| 单词 | gallery |
| 释义 | Word Frequency gallery(ˈɡælərɪ) nounWord forms: plural -leries 1. a room or building for exhibiting works of art 2. a covered passageway open on one side or on both sides See also colonnade (sense 1)3. a. a balcony running along or around the inside wall of a church, hall, etc b. a covered balcony, sometimes with columns on the outside 4. theatre a. an upper floor that projects from the rear over the main floor and contains the cheapest seats b. the seats there c. the audience seated there 5. a long narrow room, esp one used for a specific purpose a shooting gallery 6. mainly US a building or room where articles are sold at auction 7. an underground passage, as in a mine, the burrow of an animal, etc 8. theatre a narrow raised platform at the side or along the back of the stage for the use of technicians and stagehands 9. (in a TV studio) a glass-fronted soundproof room high up to one side of the studio looking into it. One gallery is used by the director and an assistant and one is for lighting, etc 10. nautical a balcony or platform at the quarter or stern of a ship, sometimes used as a gun emplacement 11. a small ornamental metal or wooden balustrade or railing on a piece of furniture, esp one surrounding the top of a desk, table, etc 12. any group of spectators, as at a golf match 13. play to the gallery Word origin C15: from Old French galerie, from Medieval Latin galeria, probably from galilea galilee, a porch or chapel at entrance to medieval church |
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