mansion or large residence, especially one on a large estate.
    • : British Informal. music hall.
    • : the chief room in a medieval castle or similar structure, used for eating, sleeping, and entertaining.
    • : the castle, house, or similar structure of a medieval chieftain or noble.
    • : Southeastern U.S.: Older Use. the living room or family room of a house.

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Examples

  • All economic activity came to a grinding halt, with everything from school and cinema halls to offices and factories completely shut.

  • While experts can provide scientific advice, given the difficult policy choices ahead, a more inclusive and participatory dialogue is needed, through hearings, town halls and citizen panels.

  • Early in my senior year, I heard Angelika cheerfully bellowing my name down the hall, her usual method for calling people to her office.

  • The initial plan had been to test all students living in residence halls every other week, says Jake Baggott, associate vice chancellor and executive director of University Health Services.

  • Be sure to check out the town hall we’re hosting next week for this race.

  • Tim Russert and I are driving back to the Albany airport after taking our kids to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

  • One day he and some of his roommates were cleaning their room and one of the guys threw the dustpan out into the hall.

  • But he elected instead to have a very visible affair with a music-hall star.

  • But, strange to say, Cocker never got inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

  • There's blood on many hands tonight…That blood on the hands starts at City Hall in the Office of the Mayor.

  • In the entrance hall of the Savoy, where large and lonely porters were dozing, he learnt that she was at home.

  • At Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.

  • Then, with one accord, they all rose and began to steer their way around the furniture toward the hall, Goliath following.

  • Mrs. Vivian had hardly spoken when the sharp little vibration of her door-bell was heard in the hall.

  • The governor went upstairs and found Juan de Messa in the hall.