vestibule 音标拼音: [v'ɛstɪbj
, ul]
n . 前庭,门廊,前厅
vt . 为…设门廊
前庭,门廊,前厅为…设门廊
vestibule n 1 :
a large entrance or reception room or area [
synonym :
{
anteroom }, {
antechamber }, {
entrance hall }, {
hall },
{
foyer }, {
lobby }, {
vestibule }]
2 :
any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (
as of the ear or vagina )
Vestibule \
Ves "
ti *
bule \,
v .
t .
To furnish with a vestibule or vestibules . --
Brander Matthews .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
Vestibule \
Ves "
ti *
bule \,
n . [
L .
vestibulum ,
of uncertain origin :
cf .
F .
vestibule .]
The porch or entrance into a house ;
a hall or antechamber next the entrance ;
a lobby ;
a porch ;
a hall .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Vestibule of the ear }. (
Anat .)
See under {
Ear }.
{
Vestibule of the vulva } (
Anat .),
a triangular space between the nymphae ,
in which the orifice of the urethra is situated .
{
Vestibule train } (
Railroads ),
a train of passenger cars having the space between the end doors of adjacent cars inclosed ,
so as to admit of leaving the doors open to provide for intercommunication between all the cars .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Hall ;
passage .
Usage : {
Vestibule }, {
Hall }, {
Passage }.
A vestibule is a small apartment within the doors of a building .
A hall is the first large apartment beyond the vestibule ,
and ,
in the United States ,
is often long and narrow ,
serving as a passage to the several apartments .
In England ,
the hall is generally square or oblong ,
and a long ,
narrow space of entrance is called a passage ,
not a hall ,
as in America .
Vestibule is often used in a figurative sense to denote a place of entrance . "
The citizens of Rome placed the images of their ancestors in the vestibules of their houses ." --
Bolingbroke [
1913 Webster ]
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vestibule ":
Eustachian tube ,
access ,
adit ,
air lock ,
antechamber ,
anteroom ,
anvil ,
approach ,
auditory apparatus ,
auditory canal ,
auditory meatus ,
auditory nerve ,
auditory ossicles ,
auditory tube ,
auricle ,
basilar membrane ,
bony labyrinth ,
cauliflower ear ,
cochlea ,
conch ,
concha ,
corridor ,
drumhead ,
ear ,
ear lobe ,
eardrum ,
endolymph ,
entrance ,
entrance hall ,
entranceway ,
entry ,
entryway ,
external ear ,
foyer ,
galilee ,
gangplank ,
gangway ,
hall ,
hammer ,
in ,
incus ,
ingress ,
inlet ,
inner ear ,
intake ,
lobby ,
lobe ,
lobule ,
lug ,
malleus ,
mastoid process ,
means of access ,
middle ear ,
narthex ,
opening ,
organ of Corti ,
outer ear ,
oval window ,
passage ,
passageway ,
perilymph ,
pinna ,
portal ,
portico ,
propylaeum ,
round window ,
secondary eardrum ,
semicircular canals ,
shell ,
stapes ,
stirrup ,
stoa ,
threshold ,
tympanic cavity ,
tympanic membrane ,
tympanum ,
way ,
way in
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VESTIBULE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of VESTIBULE is a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby a passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior of a building : lobby… See the full definition Games; Word of the Day; Grammar; Wordplay; Slang; Rhymes; Word Finder; Thesaurus; Join MWU; More
The Difference Between A Foyer A Vestibule - Hunker Vestibule is Latin in origin and stems from the word vestibulum, first appearing between 1615 and 1625 The definition of vestibule is "forecourt or entrance " Foyer stems from the Latin word focarium, which means "center of focus," and it first appeared between 1855 and 1860 The definition of foyer is "the lobby of a theater, hotel or apartment house or an entrance hall in a house or apartment "