| 释义 |
hall /höl/ noun- A large room entered immediately by the front door of a house
- A passage or lobby at the entrance of a house
- The main room in a great house
- A building containing such a room
- A manor-house
- The main building of a college
- In some cases the college itself
- An unendowed college
- A licensed residence for students
- A college dining room
- Hence, the dinner itself
- A place for special professional education, or the conferring of diplomas, licences, etc
- The headquarters of a guild, society, etc
- A servants' dining room and sitting room (servants' hall)
- A building or large chamber for meetings, concerts, exhibitions, etc
- A clear space (archaic)
ORIGIN: OE hall (heall); Du hal, ON höll, etc hall-bedˈroom noun (US) A bedroom partitioned off at the end of an entrance hall hallˈ-door noun A front door hallˈmark noun - The authorized stamp impressed on gold, silver or platinum articles at Goldsmiths' Hall or some other place of assaying, indicating date, maker, fineness of metal, etc
- Any mark of authenticity or good quality
transitive verb To stamp with such a mark hallˈ-moot noun - The court of the lord of a manor
- The court of a guild
hall of fame noun - A gallery of busts, portraits, etc of celebrated people
- The ranks of the great and famous
hall of residence noun A building providing residential accommodation for students at a university, etc hallˈstand noun A tall piece of furniture fitted with hooks on which hats, coats and umbrellas can be left hall tree noun (N American) A hallstand hallˈway noun An entrance hall a hall, a hall (archaic) A cry at a masque for room for the dance, etc bachelor's hall - Any place in which a man is free from the restraining presence of a wife
- The state of having such freedom, often in the phrase to keep bachelor's hall
Liberty Hall A place where everyone may do as they please the halls Music halls liberty /libˈər-ti/ noun- Freedom from constraint, captivity, slavery or tyranny
- Freedom to do as one pleases
- The unrestrained enjoyment of natural rights
- Power of free choice
- Privilege
- Permission
- Free range
- Leisure
- Disposal
- The bounds within which certain privileges are enjoyed
- (often in pl) a limited area outside a prison in which prisoners were allowed to live (archaic)
- Presumptuous, improper or undue freedom of speech or action
- Speech or action violating ordinary civility
ORIGIN: Fr liberté, from L lībertās, -ātis liberty; L libertīnus a freedman, from līber free libertāˈrian noun - A believer in free will
- A person who believes in the maximum amount of freedom of thought, behaviour, etc
adjective Of or relating to libertarians or libertarianism libertāˈrianism noun liberticīˈdal adjective liberˈticide noun - A destroyer of liberty
- Destruction of liberty
libˈertinage (also /-ûrtˈ/) noun Debauchery libˈertine /-tēn, -tin or -tīn/ noun - A person who leads a licentious life, a rake or debauchee
- Orig a freedman
- Formerly a person who professed free opinions, esp in religion
adjective- Unrestrained
- Licentious
- Belonging to a freedman
libˈertinism noun libˈerty-boat noun A boat for liberty-men (see below) liberty bodice noun An undergarment like a vest formerly often worn by children liberty cap noun - Same as cap of liberty (see under cap1)
- A yellowish-brown conical-capped mushroom producing the drug psilocybin
Liberty Hall noun (informal; also without caps) A place where one may do as one likes liberty horse noun A circus horse that, as one of a group and without a rider, carries out movements on command libˈerty-man noun A sailor with permission to go ashore liberty of indifference noun Freedom of the will liberty of the press noun Freedom to print and publish without government permission liberty ship noun A prefabricated all-welded cargo-ship mass-produced in the USA during World War II at liberty - Not restrained or constrained, free
- Unoccupied
- Available
civil liberty - Freedom of an individual within the law
- Individual freedom as guaranteed by a country's laws
take liberties with - To treat with undue freedom or familiarity, or indecently
- To falsify
take the liberty To venture or presume |