| 单词 | vestibule |
| 释义 | vestibule (once / 1941 pages) 1n 2n A vestibule is a little area just inside the main door of a building, but before a second door. You often find vestibules in churches, because they help keep heat from escaping every time someone enters or exits. The noun vestibule, pronounced "VES-tih-bule," probably comes from the Latin word vestibulum, which means “entrance court.” From about 1880 to 1930 vestibules were popular features in new homes because they create an additional barrier that keeps heat or cool air in and street noise out. If you have a vestibule, you can hang coats and leave shoes and gloves there instead of bringing them into the living room, kitchen and so on. WORD FAMILYvestibule: vestibular, vestibules USAGE EXAMPLESAt my building, I encountered a homeless white woman who’d taken to snoozing in our vestibule. The New Yorker(Nov 09, 2016) This unit shares a vestibule entrance with the lower-level unit and has a second entrance from the private one-car garage. Washington Post(Oct 31, 2016) But when I stand, I quickly find myself in a featureless all-white room, a kind of Platonic vestibule. New York Times(Oct 26, 2016) 1 n a large entrance or reception room or area 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby narthex a vestibule leading to the nave of a church room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling n any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) Hypo|Hyper vestibule of the ear the central cavity of the bony labyrinth of the ear vestibule of the vaginathe space between the labia minora containing the orifice of the urethra bodily cavity, cavity, cavum (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body |
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