a large open space inside the entrance of a theatre or hotel where people can meet or wait （剧院或旅馆的）门厅，休息厅 I’ll meet you in the foyer at 7 o’clock. 我7点钟在门厅等你。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- entrance
- front
- grand
- …
- enter
- across the foyer
- in the foyer
- (North American English)
an entrance hall in a private house or flat （私宅或公寓的）前厅，门厅 An elegant foyer leads directly to the living room. 典雅的门厅直通起居室。
Word Originlate 18th cent. (denoting the ‘centre of attention or activity’): from French, ‘hearth, home’, based on Latin focus ‘domestic hearth’.