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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 aisle /ˈaɪ(ə)l/
 走廊,通道,過道

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Aisle n.  Arch. (a) A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall. (b) Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle. (c) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 aisle
      n 1: a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
      2: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or
         passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as
         in stores [syn: gangway]
      3: part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by
         rows of pillars or columns