corridor
UK/'kɔridɔ:/US/'kɒridɒ:/
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Definitions
n.
A long passage in a building with doors leading off it
走廊，通道
n.
A narrow strip of land or route linking two areas
狭长地带，通道（如 air corridor）
Root Breakdown
LoanwordFrom Italian corridore, 'a place for running' (from Latin currere). A corridor is literally a 'running-place' — a passage you move down. The same running idea sits behind the modern 'shipping corridor' or 'air corridor.' corr is a currere variant of car.
Root car still carries 96 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.hospital corridor医院走廊
- 2.long corridor长走廊
- 3.corridors of power权力走廊
- 4.air corridor空中走廊
Example Sentences
- 1.
Her office is at the end of the corridor.
- 2.
They whispered in the corridor outside the courtroom.
- 3.
Decisions are made in the corridors of power.