meetinghouse

1. When they reached the market-place, she became still more restless, on perceiving the stir and bustle that enlivened the spot; for it was usually more like the broad and lonesome green before a village meetinghouse, than the centre of a town's business.
   后来，她们来到了市场，看到那里活跃喧闹的气氛，她就益发不得安宁了；因为那地方平时与其说是镇上的商业中心，不如说象是村会所前的宽阔而孤寂的绿草地。
2. The common meeting place fro Maori is on the mere, an area of land with a meetinghouse, where all-important events take place.
   毛利人聚会的地点通常是在麦利会堂，这是一个前面建有会堂的开阔场地，一切重大的活动都在这儿举行。
3. For it was usually more like the broad and lonesome green before a village meetinghouse, than the centre of a town's business.
   因为那地方平时与其说是镇上的商业中心，不如说象是村会所前的宽阔而孤寂的绿草地。

noun

1. a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)

   Synonym:    conventicle