corridor

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cor·ri·dor /ˈkɒrədɔː $ ˈkɔːrədər, ˈkɑː-/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable]  1  TBBa long narrow passage on a train or between rooms in a building, with doors leading off it 通道；走廊in the corridor We had to wait outside in the corridor until our names were called. 我们只好在外面的走廊上等候叫我们的名字。down/along the corridor She hurried down the corridor. 她沿着走廊匆匆而去。 Go down here and the bathroom’s at the end of the corridor. 沿着这儿走，浴室就在走廊的尽头。2  SGa narrow area of land between cities or countries that has different qualities or features from the land around it 〔城市或国家之间不同于周边地区的〕走廊，地带 the industrial corridor that connects Querétaro with Mexico City 连接克雷塔罗和墨西哥城的工业地带3. corridors of power POWERthe places where important government decisions are made 权力走廊，权力核心〔指政府的决策场所〕

Examples from the Corpus

corridor• Once properly tagged and escorted, the visitor passes the initial checkpoint and walks along a corridor into the Headquarters Building lobby.• A corridor led from the old schoolrooms to a modern building.• This industrial corridor connects Queretaro with Mexico City.• We were led down a long corridor in the airport terminal.• You will not believe how many elevators you will go lip, how many corridors you will walk down.• The Northeast corridor from Washington to Boston is Amtrak's busiest region.• Desmond Fairchild and Dotty Blundell were heard arguing in the corridor, though no one could be sure what was at issue.• She kept giving lifts to boys in the corridors and provided chairs for those standing in the queues.• The twin doors sighed open, and Manville stepped slowly out into the corridor.• They moved up the corridor, their footfalls against the bare boards sending out hollow echoes.down/along the corridor• Away along the corridor from the Colonel's office, a man screamed.• They head back along the corridor.• A couple of the doors further down the corridor were shut, and appeared to be locked.• Sucking in a lungful of cold air, Piper moved once more down the corridor.• I moved down the corridor, as instructed, and rounded the elevators to the bank on the far side.• The others nodded, made agreeable sounds, and drifted off down the corridor.• She opened the door and watched him move off down the corridor.• He got off the elevator and went down the corridor to the juvenile bureau.Origin corridor (1500-1600) French Old Italian corridore, from correre “to run”

cor·ri·dor nounChineseSyllable  

narrow Corpus passage long train a a on

corridor
cor‧ri‧dor S2 W3 /ˈkɒrədɔː, ˈkɒrɪdɔː $ ˈkɔːrədər, ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]1. a long narrow passage on a train or between rooms in a building, with doors leading off it
    in the corridor
    We had to wait outside in the corridor until our names were called.
    down/along the corridor
    She hurried down the corridor.
    Go down here and the bathroom’s at the end of the corridor.
2. a narrow area of land between cities or countries that has different qualities or features from the land around it:
    the industrial corridor that connects Querétaro with Mexico City
3. corridors of power the places where important government decisions are made

cor·ri·dorBrE /ˈkɒrɪdɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɔːrɪdɔːr/ 🔊, /ˈkɑːrɪdɔːr/ 🔊 noun

(NAmE also hall·way) a long narrow passage in a building, with doors that open into rooms on either side （建筑物内的）走廊，过道，通道◆His room is along the corridor. 他的房间就在走廊边。🔊🔊a passage on a train （火车上的）走道，过道，通道a long narrow strip of land belonging to one country that passes through the land of another country; a part of the sky over a country that planes, for example from another country, can fly through 走廊（一国领土通过他国境内的狭长地带）；空中走廊（一国领空中允许他国飞机经过的区域）  ➡  see also air corridor a long narrow strip of land that follows the course of an important road or river （沿着重要道路或河道的）狭长地带◆the electronics industry in the M4 corridor4 号高速公路沿线一带的电子工业区●the corridors of ˈpower(sometimes humorous) the higher levels of government, where important decisions are made 权力走廊（高层政治决策机构）