/'gælərɪ; `ˇælərɪ/
n
1 [C] room or building for showing works of art 美术品陈列室或展览馆
*a `picture-gallery 美术展览馆.
2 (a) [C] highest and cheapest seats in a theatre （戏院中票价最廉的）顶层楼座
*Four tickets for the gallery, please. 请给我四张顶层楼座的票.
(b) [Gp] people occupying these 顶层楼座的观众.
3 [C] raised covered platform or passage along an inner wall of a hall, church, etc （大厅、教堂等中沿内壁伸展的有檐的）廊台.
4 [C] covered walk or corridor partly open at one side; colonnade 走廊; 柱廊.
5 [C] long narrow room, esp one used for a particular purpose 狭长的房间（尤指有特殊用途的）
*a `shooting-gallery 室内靶场.
6 [C] horizontal underground passage in a mine （矿坑中的）水平巷道. Cf 参看 shaft 7.
7 (idm 习语) play to the `gallery behave in an exaggerated way to attract the attention of onlookers 以大动作吸引旁观者.

npluralgalleries[C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin;Origin: galeria, perhaps from galilaea 'small room for praying in inside a church', probably from Galilaea 'Galilee', area in Palestine where Christ traveled and taught]
a) a large building where people can see famous pieces of art
　an exhibition of African art at the Hayward Gallery
　details of museums and art galleries in the city
b) a small privately owned shop or studio where you can see and buy pieces of art
a) an upper floor or balcony built on an inner wall of a hall, theatre, or church, from which people can watch a performance, discussion etc
　the public gallery in Congress
in the gallery
　We could only afford seats up in the gallery.
b) the gallery
the people sitting in a gallery
play to the gallery
to do or say something just because you think it will please people and make you popular
a level passage under the ground in a mine or cave
→press gallery, shooting gallery