单词 | concourse |
释义 | concourse (once / 2225 pages) 1n 2n 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." WORD FAMILYconcourse: concourses USAGE EXAMPLESAfter 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 2Hyper hall, hallway an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open 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, legiona vast multitude herd, rucka crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place |
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