concourse
/ˈkɒŋkɔːs/noun
1
- a large open central area inside or in front of a public building大厅; 广场; 中央广场：
a station concourse.
车站广场。
2
- formal a crowd or assembly of people〈正式〉人群：
a vast concourse of onlookers.
一大群旁观者。
2.1
- mass noun the action of coming together or meeting集合; 集会; 会合; 汇聚：
the concourse of bodies.
人群的会合。
2.2
- another term for CONCOURS.同CONCOURS.
词源
late Middle English (in sense 2)： from Old French concours, from Latin concursus, from concurs- 'run together， met'， from the verb concurrere （see CONCUR）. Sense 1 (originally US) dates from the mid 19th cent.