corridor

/ˈkɒrɪdɔː(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɔːrɪdɔːr/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkȯr-ə-dər ˈkär-, -ˌdȯr/ (ame, mw)

corridor — noun

  • corridorsingular
  • corridorsplural

1. A long, narrow indoor way inside a building or a train, where doors along both s

1.名詞B1
釋義

A long, narrow indoor way inside a building or a train, where doors along both sides lead into rooms, offices, or seating compartments.

例句

Sirin walked down the long hospital corridor to reach the children's ward.

movement along a corridor: walk + down + corridor

The train corridor was so narrow that two people could not walk side by side.

train corridor (specific type)

同義詞
  • hallway

    Chiefly American English; used for the same type of indoor passage in houses and office buildings.

  • passage

    A more general term that can refer to any narrow way through a space, not necessarily with rooms on both sides.

  • passageway

    Slightly more formal than corridor; often used for connecting passages between buildings.

文法句型

the + corridor

corridor + preposition (along/down/through)

用法筆記

Often used with prepositions showing movement (along, down, through) or position (at the end of, on the corner of). In American English, hallway is a common synonym for this sense.

常見錯誤

❌I walked through the aisle to get to Room 201.
✅I walked down the corridor to get to Room 201.
💡An aisle is a passage between rows of seats (on a plane or in a theatre), not a passage with rooms on either side.

2. A stretch of territory that belongs to one nation but cuts across another nation

2.名詞B2
釋義

A stretch of territory that belongs to one nation but cuts across another nation's land, or a flight path that aircraft must follow when crossing a foreign country's airspace.

例句

The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of land connecting Afghanistan to China.

geographic corridor: named land route between countries

The United Nations established a humanitarian corridor to deliver food to trapped civilians.

humanitarian corridor (aid route collocation)

同義詞
  • route

    A more general term for any path from one place to another; corridor specifies a narrow, restricted passage.

  • channel

    Used for sea routes or communication paths; for air routes, 'air corridor' and 'air channel' are sometimes interchangeable.

文法句型

corridor + of + noun

the + proper noun + Corridor

用法筆記

In news reports, this sense frequently appears in the compounds 'humanitarian corridor' (a safe route for delivering aid) and 'air corridor' (a designated flight path). With geographic place names, 'Corridor' is often capitalised as part of a proper noun (e.g., the Polish Corridor, the Wakhan Corridor).

常見錯誤

❌The government built a new corridor between the two cities.
✅The government built a new highway corridor between the two cities.
💡For a transportation route within a country, use 'highway corridor' or 'transport corridor'; by itself, 'corridor' suggests a strip through foreign territory.