anteroom

IPA/ˈæntiruːm/
IPA/ˈæntiruːm/

anteroom — noun

  • anteroomsingular
  • anteroomsplural

1. A small room near the entrance of a building where people sit until they are all

1.名詞B2
釋義

A small room near the entrance of a building where people sit until they are allowed to go into the bigger, more important room beyond.

例句

The visitor waited in the anteroom for ten minutes before being called into the meeting.

wait in the anteroom + passive: being called

A narrow anteroom with two wooden chairs leads into the main conference hall.

a/an + anteroom + leads into [main room]

同義詞
  • antechamber

    More formal and slightly old-fashioned; often used for palaces or grand official buildings

  • vestibule

    A small entrance hall just inside the outer door; not necessarily a waiting space

  • waiting room

    More general term; the room may be in any building (hospital, station) and is not defined by leading to a bigger room

文法句型

a/an + anteroom

the + anteroom

用法筆記

Often found in offices, hotels, government buildings, and large homes. The anteroom is usually smaller and less decorated than the main room it leads to.

常見錯誤

❌We sat in the anteroom of the train station.
✅We sat in the waiting room of the train station.
💡Anteroom specifically means a room that leads into a larger, more important room; a train station waiting room is not connected to a single bigger room beyond.
❌The anteroom was huge, with fifty chairs.
✅The anteroom was small, with just a few chairs.
💡An anteroom is by definition a small room; describing it as huge contradicts the meaning.