通行的空間（玄關·走廊）
這一族是 hall 最貼近核心畫面的用法：一塊讓你「進來、走過去」的室內空間。
entryway · noun · A2
The space just inside the front door of a house, that leads to the other rooms.
門廳；玄關
核心畫面
An indoor space you step into and pass through to reach the rooms beyond — a covered area whose job is to connect, gather, or lead somewhere inside a building.
可以想成：一進門就站著的那塊室內空地。它本身不是「房間」，比較像建築裡用來「連接、聚集、通往別處」的一塊有屋頂的空間…更多收起
可以想成：一進門就站著的那塊室內空地。它本身不是「房間」，比較像建築裡用來「連接、聚集、通往別處」的一塊有屋頂的空間——你從這裡踏進去，再往各個房間走。hall 的各種意思，都是這塊「進來、走過、聚在一起」的室內空間在大小和用途上的變化。Three branches
聚集的大空間（會堂）
同一塊「室內空間」放大很多倍，用途從「走過」變成「聚在裡面」。
hall (public building) · noun · A2
A large room or building used for public events like meetings, concerts, or shows.
大廳；會堂
學生宿舍樓（英式）
由「一棟供人聚居的大建築」延伸到大學裡學生同住的那種樓。
student dormitory (UK) · noun · A2
A building at a college or university where students live. Used mainly in British English.
學生宿舍
原始詞典資料22 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Hallname
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A surname.
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A surname.
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A surname.
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A village in Gelderland, Netherlands.
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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A number of places in the United States:
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A number of places in the United States:
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A village in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Hallnoun
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rail-transportrailwaystransportHall class, a class of steam locomotive used on the GWR.
hallnoun/hɔːl/
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A corridor; a hallway.
- The drinking fountain was out in the hall.
- We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.
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A large meeting room.
- The hotel had three halls for conferences, and two were in use by the convention.
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A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
- The duke lived in a great hall overlooking the sea.
- But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendome, Kate of Kate-hall.
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A building providing student accommodation at a university.
- The student government hosted several social events so that students from different halls would intermingle.
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The principal room of a secular medieval building.
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obsoleteCleared passageway through a crowd, as for dancing.
- Then cry, a hall, a hall! Come, father Rosin, with your fiddle now.
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A place for special professional education, or for conferring professional degrees or licences.
- a Divinity Hall; Apothecaries' Hall
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A living room.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
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A college's canteen, which is often but not always coterminous with a traditional hall.
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A meal served and eaten at a college's hall.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。