hall
/hɔːl/noun
1
- the room or space just inside the front entrance of a house or flat（住房或公寓前门内的）门厅, 门廊, 玄关：
an entrance hall.
门厅。
1.1
- N. Amer. a corridor or area on to which rooms open〈北美〉过道, 走廊。
2
- a large room for meetings, concerts, or other events会堂, 礼堂, 大厅：
in names the Royal Albert Hall.皇家艾伯特厅。
2.1
- a large public room in a mansion or palace used for receptions and banquets（官邸或宫殿内接待或宴会用的）大厅。
2.2
- the room used for meals in a college, university, or school（学校的）食堂：
he dined in hall.
他在食堂吃饭。
2.3
- （亦作hall of residence）chiefly Brit. a university building containing rooms for students to live in〈主英〉（大学）宿舍楼。
2.4
- the principal living room of a medieval house（中世纪寓所的）主厅, 会客厅。
2.5
- the building of a guild（行会的）办公楼, 会所。
3
- usu. in names Brit. a large country house, especially one with a landed estate〈英〉（庄园里的）府第, 邸宅：
Darlington Hall.
达令顿府。
词源
Old English hall, heall （originally denoting a roofed space， located centrally， for the communal use of a tribal chief and his people）; of Germanic origin and related to German Halle, Dutch hall, also to Norwegian and Swedish hall.