a floor that is built between two floors of a building and is smaller than the other floors （介于两层楼之间、比其他楼层小的）夹层 a bedroom on the mezzanine 夹层楼面上的卧室 a mezzanine floor 夹楼层
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the first area of seats above the ground floor in a theatre; the first few rows of these seats （戏院的）最低层楼厅（前座）
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French, from Italian mezzanino, diminutive of mezzano ‘middle’, from Latin medianus ‘median’.