foyer

英 [ˈfɔɪeɪ]

美 [ˈfɔɪər]

n.  (剧院或旅馆的)门厅，休息厅; (私宅或公寓的)前厅，门厅

复数：foyers　

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.10065 / COCA.9597

牛津词典

noun

• （剧院或旅馆的）门厅，休息厅
  a large open space inside the entrance of a theatre or hotel where people can meet or wait
• （私宅或公寓的）前厅，门厅
  an entrance hall in a private house or flat/apartment

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 门厅;大厅;休息室
  Thefoyeris the large area where people meet or wait just inside the main doors of a building such as a theatre, cinema, or hotel.
  1. I went and waited in the foyer.
     我进去在大厅里等着。

英英释义

noun

• a large entrance or reception room or area
  Synonym:anteroomantechamberentrance hallhalllobbyvestibule

双语例句

• Wait until I am back in the foyer before you make the switch, all right?
  你换之前在大厅等我回来，没问题吧？
• They arranged to meet in the foyer ten minutes before the play started.
  他们安排在戏剧开演前十分钟在门厅会面。
• He got up and went out into the foyer.
  他起身出去走进了大堂。
• A gaggle of journalists sit in a hotel foyer waiting impatiently.
  一群乱哄哄的记者坐在酒店大堂里焦急地等待着。
• I'm gonna put him right in the foyer.
  我要把他放在大厅里。
• Wide, silver-tinted timber flooring panels were chosen for their unique texture and colouring, while rich marble flooring lines the foyer and bathroom.
  广阔地，上色银的木材地板嵌板为他们的独特质地和色彩被选择，而富有的大理石的地板排成一行大厅和浴室。
• The hotel foyer was swamped by reporters and photographers.
  饭店的门厅被记者和摄影师围得水泄不通。
• A half-silvered bulb in a porcelain socket in the foyer.
  门厅内一个瓷制插座上的部分镀银灯泡。
• The foyer was buzzing with speculation before the curtain went up.
  幕启之前，剧场休息室里充满了嘈杂的猜测声。
• When I suggest granite for the foyer, she's quick to counter with Peruvian marble.
  当我建议大厅用花岗岩时，她马上指出要用秘鲁大理石。