hall
US: /ˈhɔɫ/
UK: /hˈɔːl/
UK: /hˈɔːl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
hall /hɔ:l/
- danh từ
- phòng lớn, đại sảnh (trong các lâu đài)
- lâu đài (của địa chủ)
- phòng họp lớn, hội trường (để hội họp, hoà nhạc...)
- toà (thị chính, toà án...), trụ sở lớn (các nghiệp đoàn...)
- phòng ăn lớn (ở các trường học); bữa ăn ở phòng ăn lớn (ở các trường học); bữa ăn ở phòng ăn lớn
- nhà ở (của học sinh và cán bộ trường đại học Anh); phòng lên lớp
- phòng đợi, hành lang ở cửa vào (của một toà nhà lớn)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 (also hallway) (AmE also entry) a space or passage inside the entrance or front door of a building: She ran into the hall and up the stairs.
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2 (AmE also hallway) a passage in a building with rooms down either side
Synonym: CORRIDOR
I headed for Scott's office down the hall.
3 a building or large room for public meetings, meals, concerts, etc: a concert / banqueting / sports / exhibition hall + There are three dining halls on campus. + The Royal Albert Hall + (BrE) A jumble sale will be held in the village hall on Saturday.
See also -
4 = HALL OF RESIDENCE: She's living in hall.
5 (BrE) (often as part of a name) a large country house: Haddon Hall(also hall)
+ noun
(plural halls of residence, halls) (both BrE) (AmE dormitory) a building for university or college students to live in
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 corridor, hallway, passageway, passage; foyer, entry, entry-way, lobby, vestibule:
Let us step out into the hall for a brief word.
2 auditorium, assembly or meeting or convention hall, theatre, amphitheatre, hired hall; lecture-room, lecture-hall, classroom:
We hired a hall for the wedding reception.
Collocation dictionary
1 inside the front entrance of a house/building
ADJ.
entrance | reception | narrow | dark, darkened, unlit
He hurried them along the narrow, dark hall.
VERB + HALL
lead to
The hall led to a locked door.
PREP.
across the ~
the room across the hall
| along the ~, at/to the end of the ~, down the ~
There were strange noises coming from the room down the hall.
| in the ~
2 building/large room
ADJ.
cavernous, huge, spacious, vast | magnificent | bare
Our voices echoed round the huge bare hall.
| gloomy | cold, draughty | crowded, packed | main
More than 200 members of the public packed the main hall at the community centre.
| baronial, great | assembly, conference, congress, meeting | booking, ticket | banquet, banqueting, dining | concert, dance, examination, exhibition, lecture, market, sports | church, city, communal, community, council, county, parish, public, school, village | bingo, pool, snooker
VERB + HALL
crowd into, fill, pack
The strains of the national anthem filled the hall.
PREP.
in the ~, into the ~, through the ~
His voice echoed through the hall.
PHRASES
hall of residence
Most first-year students live in the halls of residence.
Concise English dictionary
hallshɔːl
noun
+an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
+a large entrance or reception room or area
+a large room for gatherings or entertainment
+a college or university building containing living quarters for students
+the large room of a manor or castle
+English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)
+United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)
+United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914)
+United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871)
+United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907)
+a large and imposing house
+a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research
+a large building for meetings or entertainment
