1. C 门厅　 the passage just inside the entrance of a house, from which the other rooms and usually the stairs are reached
2. C 礼堂，会堂　 a large room in which meeting, dances, etc., can be held
3. C 食堂；宿舍　 the room where all the members eat together; a hall of residence
4. C （楼里的）走廊　 corridor
5. C 办公大楼　 the office buildings

　build a ～　修建一个大厅
　design a ～　设计一个大厅
　pull down a ～　拆除一个大厅
　ancient ～　古代大厅
　beautiful ～　漂亮的大厅
　main ～　正厅
　new ～　新大厅
　old ～　旧大厅
　splendid ～　辉煌壮丽的大厅
　concert ～　音乐厅
　dance ～　舞厅
　dining ～　食堂，餐厅
　entrance ～　门厅
　exhibition ～　展览厅
　lecture ～　讲演厅
　meeting ～　会议厅
　music ～　音乐厅
　town ～　市政厅
　at the ～　在礼堂里
　in the ～　在礼堂里，在门厅里

　All eyes were bent on me when I entered the hall.　我走进门厅时，大家都瞧着我。
　My coat is hanging in the hall.　我的外套挂在门厅里。
　He saw her suitcase in the hall and jumped to the conclusion that she was leaving.　他在门厅里看到她的手提箱就立即认为她要走了。
　They went into the hall together.　他们一道走进门厅。
　Smoking in the lecture hall is not permitted.　演讲厅里不准吸烟。
　Slogans were hung in the hall.　会场里悬挂着标语。
　Two bandits were hammering on the door of the hall.　两个匪徒在砸会堂的门。
　We met each other coming out of the concert hall.　从音乐厅出来时，我们碰到一起了。
　The hall can contain two hundred people.　厅里可以容纳200人。
　The hall was decked up with banners and coloured ribbon.　大厅用横幅和彩带装饰。
　The hall was furnished pretty classy.　这座大厅装饰得非常华丽。
　The hall is hung with red flags.　大厅里挂着红旗。
　The hall will soon heat up once the crowd arrive.　随着人群的到来，大厅很快就会沸腾起来。
　The picture was coordinated with the hall.　画与大厅协调一致。
　The splendid hall dazzled the young man.　富丽堂皇的大厅使那年轻人眼花缭乱。
　A young woman standing at the door gave out leaflets to all those who entered the hall.　站在门旁的一个年轻的妇女向所有进入大厅的人散发传单。
　Deck the halls with green branches.　用绿树枝把大厅装饰一下。
　The crowd flowed out of the town hall and walked down the main street.　人群涌出市政大厅，沿着大街走去。
　I elbowed my way through the crowd to the front of the hall.　我用肘挤着穿过人群，来到大厅的前部。
　Already they had hired a big hall.　他们已经租了一个大厅。
　A meeting hall and museum have been erected here.　这里已建起了一座礼堂和博物馆。
　We should hire a hall to hold such a meeting.　要召开这样的会议，我们应该租一个大礼堂。
　Hall is at twelve.　食堂12点开饭。
　We shall have to have our meals in this room while the dining hall is being done out.　在油漆饭厅期间，我们只好在这个房间吃饭。
　I lived in hall during my first and second years.　在上大学的第一年和第二年时间里，我居住在学院的宿舍中。
　One of the rooms was got up to represent the hall of a mediaeval castle.　一个房间被装饰成中世纪城堡的府第。
　A hall ran the length of the upper floor of the house.　走廊的长度等于房子上层的长度。
　When there is a fire, people file out of the hall in an orderly way.　失火时，人们要一个接一个地离开办公大楼。
　The small house was fenced in by high hall.　这所小房子被高大的办公楼团团围住。

 ♣ hall, aisle, corridor, passage
　参见aisle条。

　他们十二点去餐厅就餐。
　［误］ They go to the hall at twelve.
　［正］ They go to hall at twelve.
　她在餐厅就餐。
　［误］ She dines in the hall.
　［正］ She dines in hall.
　她去餐厅找她的儿子。
　［误］ She went to hall to look for her son.
　［正］ She went to the hall to look for her son.
　［析］ go to hall和dine in hall中的hall前无定冠词，指“去餐厅就餐”，如果去餐厅另有目的，则可以说go to the hall.

　［同义词］ auditorium, chamber, corridor, hallway, lobby, saloon
　［词源］　中古英语halle<古英语heal（大厅，礼堂，会堂，门厅，穿堂，办公大楼）