theatre

英 ['θɪətə(r)] 美 ['θiːətər]

• n. 戏院；剧场；戏剧；手术室；战区
• adj. 戏院的
• =theater.

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]戏院,剧院,露天剧场

   building or outdoor area for the performance of plays and similar entertainments

2. [C]礼堂,阶梯教室; 手术室

   room or hall for lectures, etc. with seats in rows rising one behind another; room in a hospital, etc. where surgical operations are performed

3. [U]戏剧,戏剧文学,剧本的写作或演出

   dramatic literature or art; the writing, acting and producing of plays

4. [S]戏剧界,戏剧业

   the theatrical world as a profession or way of life

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 戏剧，剧作，戏剧作品，戏剧文学
2. 戏院，剧场，电影院
3. （剧院、电影院等的）全体观众
4. 戏剧效果
5. 戏剧工作，演出
6. <英>手术室
7. 阶梯式教室，讲堂，会场
8. （发生重要事件的）场所
9. 【军】战场，战区

adj. 形容词

1. 战术的，作战的

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1. =theater（美）

英英释义

Noun:

1. a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented;

   "the house was full"
   

2. the art of writing and producing plays

3. a region in which active military operations are in progress;

   "the army was in the field awaiting action"
   "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There is a ban on smoking in the theatre.
   这剧院内禁止吸烟。
2. I waited for her in the lobby of theatre yesterday.
   昨天我在戏院的大厅等她。
3. Crowds disgorged from the theatre into the dark street.
   人流从戏院涌出，进入了黑洞洞的街道。
4. The theatre gives two performances a day.
   剧院一天上演两场。
5. Do you enjoy the theatre?
   你喜欢看戏吗？
6. She is been in the theatre all her life.
   她一辈子搞戏剧。
7. Some of us do not know much about the theatre.
   我们中有一些人还不太懂得戏剧。
8. I like music, theatre and cinema.
   我喜欢音乐、戏剧和电影。
9. She was in the operating theatre for two hours.
   她在手术室里已经两个小时了。
10. They fought in the Pacific theatre during World War II.
    他们在第二次世界大战的太平洋战区打过仗。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Excuse me, is this bus for the theatre?
   打扰了，这是到戏院的公共汽车吗？
2. I've got complimentary tickets for the theatre.
   我得到了戏院的赠票。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The theatre is her spiritual home.
   剧院是她的精神寄托。
2. There are more theatres in London than in any other British city.
   伦敦的剧院比英国其他任何城市的剧院都多。
3. The play was acted at the Changjiang theatre.
   这戏在长江剧院上演。
4. Let's meet at the box office of the Art theatre.
   我们在艺术剧院的售票处见面吧。
5. The doctors and nurses arrived in the operating theatre soon.
   一会儿,医生护士都来到了手术室。
6. He entered his lecture theatre and put his hat on the end of the table.
   他走过讲课的阶梯教室,把帽子摘下来放在讲台的一端。
7. She specializes in the Elizabethan theatre.
   她专门研究伊丽莎白时期的戏剧。
8. He went to the theatre to see a Shakespeare's play last Saturday.
   上个星期六,他去戏院看莎士比亚的戏。
9. He turned his attention to the theatre and wrote many successful plays.
   他转而对戏剧感兴趣并创作了许多成功的剧本。
10. He coached the young man in the theatre and developed his power of improvisation.
    他辅导那位年轻人演戏,培养他的即席表演能力。
11. I am afraid this play is not good theatre.
    恐怕这个剧本不宜上演。
12. Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward.
    让我们先去看戏,然后吃饭。
13. A theatre evening has been arranged.
    已安排好一个戏剧晚会。
14. She wants to go into the theatre.
    她想进入戏剧界。
15. He's in the theatre.
    他是个演员。

经典引文

• Girt by her theatre of hills.

  出自： Byron

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• build a theatre 建造剧院
• close a theatre 关闭剧院
• crowd a theatre 挤满剧场
• devote to the theatre 献身戏剧
• empty a theatre 使剧场空无一人
• enter the theatre 进入戏院,走进剧院
• frequent a theatre 常去剧院
• go to the theatre 去看戏
• manage a theatre 经营剧院
• open a theatre 开剧院
• operate a theatre 经营剧院
• pack the theatre 挤满剧场
• run theatre 经营剧院

形容词+～

• amusing theatre 闹剧
• bad theatre 舞台效果不好
• cheap theatre 票价便宜的剧院
• comfortable theatre 舒适的剧院
• expensive theatre 票价高的剧院
• experimental theatre 实验剧
• good theatre 舞台效果好
• great theatre 伟大的剧作
• living theatre 舞台剧
• modern theatre 现代戏剧
• open-air theatre 露天剧场
• outdoor theatre 露天剧场
• poor theatre 舞台效果不好
• traditional theatre 传统剧
• two theatres 两个剧院

介词+～

• at the theatre 在剧场,看戏
• in the theatre 在戏剧界

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. theatre的基本意思是“戏院,剧院”,可指剧院,也可指电影院,还可指“露天剧场”,在美式英语中拼作theater,用于专有名词时须加定冠词the并大写首字母,引申可表示“礼堂,阶梯教室”“手术室”“战场,战区”等,是可数名词。
2. theatre也可作“戏剧,戏剧文学,戏剧艺术”“剧本的写作或演出”解,是不可数名词,其前通常加定冠词the。
3. theatre还可作“戏剧界,戏剧业”解,通常用作单数形式,其前通常加定冠词the。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

theatre, cinema

• cinema指电影院; theatre指剧场。可放电影又可供演出的剧院既可称为cinema,也可称为theatre。cinema以放电影为主, theatre以上演话剧、音乐会、戏曲等为主。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 她叔叔从不去戏院看戏。

   误 Her uncle never went to theatre.

   正 Her uncle never went to the theatre.

   析 在go to school, go to church, go to hospital等词组中名词前通常不用定冠词,但是go to the theatre, go to the cinema, go to the movies等词组中名词前应用定冠词。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的theatre；最初源自拉丁语的theatrum，意为戏院。

近反义词

【近义词】

• amphitheatre
• hall
• opera house
• playhouse