interior
n
1 [C usu sing 通常作單數]
inner part; inside 內部; 里面
the interior of a house 房子的內部
a house with a classical exterior and a modern interior 外表古色古香而內部裝飾現代化的房子
[attrib 作定語]
an interior room 內室
an interior-sprung mattress, ie with springs inside 彈簧床墊
(fig 比喻) an interior monologue, ie sb's thoughts, eg as recorded in a novel 內心獨白(如小說中的). Cf 參看 exterior.
2 the interior [sing]
inland part of a country or continent 內地; 腹地; 內陸
the jungles of the interior of Africa 非洲內地的叢林
explorers who penetrated deep into the interior 深入腹地的探險者.
3 the Interior [sing]
domestic affairs of a country, as dealt with by its government (in the UK, the responsibility of the Home Office) 內政, (國家的)內務(在英國指內政部的事務)
the Department/Minister of the Interior 內政部[大臣].