"foyer" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 门厅
• 前厅

Definition

门厅是建筑物或住宅大门内侧的开放区域，通常用来迎接客人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Foyer” 较正式，常用于剧院、酒店或高档住宅。一般家庭更常用“门厅”。发音接近“foy-ay”，源自法语。

Examples

There is a large foyer at the front of the hotel.

酒店前面有一个很大的**门厅**。

She left her umbrella in the foyer.

她把伞留在了**门厅**里。

Guests are waiting in the foyer.

客人在**门厅**等候。

Let's meet by the foyer after the show ends.

演出结束后我们在**门厅**碰面吧。

The theater's foyer was filled with excited people before the play began.

剧院的**前厅**在演出开始前挤满了激动的人群。

Just drop your coat in the foyer when you come in.

进来时把外套放在**门厅**就行了。