单词 | auditorium |
释义 | auditoriumn. 1. a. The part of a public building occupied by the audience; in ancient churches, the ‘nave.’ Also (U.S.) applied to the entire building. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > nave > [noun] bodyc1390 boukc1420 middle pace1499 bulk1518 holy place1526 ship1613 bodystead1623 cella1652 nave1673 cella1676 nef1687 auditorium1728 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [noun] > place of hearing or listening auditory1548 audience1588 auditorium1854 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > auditorium > [noun] front1806 auditorium1854 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Auditorium..was that Part of the Church where the Auditores stood to hear, and be instructed. 1854 W. Irving Let. 22 Nov. in P. M. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) IV. 158 I mingled in the crowd, and heard Bancroft's erudite address from the ‘auditorium’. 1881 Daily News 12 Sept. 2/3 Every part of the auditorium, the boxes, upper circle, and gallery. 1928 F. Hurst President is Born iv. 35 Bek..arranged his one-man [water-colour] show in the Auditorium of the Tallahassee High School. 1929 H. G. Wells King who was King viii. 248 The lights in the auditorium [of the cinema] go up. 1954 Manch. Guardian Weekly 18 Feb. 8/4 Joe's first stop was Charleston, West Virginia, where..he drew a good crowd of 2,800 to an auditorium that had seats for 3,517. b. attributive. ΚΠ 1898 J. Hollingshead Gaiety Chron. ii. 50 The room belonged to the auditorium side of the curtain. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 7 July 10/1 The design of the Auditorium building is in the Renaissance style of architecture. 2. The reception-room of a monastery. (Medieval Latin.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > reception room auditorium1863 1863 J. C. Morison St. Bernard ii. ii. 196 In the ‘auditorium,’ or talking-room of the monastery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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