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回廊 — meaning in English

kairō

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English meaning

  • cloister noun A covered walkway bordering a courtyard, typically in a monastery or similar religious building.
  • corridor noun A long narrow passage inside a building, with rooms opening off it.

Senses

回廊 is used for these senses in English:

  • cloister A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:
  • corridor A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.

cloister — full definition

  1. noun A covered walkway bordering a courtyard, typically in a monastery or similar religious building.
  2. noun A monastery, convent, or similarly secluded religious place — or, more broadly, life lived in one.
  3. verb To shut someone away from the outside world, whether by choice or not.

corridor — full definition

  1. noun A long narrow passage inside a building, with rooms opening off it.
  2. noun A strip of land, airspace, or territory that allows passage between two places.

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