a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms
走廊;过道。
〈英〉 (列车的)车厢走廊。
[often with adj. or noun modifier]a belt of land between two other areas, typically having a particular feature or giving access to a particular area
(连接两地,尤指有特色或通往某地的)通道;走廊
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the valley provides the principal wildlife corridor between the uplands and the central urban area .这个山谷为高地和中心城区之间主要的野生动物通道。
[with adj. or noun modifier]a belt of land following a road, river, or other route of communication
(沿着道路、河流或其他交通路线的)地带,地区;走廊
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the electronics industry in the M4 Corridor 四号线高速公路走廊的电子工业。
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the senior levels of government or administration, where covert influence is regarded as being exerted and significant decisions are made 权力走廊(暗中施加影响并制定重大政策的政府或管理机构高层)the corridors of power -
[ORIGIN from the name C. P. Snow's novel
The Corridors of Power (1964).]
"late 16th cent. (as a military term denoting a strip of land along the outer edge of a ditch, protected by a parapet): from French, from Italian