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vestibule

noun
🔊/ˈvestɪbjuːl/
🔊/ˈvestɪbjuːl/
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  1. (formal) an entrance hall of a large building, for example where hats and coats can be left前厅，门厅（如可放衣帽处）
    • The flooring of the church vestibule is made of Italian marble.教堂前厅的地板由意大利大理石制成。
  2. (specialist) a space at the end of a coach on a train that connects it with the next coach通过台（列车两个车厢间的连接处）Topics Transport by bus and trainc2
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting the space in front of the main entrance of a classical Roman or Greek building): from French, or from Latin vestibulum ‘entrance court’.