vestibule
/ˈvestɪbjuːl/noun
1
- an antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building门厅, 前厅。
1.1
- an enclosed entrance compartment in a railway carriage（火车车厢）通过台, 通廊, 连廊。
2
- Anatomy a chamber or channel communicating with or opening into another, in particular【剖】前庭, 尤指：
2.1
- the central cavity of the labyrinth of the inner ear内耳迷路的前庭。
2.2
- the part of the mouth outside the teeth口腔前庭。
2.3
- the space in the vulva into which both the urethra and vagina open阴道前庭。
派生词
vestibuled
adjective词源
early 17th cent. (denoting the space in front of the main entrance of a Roman or Greek building)： from French， or from Latin vestibulum 'entrance court'.