hall

hall
noun

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.
厅堂，大堂。
■(N. Amer.)a corridor or area on to which rooms open
(北美)过道，走廊
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。
■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
■the room used for meals in a college, university, or school
（学校的）食堂
he dined in hall.
他在食堂吃了饭。
■(亦作 hall of residence)(chiefly Brit.)a university building containing rooms for students to live in
(主英)（大学的）宿舍楼
■the principal living room of a medieval house
（中世纪寓所的）主厅，会客厅
■the building of a guild
（行会的）办公楼，会所
[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。

语源

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

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