corridor
英 ['kɒrɪdɔː]
美 ['kɔrɪdɔr]
助記提示
"a gallery," literally "a runner," from correre "to run," from Latin currere (see current).
中文詞源
corridor 走廊來自詞根cur, 跑,詞源同course, current.
英文詞源
- corridor
- corridor: see current
- corridor (n.)
- 1590s, from French corridor (16c.), from Italian corridore "a gallery," literally "a runner," from correre "to run," from Latin currere (see current (adj.)). Originally of fortifications, meaning "long hallway" is first recorded 1814.
雙語例句
- 1. The young man led Mark Ryle along a corridor.
- 那個年輕人領著馬克·賴爾沿走廊而去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I noticed a chink of light at the end of the corridor.
- 我注意到走廊盡頭的一縷光線。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They heard voices coming from outside in the corridor.
- 他們聽到外麵的走廊上有人說話。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Eve walked briskly down the corridor to her son's room.
- 伊芙步履輕快地穿過走廊來到兒子的房間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He ran into Krettner in the corridor a few minutes later.
- 幾分鍾之後他在走廊裏意外碰到了克雷特納。
來自柯林斯例句