English-Thai Dictionary

corridor

N ทางเดิน ยาว ใน ตึก  hallway passage tang-doen-yao-nai-tuek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORRIDOR

n.The termination dor may perhaps be the L. Tor, as in curator, cursitor. Corridor signifies a runner; hence, a running, flowing, or long line. 1. In architecture, a gallery or long aisle round a building, leading to several chambers at a distance from each other.
2. In fortification, the covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CORRIDOR

Cor "ri *dor (kr "r-dr or -dr ), n. Etym: [F., fr. Itt. corridpore, or Sp. corredor; prop. , a runner, hence, a running or long line, a gallery, fr. L. currere to run. See Course. ]

 

1. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

 

2. (Fort. )

 

Defn: The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. [R.]

 

CORRIDOR TRAIN

CORRIDOR TRAIN Cor "ri *dor train.

 

Defn: A train whose coaches are connected so as to have through its entire length a continuous corridor, into which the compartments open. [Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

corridor

cor ri dor |ˈkôrədər, ˈkär -, -ˌdôr ˈkɔrəˌdɔr | ▶noun a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms. • Brit. a passage along the side of a railroad car, from which doors lead into compartments. • a belt of land linking two other areas or following a road or river: the valley provides the principal wildlife corridor between the uplands and the central urban area | the Boston-to-Washington corridor. PHRASES the corridors of power the senior levels of government or administration, where covert influence is regarded as being exerted and significant decisions are made. [from the name of C. P. Snow's novel The Corridors of Power (1964 ).]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.

 

Oxford Dictionary

corridor

cor |ri ¦dor |ˈkɒrɪdɔː | ▶noun a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms. • Brit. a passage along the side of some railway carriages, from which doors lead into compartments. • a belt of land linking two other areas or following a road or river: the security forces established corridors for humanitarian supplies. PHRASES the corridors of power the senior levels of government or administration. [from the name of C. P. Snow's novel The Corridors of Power (1964 ).]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.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

corridor

corridor noun the conference room is at the end of the corridor: passage, passageway, aisle, gangway, hall, hallway, gallery, arcade.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

corridor

corridor noun the bathroom is at the end of the corridor: passage, passageway, aisle, gangway, hall, hallway, gallery, arcade, cloister.

 

French Dictionary

corridor

corridor n. m. nom masculin Passage reliant plusieurs pièces. : Yseut est en pénitence dans le corridor. SYNONYME couloir . Note Orthographique co rr id or.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

corridor

cor ri dor /kɔ́ːrədə r |kɔ́rɪdɔː /〖語源は 「長い通路 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (建物 列車などの部屋に面した )廊下, 通路 (!離れた部屋を結ぶ 「渡り廊下 」はpassage (way ) ▸ walk down a corridor 廊下を歩く ▸ I found his office at the end of the corridor .廊下の突き当たりに彼の事務所はあった 2 回廊 (地帯 ) 〘他国の領土を通って海やほかの国に達する内陸国の細長い領土 〙; (道路 河川の )沿線 .the c ò rridors of p ó wer 権力の回廊 〘重要な政治決定がなされる所; C.P.Snowの小説タイトルに由来 〙.～́ tr à in [c à rriage ]｟英 ｠通廊列車 〘客車の片側に, 客室 (compartment )への出入口のある廊下がある 〙.