Phrase
waiting room
noun
等候室；候车室
a room where people wait, for example at a station, airport, or office
常指车站、机场、办公楼等公共场所的等候区。
- 1.
A room in a public place for people to wait.
公共场所供人等候的房间。
候诊室；公共场所供人等候的房间。；候车室；等候室
In use
The hospital's waiting room was crowded with patients.
I waited for the train in the station's waiting room.
These chairs were moved to the larger waiting rooms on the second floor.
in the waiting room
She sat in the waiting room for an hour.
她在候车室里坐了一个小时。
waiting room of [place]
The waiting room of the hospital was crowded.
医院的候诊室很拥挤。
a waiting room
There is a waiting room next to the ticket office.
售票处旁边有一个候车室。
waiting room for [people/purpose]
This is the waiting room for passengers.
这是乘客候车室。
Common mistakes
I sat on the waiting room.I sat in the waiting room.
介词使用错误。中文中表达'在房间里'常用'在…上'，但英文中封闭空间用'in'而非'on'。应使用'in'表示在等候室内。
He is in waiting room.He is in the waiting room.
冠词缺失。'waiting room'是可数名词短语，在具体指代时需要冠词'the'。中文没有冠词，学习者容易遗漏。
Connections
Confusing words
- living room
- 客厅 · 形式相似（room），但功能不同：waiting room是等候场所，living room是居家的客厅。
- waiting list
- 等候名单 · 前缀相同，但词性不同：waiting room是地点名词，waiting list是名单名词。
- waiting area
- 等候区 · 意义非常接近，但waiting area泛指区域（可能无封闭房间），waiting room特指有房间的等候室。
Word family
- waiting rooms
- plural
Learner notes
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.