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theatre


n
1【building】
2【plays】
3【place to see a film】
4【hospital】
5【war】
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: theatre, from Latin, from Greek theatron, from theasthai 'to watch']
【BUILDING】[C]
a building or place with a stage where plays and shows are performed
 an open-air theatre (=a theatre that is outside)
 the Mercury Theater
【PLAYS】[U]
a) plays as a form of entertainment
 I enjoy theater and swimming.
the theatre
 He's really interested in literature and the theatre.
 Yeats' plays are great poetry but they are not good theatre (=good entertainment) .
b) the work of acting in, writing, or organizing plays
 classes in theater and music
in the theatre
 She's been working in the theatre over thirty years.
【PLACE TO SEE A FILM】[C]AmE
a building where films are shown
American Equivalent: movie theaterBritish Equivalent: cinema
 'Bambi' was the first movie I ever saw in the theater.
【HOSPITAL】 [U and C]
BrE a special room in a hospital where medical operations are done
American Equivalent: operating roomin theatre
 Marilyn is still in theatre.
【WAR】[C]formal
a large area where a war is being fought
 the Pacific theater during World War II
1. A third, a keen viewer of TV theatre, recognized a phrase in the poem which had been used as the title of a recent play.
    第三个学生是电视剧的热心观众,他记起了最近有一出剧就是用这首诗中的一句话作为剧名。

2. You are requested not to smoke in the theatre.
    剧院里不准吸烟。

3. Some of my acquaintances in the country come up to town once or twice a year to visit the theatre as a special treat.
    我在乡村有一些熟人,他们每年进城来看一回或几回戏,并把此看作一种特殊的享受。

4. "Why, the dress you go to the theatre in.
    “自然是你去剧院时穿的那件衣服。

5. Last week I went to the theatre.I had a very good seat. good seat. The play was very interesting.
    上星期我去剧院看戏。我的座位很好.

6. Last week I went to the theatre.
    上星期我去看戏。

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