/'kɒrɪdɔ:(r); [US] 'kɔ:r-; `kɔrədɚ`/
n
1 long narrow passage, from which doors open into rooms or compartments 过道; 走廊.
2 long narrow strip of land belonging to one country that passes through the land of another country 一国领土穿越他国境内的狭长地带.
3 (idm 习语) the corridors of `power the higher levels of the Government and administration, where important decisions are made 权力走廊（政府及行政部门进行重要决策的较高阶层）
*an issue much discussed in the corridors of power 在领导核心中进行了充分讨论的问题.

n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin:Old Italian corridore, from correre 'to run']
a long narrow passage on a train or between rooms in a building, with doors leading off it
in the corridor
　We had to wait outside in the corridor until our names were called.
down/along the corridor
　She hurried down the corridor.
　Go down here and the bathroom's at the end of the corridor.
a narrow area of land between cities or countries that has different qualities or features from the land around it
　the industrial corridor that connects Queretaro with Mexico City
corridors of power
the places where important government decisions are made