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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlɒb.i/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA: /ˈlɑ.bi/
• (Canada, dialects of the 米国発音) IPA: /ˈlɒb.i/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈlɔb.i/, /ˈlɒb.i/
  • 韻: -ɒbi

語源 1

From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to 古期英語 lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia.

Political sense derives from the entrance hall of legislatures, where people traditionally tried to influence legislators because it was the most convenient place to meet them.

名詞

lobby (plural lobbies)

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

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

2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
3. (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

   Near-synonym: special interest

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

4. (videoconferencing) A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
5. (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
6. (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
7. A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.

   Near-synonyms: cowyard, paddock

8. A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
9. A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
   • 2005, Charles R. "Butch" Farabee Jr., Death, Daring, and Disaster (page 135)

     Ranger Leslie Thompson, assigned to elevator duty, brought the elevator to the surface about 12:30 to bring down the tourists who were in the lobby of the elevator tower at that time.

派生語

派生した語

動詞

lobby (third-person singular simple present lobbies, present participle lobbying, simple past and past participle lobbied)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

   For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.

   • 2002, Jim Hightower, in Wikiquote

     The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Yeah, it's not a big deal. I lobbied for fuel-cell technology on Capitol Hill. I'm friends with Sandy Bullock, really good friends. Who cares? It's not a pissing contest, right, J?

   • 2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.

   • 2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 45:

     "We're still at only 80% [of pre-pandemic passenger numbers], but it's great news that Southeastern put some more trains in the timetable from December," Perry explains. "We worked very closely with Southeastern to lobby government and stakeholders to increase the timetable.

派生語

関連する語

• lobbying
• lobbyist

派生した語

• → Dutch: lobbyen

語源 2

Shortened from lobscouse.

名詞

lobby (uncountable)

1. (West Midlands, Potteries) lobscouse

   My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.

Further reading

• “lobby”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “lobby”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “lobby”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.