hallway

Compared meaning: a passage or room near a building's entrance (noun).

比较义项：建筑入口处的通道或房间（名词）。

• hall

  Hall can name a fairly roomy space just inside a building's entrance, sometimes big enough for a group to stand or wait together, closer to a small room than a narrow passage.

  hall可以指建筑入口处一个相当宽敞的空间，有时大到能容纳一群人站着或等候，更接近一间小房间，而不是狭窄的通道。

  The whole class fit easily into the entrance hall while they waited for the doors to open.

  全班同学都能轻松地站进那间入口门厅，一边等着大门打开。

• hallway 本词

  Hallway specifically means a narrow indoor corridor connecting rooms, used mainly for walking through rather than gathering, and is the everyday American word for a house or school corridor.

  hallway特指连接各房间的狭窄室内走廊，主要用于通行而非聚集停留，是美式英语中房屋或学校走廊最常见的说法。

  Lockers line the hallway between the classrooms on the second floor.

  二楼各教室之间的走廊两侧摆满了储物柜。

Hall and hallway both name a space near a building's entrance. Hall can be a roomy space, big enough for people to stand, more like a small room. Hallway means a narrow corridor connecting rooms, mainly for walking through, and is the everyday American word.

hall和hallway在这个意义上都指建筑入口附近供人进出、停留的空间，但hall更强调一个相对宽敞、可供人停留或聚集的房间，常见于entrance hall等说法；hallway则专指连接各房间的狭窄走廊，侧重通行而非停留，是美式英语里最常见的走廊说法。这里不比较hall指大型公共建筑或礼堂（如town hall、concert hall）的用法。