- Interior commonly refers to the inside of something. When house hunting you might find that the outside of the house is run down, but the interior rooms beautifully renovated.
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- n. 内部；内地
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1. the interior of a building car, the interior of a a car
楼房╱汽车的内部
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2. an expedition into the interior of Australia
深入澳大利亚腹地的探险
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3. the Department of the Interior
内政部
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4. interior walls
内墙
- interior (adj.) late 15c., from Latin interior "inner, interior, middle," comparative adjective of inter "within" (from PIE *enter "between, among," comparative of root *en "in"). Specific meaning "away from the coast, of the interior parts of a country" is from 1777. Interior decoration first attested 1769; interior decorator is from 1830. Interior design from 1927.
- interior (n.) "part of a country distant from the coast," 1796, from interior (adj.); meaning "internal part, inside" is from 1828. Meaning "internal affairs of a country or state" (as in U.S. Department of the Interior) is from 1826. The Latin adjective also was used as a noun.
in·ter·ior ★ / ɪnˈtɪəriə(r) ; NAmE ɪnˈtɪriər / noun , adjective interior interiors noun ★ 1 ★ [countable , usually singular ] the inside part of sth 内部；里面 ◆ the interior of a building/a car 楼房╱汽车的内部 OPP exterior 2 the interior [singular ] the central part of a country or continent that is a long way from the coast 内陆；内地；腹地 ◆ an expedition into the interior of Australia 深入澳大利亚腹地的探险 3 the Interior [singular ] a country's own affairs rather than those that involve other countries （国家的）内政，内务 ◆ the Department/Minister of the Interior 内政部╱大臣 adjective ★ [only before noun ] connected with the inside part of sth 内部的；里面的 ◆ interior walls 内墙 OPP exterior in·ter·ior / ɪnˈtɪəriə(r) ; NAmE ɪnˈtɪriər /
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