A forecourt is a large open area in front of a building, especially a hotel or a garage. In British English it is a very ordinary word for the paved bit of a petrol station — where the pumps stand and cars pull in.

A forecourtforecourt is a large open area in front of a building是建築物前方一大片開放空間, especially a hotel or a garage尤其是旅館或修車廠。 In British English在英式英語裡, it is a very ordinary word for the paved bit of a petrol station這是一個很普通的字,指加油站鋪好路面的那塊地方 — where the pumps stand and cars pull in就是油槍站立、車子開進去的地方。

You can also speak of a hotel forecourt, where taxis wait. It is not the garden, and it is not inside; it is the open space you cross before you go in.

You can also speak of a hotel forecourt你也可以說hotel forecourt(旅館前庭), where taxis wait計程車在那裡等候的地方。 It is not the garden, and it is not inside它不是花園,也不是室內; it is the open space you cross before you go in是你進去之前會先穿過的那片開放空間。

American English uses the word less; people there might just say the lot, the driveway, or the area out front. Though actually, court here is the old sense of a yard, not a law court and not a tennis court — even though those words are cousins.

American English uses the word less美式英語比較少用這個字; people there might just say the lot, the driveway, or the area out front當地人可能只會說the lot、the driveway,或the area out front。 Though actually不過其實, court here is the old sense of a yard這裡的court是「院子」的古老意思, not a law court and not a tennis court不是法庭,也不是網球場 — even though those words are cousins雖然這些字其實是親戚字。