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单词 concourse
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concourse
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The wide, open area that's either inside or in front of a building is called a concourse. A concourse is often located where many paths or hallways meet.
Many kinds of buildings have a concourse, including train stations, airports, hotels, and shopping malls. Concourses are large enough for many people to congregate there — and this crowd or gathering of people can also be called a concourse. A movie star visiting a small city might find himself surrounded by a huge concourse of fans asking for autographs. The Latin root is concursus, "a running together," and the word's original sense was "the flowing of a crowd of people."
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concourse: concourses
USAGE EXAMPLES
After speaking with authorities, they climbed down the stairs toward the concourse while being booed by a handful of fans who stayed to watch.
Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017)
Walking through a TD Garden concourse, he spotted an informational table.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016)
Fans huddled around the space heaters lining the walls of the concourse.
Seattle Times(Dec 10, 2016)
1
n a wide hallway in a building where people can walk
Hyper
hall, hallway
an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
2
1n a coming together of people
Syn|Hyper
confluence
coming together, meeting, merging
the act of joining together as one
2n a large gathering of people
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
multitude, throng
hive
a teeming multitude
horde, host, legion
a vast multitude
herd, ruck
a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things
assemblage, gathering
a group of persons together in one place
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