corridor

noun

/ˈkɒrɪdɔː(r)/

/ˈkɔːrɪdɔːr/

Idioms

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(North American English also hallway)
a long narrow passage in a building, with doors that open into rooms on either side
- His room is along the corridor.
Extra Examples
- It was interesting to walk the corridors of my old school.
- Narrow corridors lead off from the main hallway.
- Portraits line the corridors of the palace.
- She led us through a maze of hotel corridors to our room.
- The corridor links the old part of the hospital with the new.
- The corridor runs down the middle of the building.
- The office is just down the corridor on the left.
- a corridor that leads to the kitchen
- the labyrinthine corridors of the building
- Go along the corridor, turn left, and you'll see his office in front of you.
Topics Buildingsb2, Educationb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- endless
- long
- short
- …
verb + corridor
- line
- walk
- wander
- …
corridor + verb
- lead from something
- lead off from something
- lead to something
- …
corridor + noun
- wall
preposition
- along a/the corridor
- down a/the corridor
- in a/the corridor
- …
phrases
- the corridors of power
- a labyrinth of corridors
- a maze of corridors
- …
See full entry
a long narrow piece 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
- UN troops will secure the land corridor so that food supplies can reach the trapped civilians.
see also air corridor
a long narrow piece of land that follows the course of an important road or river
- the electronics industry in the M4 corridor
- a now-submerged land corridor between northern Africa and southern Europe
Topics Transport by car or lorryc1
(British English) a passage along the side of some railway trains, from which doors lead into separate compartmentsTopics Transport by bus and trainb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- endless
- long
- short
- …
verb + corridor
- line
- walk
- wander
- …
corridor + verb
- lead from something
- lead off from something
- lead to something
- …
corridor + noun
- wall
preposition
- along a/the corridor
- down a/the corridor
- in a/the corridor
- …
phrases
- the corridors of power
- a labyrinth of corridors
- a maze of corridors
- …
See full entry

Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a military term denoting a strip of land along the outer edge of a ditch, protected by a parapet): from French, from Italian corridore, alteration (by association with corridore ‘runner’) of corridoio ‘running place’, from correre ‘to run’, from Latin currere. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent.

Idioms

the corridors of power

(sometimes humorous) the higher levels of government, where important decisions are made
- She had considerable influence in the corridors of power.
- She was a minister with considerable influence in the corridors of power.

单词	corridor
释义	corridor noun /ˈkɒrɪdɔː(r)/ /ˈkɔːrɪdɔːr/ Idioms jump to other results enlarge image (North American English also hallway) a long narrow passage in a building, with doors that open into rooms on either side His room is along the corridor. Extra Examples It was interesting to walk the corridors of my old school. Narrow corridors lead off from the main hallway. Portraits line the corridors of the palace. She led us through a maze of hotel corridors to our room. The corridor links the old part of the hospital with the new. The corridor runs down the middle of the building. The office is just down the corridor on the left. a corridor that leads to the kitchen the labyrinthine corridors of the building Go along the corridor, turn left, and you'll see his office in front of you. Topics Buildingsb2, Educationb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective endless long short … verb + corridor line walk wander … corridor + verb lead from something lead off from something lead to something … corridor + noun wall preposition along a/the corridor down a/the corridor in a/the corridor … phrases the corridors of power a labyrinth of corridors a maze of corridors … See full entry a long narrow piece 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 UN troops will secure the land corridor so that food supplies can reach the trapped civilians. see also air corridor a long narrow piece of land that follows the course of an important road or river the electronics industry in the M4 corridor a now-submerged land corridor between northern Africa and southern Europe Topics Transport by car or lorryc1 (British English) a passage along the side of some railway trains, from which doors lead into separate compartmentsTopics Transport by bus and trainb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective endless long short … verb + corridor line walk wander … corridor + verb lead from something lead off from something lead to something … corridor + noun wall preposition along a/the corridor down a/the corridor in a/the corridor … phrases the corridors of power a labyrinth of corridors a maze of corridors … See full entry Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a military term denoting a strip of land along the outer edge of a ditch, protected by a parapet): from French, from Italian corridore, alteration (by association with corridore ‘runner’) of corridoio ‘running place’, from correre ‘to run’, from Latin currere. The current sense dates from the early 19th cent. Idioms the corridors of power (sometimes humorous) the higher levels of government, where important decisions are made She had considerable influence in the corridors of power. She was a minister with considerable influence in the corridors of power.
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