(尤指通往更大房间的)前厅、候见室、接待室;也可泛指“入口处的等候空间”。
/ˈæntiruːm/
We waited in the anteroom until the doctor called us in.
我们在候见室里等着,直到医生叫我们进去。
After security checked our IDs, we were shown into an anteroom that led to the main conference hall.
安检核对了我们的证件后,我们被带到一间前厅,从那里可以进入主会议厅。
来自拉丁语 **ante-**(“在……之前”)+ room(“房间”)的构词观念,字面意思是“主房间之前的房间”,因此引申为“前厅/候见室”。