| 单词 | second house |
| 释义 | > as lemmassecond house c. A place for public entertainment; (originally) a theatre or playhouse; (later also) a cinema, concert hall, or other venue. Hence: the audience or attendance at this. Also: a (specified) performance, esp. one that closely follows another, as first house, second house, etc.movie, opera, picture, play, playing, etc.: see the first element; cf. also full house n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun] houseOE playhouseOE playing-placea1375 showplace1560 show hall1562 theatre?1577 theatre-house1578 cockpita1616 stage-house1638 show house1674 saloon1747 theatrum1786 spellkenc1800 hippodrome1811 spell1819 show-box1822 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > theatre audience theatre1604 house1663 business1755 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > performance at specific time morning performance1827 matinee1848 mat1914 first house1930 midnight matinée1952 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > [noun] > first or second house first house1930 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 56 Se dema..lædde hi syððan to ðam wæferhuse, þær ða deor wunodon, beran and leon, þe hi abitan sceoldon. OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 260 Cęlestis theatri : þæs heofenlican pleghuses. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. F1 The other..for a penie, may haue farre better by oddes at the Theater and Curtaine, and any blind playing house euerie day. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 8 Jan. (1971) IV. 8 The famous new play acted..‘The Adventures of five houres’, at the Duke's house... We..were forced to sit..at the end of one of the lower formes, so full was the house..The house, by its frequent plaudites, did show their sufficient approbacion. 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xiv. 268 Acted every day for a month, to constantly crowded houses. 1756 Connoisseur No. 133. ⁋4 He..seldom or never misses appearing at one house or the other, in the green boxes. 1815 W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1864) I. 344 In consequence of acting so often before indifferent houses. 1870 Galaxy July 123/2 Good actors..will set the house on a roar, simply by the infection of their laughter. 1886 Stage Gossip 70 A door..which..prevents the actor being seen by the ‘house’. 1924 in L. Warwick Death of Theatre (1960) vi. 62 The management have long felt that many first-class productions have been spoilt by the rush of two houses. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement vii. 358 If I can get two seats for the first house tomorrow night, will you come with me? 1940 H. G. Wells Babes in Darkling Wood ii. i. 137 He might go into some cinema... Or he might get in for the second house at the Holborn or Pavilion? 1992 Metal Edge Mar. 50/3 We played to an empty house but still kicked butt. 2010 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 2 Apr. 43 The Roundabout..‘postponed’ the production—which left a gaping hole at its flagship Broadway house. < as lemmas |
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