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T0145400 (thē′ə-tər)n. Variant of theater.

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n1. (Theatre) a. a building designed for the performance of plays, operas, etcb. (as modifier): a theatre ticket. c. (in combination): a theatregoer. 2. a large room or hall, usually with a raised platform and tiered seats for an audience, used for lectures, film shows, etc3. (Surgery) Also called: operating theatre a room in a hospital or other medical centre equipped for surgical operations4. (Theatre) plays regarded collectively as a form of art5. (Theatre) the theatre the world of actors, theatrical companies, etc: the glamour of the theatre. 6. a setting for dramatic or important events7. (Theatre) writing that is suitable for dramatic presentation: a good piece of theatre. 8. (Film) US and Austral and NZ the usual word for cinema¹9. (Military) a major area of military activity: the theatre of operations. 10. (Architecture) a circular or semicircular open-air building with tiers of seats[C14: from Latin theātrum, from Greek theatron place for viewing, from theasthai to look at; related to Greek thauma miracle]

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n. 1. a building, part of a building, or an outdoor area for dramatic presentations, stage entertainments, or motion-picture shows. 2. a room or hall with tiers of seats, used for lectures, surgical demonstrations, etc.: Students crowded into the operating theater. 3. a. the theater, dramatic performances as a branch of art; the drama, esp. as a profession. b. a particular type, style, or category of this art: musical theater. 4. dramatic works collectively, as of literature, a nation, or an author (often prec. by the): the Elizabethan theater. 5. the quality or effectiveness of dramatic performance. 6. a. a place of action; area of activity. b. an area or region where military operations are under way: the Pacific theater. 7. a natural formation of land rising by steps or gradations. [1325–75; Middle English < Latin theātrum < Greek théātron seeing place, theater =theā-, s. of theâsthai to view + -tron suffix of means or place]

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box office - An office in a theatre for booking seats, originally from "hiring a box."
in the wings - An expression from the theatre, referring to the areas on the sides of the stage hidden from the audience.
scenery, scenic - Scenery was originally theatrical—"a stage depiction of nature"—and it came to be applied to nature itself; scenic first pertained to the theatre and meant "dramatic, theatrical."
house - The audience at a theatre.

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an open stage; a series of passing scenes; an audience or “house”, 1602; the dramatic work of a playwright, collectively, 1640.Examples: theatre of action, 1774; of all his brutalities, 1654; of violent earthquakes, 1850; of Gods, 1634; of hills, 1818; of misery, 1640; of public life, 1855; of rising terraces, 1886; of valour, 1615; of war; of water, 1645; of the whole world, 1581.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	theatre - a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"theater, housearena theater, theater in the round - a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stageticket booth, ticket office, box office - the office where tickets of admission are soldbuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace, cinema - a theater where films are showndress circle, circle - a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"dinner theater, dinner theatre - a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admissiondressing room - a room in which you can change clothesgreenroom - a backstage room in a theater where performers rest or have visitorshome theater, home theatre - television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theaterlittle theater, little theatre - a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groupsmusic hall, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre - a theater in which vaudeville is stagedopera house, opera - a building where musical dramas are performedorchestra - seating on the main floor in a theaterorchestra pit, pit - lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performersparquet - seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circleparquet circle, parterre - seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies)stage - a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"standing room - room for passengers or spectators to stand; "there was standing room for thousands more people"theater stage, theatre stage - a stage in a theater on which actors can performtiered seat - seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in frontdramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays
	2.	theatre - the art of writing and producing playsdramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, dramaticsamphitheater, amphitheatre - a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)closed-circuit television - a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater)theater, theatre, house - a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"stage - the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"dramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.dramatic irony - (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the playflies - (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)seat, place - a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"booking clerk, ticket agent - someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)playact, roleplay, act, play - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"stooge - act as the stooge; "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"enter - come on stagesupport - play a subordinate role to (another performer); "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"star - be the star in a performanceappear - appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"co-star - be the co-star in a performanceham, ham it up, overact, overplay - exaggerate one's actingunderact, underplay - act (a role) with great restraintupstage - at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"downstage - at or toward the front of the stage; "the actors moved further and further downstage"
	3.	theatre - 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"field of operations, theater of operations, theatre of operations, theater, fieldarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"theater of war, theatre of war - the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operationsregion - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"combat area, combat zone - a military area where combat forces operate

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noun1. playhouse, auditorium, coliseum, amphitheatre When we went to the theatre it was a very big event.2. arena, setting, site, scene, field or sphere or place of action The area has often been a theatre of war.3. hall, room, auditorium a well equipped library and the main lecture theatrethe theatre acting, the stage, drama, the boards (informal), show business, show biz (informal), performing on the stage, the dramatic arts You can move on to work in the films and the theatre.Related words
like theatromania

Theatre terms

act, backstage, catastrophe, chorus, circle, Comédie Française, coup de théâtre, crush bar, cue, curtain, curtain call, curtain-raiser, curtain speech, downstage, dramatis personae, entr'acte, entrance, exit, first night, first-night nerves, flat, flies, fluff, front of house, gallery, gods, greasepaint, greenroom, ham, house, juvenile, leading lady, leading man, lines, monologue, noises off, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, offstage, opera house, orchestra or orchestra pit, overact, prompt, prompter, prop, proscenium arch, resting, role, scene, scene dock or bay, scenery, script, soliloquy, soubrette, speech, stage, stage direction, stage door, stage fright, stagehand, stage left, stage manager, stage right, stage-struck, stage whisper, stalls, theatre-in-the-round, Thespian, understudy, unities, upstage, wings

Translations

剧场戏院手术室

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(ˈθiətə) (American) theater noun1. a place where plays, operas etc are publicly performed. 戏院2. plays in general; any theatre. Are you going to the theatre tonight?剧场3. (also ˈoperating-theatre) a room in a hospital where surgical operations are performed. Take the patient to the theatre; (also adjective) a theatre nurse. 手术室（也作形容词：手术室的） theˈatrical (-ˈӕ-) adjective1. of theatres or acting. a theatrical performance/career. 舞台的（或剧场的） 2. (behaving) as if in a play; over-dramatic. theatrical behaviour.戏剧性的theˈatrically adverb戏剧性地theˌatriˈcality (θiatriˈkӕ-) noun戏剧性theˈatricals (-ˈӕ-) noun plural dramatic performances. He's very interested in amateur theatricals. 戏剧演出，舞台表演艺术 the theatre1. the profession of actors. He's in the theatre. （职业）戏剧演员 2. drama. His special interest is the theatre.戏剧

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