theater
n. 戏院, 电影院, 剧场, 全体观众, 戏剧, 戏剧效果, 阶梯式讲堂, 场所
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An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
美国 可数 不可数 医学This man is about to die, get him into theater at once!
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A conspicuous but unproductive display of action.
美国 可数 贬义 比喻 不可数The Senate confirmation hearings were just theater.
security theater; hygiene theater
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A lecture theatre.
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A cinema.
美国 可数 不可数We sat in the back row of the theater and threw popcorn at the screen.
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Drama or performance as a profession or art form.
美国 可数 不可数I worked in theater for twenty-five years.
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Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.
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A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
剧场
剧院
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A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
战区
美国 可数 不可数His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.
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Inherited from Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέᾱτρον (théātron, “a place for viewing”), from θεᾰ́ομαι (theắomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”). Doublet of tiatr.
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