(pl. -ies)
1
- a room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building（尤指公共建筑入口处的）大堂, 穿堂, 休息室。
2
- (in the UK) any of several large halls in the Houses of Parliament in which MPs may meet members of the public（英国）（国会两院议员会见公众的）接待大厅。
2.1
- (in the UK) （亦作division lobby）each of two corridors in the Houses of Parliament to which MPs retire to vote（英国）国会分组投票厅（指两投票厅之一）。
2.2
the lobby
informal (in the UK) the lobby correspondents collectively〈非正式〉（英国）议会采访记者［总称］。
3
- a group of people seeking to influence politicians or public officials on a particular issue游说集团, 院外活动集团：
members of the anti-abortion lobby
反对堕胎的政治游说集团
as modifier lobby groups.政治游说团体。
3.1
- in sing. an organized attempt by members of the public to influence politicians or public officials（影响政客或政府官员的有组织）游说活动：
a recent lobby of Parliament by pensioners.
领养老金者最近对议会的游说活动。
(-ies, -ied)with obj.
- seek to influence (a politician or public official) on an issue（就某一问题）向（政治人物或官员）进行游说活动：
it is recommending that booksellers lobby their MPs.
有人建议让书商去他们的议员那里活动活动
no obj. a region-wide group lobbying for better rail services.为争取更好的铁路服务而进行政治游说活动的地区团体。
派生词
lobbyist
noun词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'monastic cloister'）： from medieval Latin lobia, lobium 'covered walk, portico'. The verb sense (originally US) derives from the practice of frequenting the lobby of a house of legislature to influence its members into supporting a cause.