lobby

/lɒbi/

noun

I waited in the lobby for my appointment.

意味（1）

An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.

I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.

意味（2）

That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.

意味（3）

(politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.

意味（4）

(video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.

意味（5）

(nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

意味（6）

A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.

意味（7）

A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.

意味（8）

(when preceded by "elevator") A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.