corridor

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cor·ri·dor [corridor corridors] BrE [ˈkɒrɪdɔː(r)] NAmE [ˈkɔːrɪdɔːr] NAmE [ˈkɑːrɪdɔːr] noun
1. (NAmE also hall·way)a long narrow passage in a building, with doors that open into rooms on either side
•His room is along the corridor.
2. a passage on a train
3. a long narrow strip 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
see also ↑air corridor
4. a long narrow strip of land that follows the course of an important road or river
•the electronics industry in the M4 corridor
Idiom: ↑corridors of power
See also: ↑hallway

Word Origin:
late 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.

Thesaurus:
corridor noun C (especially BrE)
•Go along the corridor and turn left.
hall • • hallway • • passage • • aisle • |especially AmE passageway •
in the corridor/hall/aisle/passage/walkway/hallway/passageway/entryway
along/down the corridor/hall/aisle/passage/walkway/hallway/passageway/entryway/catwalk
through the corridor/hall/passage/hallway/passageway/entryway
Corridor, hall or hallway? A corridor is usually long and straight, and is normally used when talking about large public buildings. Hall and hallway can be used when talking about both public buildings and houses.

Example Bank:
•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 had considerable influence in the corridors of power.
•She led us through a maze of hotel corridors to our room.
•She was a minister with considerable influence in the corridors of power.
•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.
•UN troops will secure the land corridor so that food supplies can reach the trapped civilians.
•a corridor that leads to the kitchen
•a now-submerged land corridor between northern African and southern Europe
•the labyrinthine corridors of the building
•Go along the corridor, turn left, and you'll see his office in front of you.